Australian Moth Championship - Crash and Burn, gusty action at Wangi

by Rob Kothe and the Sail-World Team on 11 Jan 2013 Today, day four of the 2013 Australian Moth Championship, was used for re-sails, as Tuesday was cancelled. The racing started in a gusty 10-14 knot easterly which tended to have constant swings of five to ten degrees.

The sailors were again a little too keen at the first start resulting in a general recall, however they all got away cleanly in the re-start. James Doran and A-Mac (Andrew McDougall) seemed to have mastered running down the line on the course side and dipping back just as the gun goes to hit the line at full speed, however the Moth Squad boys still had their measure with Kiwi Pete (Burling) in first, followed by Joe Turner in second and Slingers (Tom Slingsby) third with Goobs (Iain Jensen) seventh and Nath (Nathan Outteridge) ninth.

The second race of the day started in similar conditions, however this time it was Tom Slingsby’s turn to grab a win, followed by Josh McKnight, Pete Burling and Goobs fourth. The third race of the day saw Nathan Outteridge miss the start by nearly four minutes, after going to the shore for makeshift repairs. He was never going to catch the leaders however did catch quite a few boats and finished 23rd. Once again Kiwi Pete dominated winning the race from Joe Turner, Scott Babbage and Dave Lister.

As the forecast for Saturday was looking very suspect, with very light shifty winds, and as the conditions were still quite reasonable, the race committee decided to run a fourth race, much to the dismay of some of the tired sailors.

Once again Pete Burling took control winning his third race for the day. Pete just looked so relaxed in his boat and had speed to burn. One person commented that he reminded him of the cartoon character Gumby when he tacked and gybed, slithering under the boom, but obviously it works for Pete.

Second in the race was Josh, followed by Goobs and Dave Lister. A notable retiree was Joe Turner, who I am told did not wish to miss happy hour at the club.

Peter Burling, was very impressive today. He said ‘The first race I got a really good start off the boat and done some right pressure and just led the whole way and just kept it pretty simple and managed to hold off Scottie and then in the second race I think it was pretty similar. Looking forward to another good day tomorrow.

A disappointed Nathan Outteridge commented ‘I had a bit of an issue today. In the first race, I broke the rear wing bar and it took a while to get it fixed so I missed all three races today. It is a bit disappointing but we are going to fix it up tonight and get it out there tomorrow and fight another day. ‘

Some laughs as always from Wangi local Jodi Shiels,

‘I had quite a few crashes out there actually. I had one just above the start finish boat. I think it was on the second last leg and I was just coming in to adjust height at the wrong time and cut a bad wave and snapped it right (went in hard) in front of everyone. The bloke that came round behind me was giggling his head off. If I find him he is in big trouble. ‘

After 10 races, with two drops, Pete now leads on 10 points from Scott on 21 points, Josh on 29 points, Dave Lister on 32 points, Joe Turner on 37 points and Tom Slingsby on 44 points. Racing continues on Friday from 1pm.

 

