International Moth European Championship in Sicily - Day 4

by Domenico Boffi 3 May 2013 09:43 BST 28 April - 4 May 2013

6-8 knots of wind, sun and sea. One race in the morning but the weather continues to fail. A day in which the British would have liked to confirm their superiority and in which the Swiss could have redeemed themselves.

The weather is changing and the breeze did not settle in, so the slight thermal morning wind allowed a single race.

The Race Committee kept everyone waiting for the wind, but at 4pm the postponement flag over A was hoisted.

The crews have had time for more boat works and planning the innovations the Moth class is known for, but it is the "bar talk" which was the main activity of the day. Italian, English, Swiss & Belgians all tell their tales and experiences. At the "bar talk" game the Italians are masters and all listen to Stefano Rizzi adventures in the Olympics, America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race and more... Nothing beats listening to his funny stories from around the world.

Results after Day 4: (three races)

Pos	Sail No	Helm Nat	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	7	Chris Rashley Uk	1	1	2	4
2	3980	Michael Lennon Uk	3	2	1	6
3	3982	Ben Paton Uk	2	4	8	14
4	3942	Jason Belben Uk	9	3	3	15
5	4038	Tom Offer Uk	5	5	9	19
6	3915	Good Morgan Be	13	6	4	23
7	3626	Renker Matthias Ch	7	10	11	28
8	3892	Andrew Friend Uk	4	15	10	29
9	3955	Chris Rast Ch	15	8	6	29
10	3752	Holenweg David Ch	10	14	16	40
11	3622	Fabien Froesch Ch	19	9	13	41
12	3945	Eelco Boers Nl	8	17	17	42
13	3607	Olivier Vidal Uk	16	12	14	42
14	3975	Pablo Arandia Es	6	ocs	7	46
15	3944	Richard Westbury Uk	18	16	12	46
16	3912	Stefano Rzzi It	14	13	19	46
17	4037	Jason Russell Uk	12	raf	5	50
18	3870	Ollie Holden Uk	24	11	18	53
19	3729	Kasermann Philip Ch	20	19	15	54
20	3614	Doug Pybus Uk	17	21	20	58
21	3916	James Phare Uk	dnf	7	21	61
22	3674	Neil Baker Uk	21	18	23	62
23	3795	Pedro Bartoni Uk	11	25	30	66
24	3711	Dan Ward Uk	25	22	22	69
25	3434	Tommaso Freddi It	26	20	25	71
26	3854	Marco Lanulfi Italia It	22	26	24	72
27	3715	Chris Jeeves Uk	30	24	26	80
28	3392	Luca Rizzotti It	23	27	31	81
29	3419	John Clifton Uk	29	23	29	81
30	3798	Philippe Schiller Ch	28	ocs	27	88
31	3270	Matthew Lea Nz	27	dns	28	88
32	3668	Patrich James Cunningham Gbr	31	28	dnc	92