McDougall+Maconaghy Moth Worlds at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

McDougall+Maconaghy Moth Worlds at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii - Day 5

by Alan Block 19 Oct 2013 19:03 BST 12-19 October 2013

2013 McDougall Maconaghy Moth Worlds day 5 © ThMartinez / Sea&Co / Moth World Championship

Britannia rules light-air waves

America's Gulari maintains lead over Australia's Outteridge as English push for podium

A surprisingly stable 6-10 knot Northerly breeze allowed for more 'flight time' on Friday than anyone expected, as 80 competitors from 15 nations took to the waters of Kaneohe Bay, HI for the penultimate day of the 2013 McDougall + McConaghy International Moth World Championship. Three quick races saw American Bora Gulari's lead over second place Nathan Outerridge grow to 8 points, while Scott Babbage's third-place position is under assault from attacking English.

Southampton, UK's Robert Greenhalgh sailed away from the fleet in races 8 and 9 on Friday, winning one race by more than 200 meters and the other by half that, winning the day and moving up to fifth place with just one day's racing remaining. Fellow UK Mothist Ben Paton had one of his strongest days of the regatta, moving into fourth, just one point ahead of Greenhalgh. Chris Rashley sits tied on points for 6th place with Tasmania's Rob Gough, marking the 3rd Englishman in the top ten. He could have easily been on the podium though; Rashley had big leads in at least two races later abandoned. "The [English] boats are going really well out there, but it would be nice if I could have a bit better luck," said Rashley. Greenhalgh was relaxed despite the tight battle for the podium that lay ahead for him. "Above all else we're here in Hawaii to have some fun, and today was great fun," he said.

American clamps down on Olympic, Cup Star

Detroit foiling phenom Bora Gulari extended his lead over Australia's Nathan Outteridge to 8 points with all discards counted, as the American took advantage of Outteridge's foil selection mistake. "Everything was looking really light in all the forecasts we looked at, and the big main foil I put on was looking good after Race 8," said Outteridge. The 27-year old racer would take second in the first, light air race of the day, and far enough ahead of Gulari to close the Championship battle to just one point. After one abandoned race and a 20-minute postponement, the wind increased to around 9 knots, and Outerridge's fate was sealed. "I took a risk and it was the wrong call," he said. "Those are the tradeoffs and choosing the day's equipment can be the most stressful part of the morning." Outteridge added that he hoped to get in enough racing on Saturday to have a shot at beating Gulari and taking his second Moth world title.

2013 McDougall Maconaghy Moth Worlds day 5 - photo © ThMartinez / Sea&Co / Moth World Championship

Kaneohe Yacht Club Race Officer Tom Pochereva intends to hold four races to finish up the 2013 World Championship; racing begins at 12:00 Hawaii time and no race can be started after 4:00 PM.