Series Results [One Design ET] up to Race 10 (Drops = 2)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Bow No:	R10	R9	R8	R7	R6	R5	R4	R3	R2	R1
1		3961	Oh Yeah	Pete Burling	Tanranga YC	10	10	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	[5.0]	[3.0]	1
2		2	7	Scott Babbage	Woollahra	21	2	[8.0]	3	[5.0]	4	4	2	2	3	1	2
3		1	Flying Tiger	Josh McKnight	RPA	29	1	2	5	2	6	3	3	6	2	[7.0]	[70.0F]
4		3657	Manic 3	Dave Lister	ST George SC	32	57	4	4	6	5	6	4	[70.0C]	1	2	[11.0]
5		3678	Hayles	Joe Turner	Woollahra	37	14	[70.0C]	2	7	2	5	5	5	6	[9.0]	5
6		3964	Johnny Drama	Tom Slingsby	Gosford SC	44	9	5	[13.0]	1	3	2	9	[14.0]	8	4	12
7		3	Altitude	Rob Gough	RYCT	47	3	[9.0]	6	8	[12.0]	7	6	3	7	6	4
8		3951	Puddles	Iain Jensen	WASC	53	11	3	9	4	7	[16.0]	7	7	9	[11.0]	7
9		8	Tas 3	Julien Salter	RYCT	58	8	6	[70.0O]	9	8	8	8	4	[15.0]	12	3
10		5	KA	Andrew McDougall	BRYC	79	5	12	7	10	10	10	12	8	[13.0]	[13.0]	10
11		3656	Scalpel	Luka Damic	ST George SC	97	56	[20.0]	[32.0]	14	11	9	10	15	12	8	18
12		3997	G Had	Nathan Outteridge	WASC	100	4	7	23	11	9	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	33	4	5	8
13		3717	Dripping Carbon	Jack Sherring	Southport	112	17	11	11	17	14	15	[26.0]	[24.0]	20	15	9
14		3904	East Coast Marine	Scott Beeby	NCYC	114	18	22	[28.0]	21	13	11	13	9	11	14	[23.0]
15		3783	Peanuts Dream	Warren Sare	Woollahra	119	16	18	10	19	[23.0]	13	18	[20.0]	10	17	14
16		3833	Slam Australia	James Dorron	Manly 16FT SC	126	12	13	15	23	17	12	11	10	25	[70.0F]	[29.0]
17	10.0S	3803	Kajimoto	Kohei Kajimoto	BRYC	134	15	10	14	12	18	[27.0]	22	18	[22.0]	19	21
18		3832	Stone Cutter	Les Thorpe	BYRA	134	32	14	16	16	[70.0C]	14	24	[34.0]	14	21	15
19		3820	HS Plasterboard	Matt Crockett	B16's	135	44	[25.0]	17	[29.0]	21	17	19	13	18	10	20
20		3957	The Spruce Goose	Tom Johnson	RFBYC	144	67	21	12	13	[28.0]	21	21	27	23	[34.0]	6
21		3707	Red Bull	Hirioki Goto	HYA	146	7	16	21	26	19	22	14	11	[31.0]	[32.0]	17
22		3781	Impact	Will Logan	RYCT	147	42	19	19	22	16	18	[23.0]	19	16	18	[30.0]
23		3719	OZ SUP	Phil Kurts	Woollahra	155	19	26	22	20	20	[26.0]	15	12	17	23	[31.0]
24		3934	Tack City	Jamie Woods	LMYC	158	34	[28.0]	20	18	22	19	17	17	21	24	[27.0]
25		3958	Yoshi	Luke Parkinson	Fremantle SC	165	68	15	8	24	15	20	[70.0C]	29	29	25	[32.0]
26		3637	Star Scream	Brent Pearson	DPSS KBSC4	174	37	17	[37.0]	15	24	25	16	23	32	[70.0O]	22
27		3920	Purple	Ben Newling	Woollahra	188	20	24	26	[30.0]	27	24	20	16	[35.0]	27	24
28		3903	XTC	James Owen-Smith	Davey's Bay	193	43	23	27	[32.0]	[70.0C]	31	27	25	19	28	13
29		3823	MK Building Group	Richard Jackson	Mt Martha YC	194	23	30	18	[31.0]	25	30	25	22	24	20	[39.0]
30		3709	Dutchy	James Vandervort	Teralba SC	211	63	29	24	25	29	28	[33.0]	30	[36.0]	30	16
31	16.0S	3777	Audney	Ben Crocker	Woollahra	221	51	[38.0]	31	34	31	23	[70.0C]	21	28	16	37
32		3778	Meat Axe	Andrew Coxall	ST George SC	221	45	27	25	28	32	[37.0]	32	[37.0]	30	22	25
33		3905	Rhapsody	Phil Stevenson	ST George SC	242	62	32	34	[40.0]	36	33	29	26	33	[37.0]	19
