EFG Moth EuroCup Act 5 at Wassersport Club am Wittensee

by Swiss Performance Sailing 1 Sep 2014 18:34 BST 29-31 August 2014

For Act 5 of the 2014 EFG MothEuroCup the Moth Sailors traveled to Wittensee in Northern Germany. The Wassersport Club am Wittensee provided great infrastructure and a very capable race committee under the stable hand of Race Officer Eike Dietrich. The 27 sailors from GER, NED, SUI, GBR, FIN, SWE, FRA and DEN enjoyed not only the perfect flat water sailing conditions that Wittensee is known for, but also great on-shore hospitality thanks to the additional local sponsor IMMAC who provided for free food and drinks during the whole event.

It was clear from the beginning that it would be a battle between Ben Paton (Vice-European Champion, GBR) and Chris Rast from Switzerland.

The Swiss took an early lead in the series when Ben Paton had to miss out on the first race due to a broken downhaul. Paton rallied back over the next couple of races with his customary speed advantage in the windier conditions. In the end, with three more bullets in the last races, Chris Rast pulled off another win, his 4th this year, and pocketed another Euro 1000 prize money. Conditions for Friday and Saturday were challenging with gusts in the 20 knots + range, which provided for some interesting boat handling around the course! Take a look at the videos for some action...

As always, the moth class is ever evolving and at this event two sailors, including Benoit Marie, last year's winner of the Mini-Transat, showed up with some serious modifications to their boat. As already championed by sailors such as Rob Greenhalgh, Chris Rashley and Mike Lennon with their Exocets, the two Mach2 moths had their mast stumps shortened by approx. 18 cm.

This modification means that the sail, the prodder, the shrouds, the vang configuration and boom need to be modified as well. Overall it's quite the project! The main advantages are lower center of effort in the sail and also improved aerodynamics. In addition Benoit Marie, who has been sailing the moth only since spring this year and is clearly determined getting to the top, had a canting rig allowing for 150 mm of cant!

Overall Results:

Pos.	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	SUI 4112	Rast Chris	TYC	1	1	2	1	‑3	3	1	1	1	11
2	GBR 4	Paton Ben	LYMINGTO	(DNF)	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	14
3	SWE 4159	Akervall Nils	RSWEYC	3	3	3	5	1	5	6	‑9	7	33
4	GBR 4059	Ward Dan	FRENSHAM	5	4	(DNF)	10	4	2	8	3	3	39
5	GBR 4122	Friend Andrew	NORFOLK	2	6	(DNF)	3	11	4	3	4	9	42
6	GER 3	Mage Maximilien	BYC	4	8	8	6	5	‑12	12	8	4	51
7	GER 3684	Kloppenburg Sven	RSV/SCR	6	7	6	9	8	8	‑10	10	5	59
8	GBR 4060	Baker Niel		7	9	8	‑11	9	10	7	5	6	61
9	FRA 3875	MARIE Benoit	SNO Sant	14	16	7	4	7	‑19	4	7	11	70
10	GER 3389	Huber Thomas	SVBb	11	10	9	7	6	‑14	11	11	8	73
11	GER 3843	Mage Carlo	FSV	8	11	10	8	10	11	9	‑15	12	79
12	GBR 3980	Jokinen Sami	HSK	10	5	5	15	14	7	(DNF)	14	10	80
13	SUI 3836	Petrino Adriano		9	(DNF)	12	13	12	6	5	6	DNF	92
14	GER 3399	Steiner Harald	SVD	15	12	14	12	13	15	(DNF)	12	13	105
15	GER 3680	Andreas John	BSC	12	18	11	(DNF)	19	9	13	13	16	111
16	DEN 3914	Frey Ole	SONDERBO	13	15	13	16	15	‑20	16	18	15	121
17	DEN 3601	Rasmussen Hans	TROENSE	17	‑19	15	17	17	17	14	17	14	127
18	SWE 4114	Jarudd Stefan	KSSS	19	17	18	18	(DNF)	18	DNF	16	17	151
19	GBR 3854	Koppelaar Ben	WSV‑GIES	18	13	17	(DNF)	DNF	21	17	19	18	151
20	GER 3129	Wriggers Wibke	HYC	20	20	19	(DNF)	20	23	18	20	20	158
21	GER 3259	Pauler Gerold	SLRV	(DNS)	21	21	DNF	DNF	16	15	22	22	158
22	GER 3381	Staabs Burkhard	RSV	16	14	16	14	(DNF)	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	176
23	GER 1049	Zurmuhl Jens	SOEST	(DNS)	DNS	20	DNF	DNF	24	20	21	19	190
24	DEN 3433	Lang Peter	MIDDELFA	(DNF)	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	22	19	DNF	21	193
25	GER 4076	Moser Aaron Merlin	BSV	(DNF)	DNF	DNF	DNF	18	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	211
26	GER 3893	Shmatz Toni	NRV	(DNF)	22	22	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	217
27	GER 3088	Schoenberg Jens	SCR	21	(DNF)	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	219
28	GER 3795	Gieser Stefan	WHW	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	232