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Results after Day 5:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	USA 6		Bora Gulari	Bayview Yacht Club	‑18	1	2	1	3	3	‑7	5	3	3	21
2	AUS 3997		Nathan Outteridge	Wangi Sailing Club	1	2	1	‑10	9	1	8	2	‑13	5	29
3	AUS 2	7	Scott Babbage	WSC	4	4	‑27	‑24	1	12	1	4	5	14	45T
4	GBR 3982	PATONATOR	BEN PATON	LYMINGTON TOWN SC	‑15	3	3	15	‑23	6	3	6	2	7	45T
5	GBR 4047	DES	Robert Greenhalgh	Royal Southern YC/HRSC/SBSC	2	7	7	9	‑19	‑13	11	1	1	8	46
6	AUS 3	The Belafonte	Rob Gough	royal yacht club of tasmania	‑17	8	13	8	8	2	4	‑38	6	1	50T
7	GBR 7	Royal London Yacht Club	Chris Rashley	Royal London Yacht Club	3	‑35	6	11	7	4	13	‑36	4	2	50T
8	AUS 8	Salter marine @ gmail	Julian Salter	Royal yacht club of Tasmania	‑12	9	8	5	2	‑29	5	3	12	11	55
9	USA 3931	UFO	Brad Funk	Lauderdale yacht club	(ZFP)	5	4	3	5	5	18	10	22	‑24	72
10	NZL 3991	Be rude not to	Peter Burling	Tauranga Yacht Club	‑40	28	‑52	2	10	7	6	9	11	4	77
11	AUS 1	Equinox Racing	Josh Mcknight	RPAYC	7	10	‑16	7	14	10	9	16	7	‑40	80
12	USA 4054		George Peet	BYC/LTYC	5	6	9	‑37	22	9	14	‑25	23	9	97
13	AUS 3951	Puddles	Iain Jensen	wangi amateur sailing club	‑34	‑27	21	4	6	14	15	22	18	26	126
14	AUS 5	KA Sail	Andrew McDougall	Black Rock YC	(ZFP)	11	22	14	20	15	‑30	14	20	13	129
15	SUI 3796		Psarofaghis Arnaud	SNG	‑33	21	18	23	15	20	10	15	‑41	18	140
16	USA 3911	General Disarray	Eric Aakhus	Kaneohe YC	10	‑37	‑32	19	4	16	26	8	27	31	141
17	AUS 3958		Steven Thomas	Royal Perth Yacht Club	13	16	12	ZFP	‑34	30	16	‑33	17	12	148
18	AUT 4029		Nico Luca Marc Delle Karth	KYC	6	‑32	14	30	TIE	17	28	‑32	21	22	154.5
19	AUS 3832	Stonecutter	Les Thorpe	BYRA	25	20	15	20	‑41	19	33	18	8	‑41	158
20	ITA 3912	Owner drive	Rizzi Stefano	Svoc	21	12	‑43	17	27	24	20	‑31	28	10	159
21	GBR 3985	Shocksailing.com	Simon Hiscocks	Wpnsa	19	‑43	24	13	13	22	27	‑34	24	21	163
22	JPN 3989	Kurenai	Hiroki Goto	JMCA	24	14	17	21	30	25	‑35	13	‑32	20	164
23	USA 4056	the spruce goose	Tom Johnson	Tom Johnson	26	(ZFP)	28	18	12	11	21	(DNF)	26	27	169
24	ESP 3975	Troncho Bueno	Pablo Arandia	RCNValencia	14	30	‑35	26	‑37	33	12	11	34	19	179
25	USA 3896	sailingbits	John Harris	A18FL	‑31	26	10	‑39	TIE	21	31	29	30	16	179.5
26	USA 4007		Dalton Bergan	Seattle YC	35	22	‑36	22	11	‑39	19	27	14	36	186
27	AUS 3657	Manic	David Lister	St George Sailing Club	29	(ZFP)	(DNS)	40	25	8	24	39	16	6	187
28	SUI 3962	EFG Bank	Christopher Rast	SWYC/MBYC/TYC/RCO	‑39	25	(DNS)	6	21	32	25	23	31	25	188
29	ISV 4	Swinging Engine	Anthony Kotoun	Sail Newport	57	45	11	29	(DNF)	(DNS)	2	12	9	28	193
30	USA 3799	Brohemoth	Jonathan Goldsberry	SFYC	‑36	15	29	27	31	27	32	20	19	‑33	200
31	AUS 4020	Moosters Trampoline	Warren Sare	Woollahra Sailing Club	45	(DNS)	‑53	28	32	26	34	24	15	17	221
32	AUS 3803	Onsoku2	Kohei Kajimoto	Black Rock Yacht Club	9	34	(TLE)	12	40	36	‑46	37	37	44	249
33	AUS 4000	Viva La Vida	Mark Robinson	WSC	38	19	(TLE)	‑50	26	41	17	30	45	38	254
34	GBR 4025		Adam May	WPNSA	27	31	41	35	33	23	45	21	‑46	(DNS)	256
35	USA 4017	Time Bandit	Matt Knowles	Sail Newport	30	24	‑48	‑42	18	40	41	41	35	29	8T
36	AUS 3920		Ben Newling	WSC	23	23	19	‑49	36	34	42	42	‑50	39	8T
37	SWE 3786	Drofn	Nils Akervall	royal swedish yacht club	(TLE)	18	31	31	45	43	43	‑54	40	15	266
38	AUS 3750	Chapman High Performance Saili	Andrew Chapman	WSC/LC12'SSC	28	36	25	48	28	‑50	36	28	38	‑50	267
39	SUI 3752	Patch	David Holenweg	CVE	32	29	30	32	38	‑60	39	26	‑51	43	269
40	NZL 4024		Mike Bullot	MBSC	(DNF)	‑57	23	34	42	18	38	55	43	37	290
41	GER 3954	Lotte	Leopold Fricke	Chiemsee Yacht Club	22	‑50	20	43	‑53	45	44	46	25	48	293
42	JPN 3899	SAMEZIMA	Masatomo Suzuki	JMCA	‑56	41	47	38	48	38	29	‑69	39	30	310
43	AUS 4003		Reece Tailby	RPAYC	37	40	34	‑65	47	37	23	(ZFP)	48	46	312
44	AUS 3847	Altitude	Charlie Connor	Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania	48	38	TLE	46	24	46	40	‑56	42	‑56	339
45	AUS 3878	Stray	Andrew Cuddihy	WSC	ZFP	54	51	62	35	35	37	40	(DNS)	(DNS)	346
46	SUI 3622	Gonet Conseils	Fabien Froesch	SNG	50	46	50	33	‑54	48	22	53	47	‑57	349
47	AUT 4028	Frida	Nikolaus Leopold RESCH	Yacht Club Velden	TLE	(DNF)	TLE	25	39	44	‑66	60	36	34	352
48	USA 3984	tex	John Bartlett	Austin Yacht Club	52	(ZFP)	37	56	66	47	61	19	44	‑70	382
49	AUS 3934	TWW	Jamie Woods	LMYC	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNS	29	31	48	62	29	23	384
50	USA 3683	...	Zack Maxam	SDYC	53	48	39	47	46	55	‑59	48	55	‑61	391
51	SWE 3794		Emma Aspington	KSSS	43	39	38	68	‑72	‑69	62	35	60	47	392
52	AUS 3771	Badin Dubh	Michael O'Shea	WSC	42	‑68	44	36	50	57	51	64	‑70	51	395
53	FRA 3596		Nicolas Rousselon	CNN	54	‑65	26	45	58	53	47	61	57	(DNS)	401
54	GBR 4038	Windy Wendy	Tom Special Offer	Rock Sailing Club	11	13	5	(DNF)	(DNS)	DNS	DNS	49	DNS	DNS	402
55	AUS 4004	Impact	Will Logan	RYCT	TLE	47	TLE	41	44	52	57	‑74	(DNS)	49	404
56	USA 3801	Dangus Junior	Ian Andrewes	Kaneohe Yacht Club/RNZYS	58	56	49	‑63	43	28	54	58	‑63	62	408
57	NED 4023	Amsterdamned	Kalle Coster	Yab Yum's King Club	46	53	(PT*)	51	49	51	53	51	56	‑72	410
58	USA 4066		Dylan DiMarchi	Waikiki Yacht Club	41	44	46	53	55	(DNF)	49	(DNF)	68	60	416
59	SUI 3729	SYZ&CO	Philip Käsermann	SNG	44	33	54	(DNF)	(DNS)	DNS	DNS	57	33	35	418
60	JPN 3886		Takashi Nakagawa	JMCA	TLE	49	40	‑69	52	62	(TLE)	47	59	52	420
61	AUS 3785	Let Them Eat Cake	Rayshele Martin	WSC	49	58	33	60	57	58	‑67	43	64	‑69	422
62	AUS 3824	Yoshi	Fang Warren	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club	TLE	55	45	44	64	(DNF)	(TLE)	63	66	32	428
63	FRA 3964	CORUM	Loick Peyron	YCLB	TLE	66	TLE	(DNS)	‑68	54	60	17	61	67	9T
64	ITA 3855		Fabio Mazzetti	circolo vela arco	TLE	‑64	(DNS)	57	59	42	58	52	54	58	9T
65	USA 4018	Bronco	Thomas Loughborough	IYAC	TLE	60	TLE	54	65	(DNF)	(DNS)	59	53	42	447
66	SWE 3792	ForumILS	Casper Arvefors	BrSS	55	‑67	TLE	64	60	59	52	‑68	62	45	452
67	SWE 3793		Magnus Gravare	GKSS	47	63	TLE	52	61	64	50	‑75	‑74	65	457
68	USA 4001	Norwegian Blue	Chris Maas	CIYC	TLE	TLE	TLE	71	TLE	(RET)	(DNF)	65	10	74	458
69	AUS 3905	Rhapsody	Phil Stevenson	StGeorge SC	TLE	(TLE)	TLE	58	51	56	64	‑67	58	66	467
70	USA 3479		Jimmer Montgomery	Coronado Yacht Club	TLE	(TLE)	TLE	72	‑74	71	70	7	71	73	478
71	SUI 3798	Hula	Philippe Schiller	sng	TLE	62	TLE	55	63	65	68	‑70	‑73	54	481
72	ITA 4030	LANULFI	Marco Lanulfi	yacht club acquafresca	51	61	(DNS)	(DNS)	DNF	DNS	55	50	52	55	486
73	GBR 3604		Katherine Knight	SLYC	TLE	51	42	66	69	66	69	‑73	(DNS)	68	0T
74	AUS 3770	Ladybird	Emma Spiers	WSC	TLE	59	TLE	61	70	(DNF)	56	‑71	67	63	0T
75	IRE 3861		Annalise Murphy	National Yacht Club	TLE	69	(DNS)	‑73	71	49	TLE	44	69	59	493
76	IRE 3805	Lethal weapon	Ryan Seaton	BYC/CSC	(ZFP)	71	(DNS)	74	56	63	71	66	49	53	503
77	ITA 3950	no name	Tommaso (Thomas) Freddi	xkite a.s.d.	TLE	70	(DNS)	59	62	67	65	‑72	72	64	518
78	AUS 4021	CAMARGUE	David Robinson	WSC	TLE	72	TLE	67	73	70	63	(DNF)	‑75	71	530
79	USA 3510	Doppelgänger	Ryan Lorence	Mission Bay Yacht Club	TLE	(ZFP)	TLE	(ZFP)	67	68	RET	TLE	65	75	546
80	USA 3678	High Speed Meditation Chamber	Guy Fleming	Waikiki	TLE	TLE	TLE	TLE	TLE	61	TLE	(RET)	(DNS)	DNS	550

Clean Racing Tip Of The Day

As one of the world's elite racing classes, the International Moth Class believes it essential to emphasize the responsible use of energy and resources in the context of sailing. Working with 11th Hour Racing, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation, the Moth Class has come up with a number of initiatives to help all sailing events improve the energy profile and performance of racing boats and increase the personal investment of sailors in the health of our waters. Each day, the Moth Worlds fleet will highlight a 'Clean Racing Tip' they've implemented; something that will work for regattas and racing classes around the world. Here’s today’s tip:

LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Make sure the best sailors in the fleet — the people who everyone else looks to for tuning and strategy advice — are on board with the green program. This shows the fleet that the green message is for real, and that the values of environmental conservation are truly the values of the sport.