34		3827	FAF	Jody Shiels	WASC	257	27	[45.0]	33	39	30	29	34	[42.0]	26	26	40
35		3636	20 Good Reasons	Steven Sherring	SYS	266	36	35	42	38	[70.0C]	32	30	28	[42.0]	33	28
36		3673	Coldie	Rod Winter	RMYC	267	53	33	30	35	35	[45.0]	38	[50.0]	34	36	26
37		3779	FireFly	Chris Dixon	ST George SC	272	39	31	29	27	26	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	27	29	33
38		3750	WMD	Emmett Lazich	WASC	277	41	34	36	33	34	36	31	36	37	[38.0]	[47.0]
39		3770	Ladybird	Emma Spiers	Woollahra	288	50	36	35	[41.0]	33	35	36	[41.0]	38	39	36
40		3316	Red Belly Black Snak	Alex Vandervort	Teralba SC	311	30	42	44	[51.0]	47	34	28	32	[48.0]	41	43
41		3956	Free Bird	Bruce Cooper	Balmoral	316	64	39	38	37	38	39	47	[70.0C]	43	35	[70.0C]
42		384	Pimp Mobile	Max Puttman	SOPYC	321	31	37	39	42	44	38	37	35	[51.0]	[53.0]	49
43		3326	Every Dog Has it's D	Lloyd Edmonds	SOPYC	331	26	40	41	44	42	44	41	39	[44.0]	40	[51.0]
44		3976	It's Not A Zebra	Sam Phillips	SOrrento CSC	342	22	44	45	45	39	[51.0]	35	[70.0C]	41	47	46
45		3676	Hairy	Cam Robinson	Woollahra	358.5	29	43	40	36	40	49.5	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	54	58	38
46		3867	Camargue	David Robinson	Woollahra	359	47	51	50	[52.0]	41	43	44	44	40	46	[55.0]
47		3807	K San	Ryan Kelly	WAllaroo	362	24	47	48	47	[55.0]	41	39	46	46	[70.0C]	48
48		3633	Let Them Eat Cake	Rayshelle Martin	Woollahra	367	33	46	43	48	46	40	46	48	50	[54.0]	[52.0]
49		3256	Manic 2	Jon Branch	ST George SC	396	49	48	46	43	50	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	53	45	41
50		3178	Teknologika	Bruce McLeod	ST George SC	397	40	53	47	[61.0]	51	[70.0C]	40	38	55	55	58
51	41.0S	3687	Flying Circus	Phil Smith	SOPYC	401	52	41	52	46	45	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	49	44	54
52		3952	Tucker Box	Ben Tucker	Woollahra	401	66	56	53	[59.0]	56	42	42	43	58	51	[59.0]
53		3288	Blue	Gus Ekberg	BRYC	404	28	52	51	55	48	46	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	56	52	44
54		9364	Silver Shadow	Nick Billett	RQYS	406	55	49	49	50	43	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	45	50	50
55		3638	Crumpet	David Martin	Woollahra	406.5	38	70.0C	70.0C	53.5	37	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	47	52	42	35
56		3574	Karma	Tim Forbes-Smith	ST George SC	412	35	50	55	49	52	48	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	57	48	53
57		3868	B-One	Rob Pearson	Yeppoon	419	48	57	56	57	54	47	43	49	[60.0]	56	[57.0]
58		3321	IFFI	Jamie Roberts	ST George SC	423	21	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	31	39	31	42
59		9336	Leyroy Jenkins	Mark Hughes	Southport	427.5	59	54	54	58	53	49.5	45	54	[61.0]	60	[60.0]
60		3660	Invader	Dave Henderson	Northbridge SC	449	60	59	58	[62.0]	58	52	48	52	[62.0]	61	61
61		3998	Doink 3	James McKenzie	Balmoral	452	58	58	57	60	57	[70.0C]	49	53	59	59	[63.0]
62		3209	Cherub	Kris Fay	Belmont 16ft	459.5	70	70.0C	70.0C	53.5	49	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	43	34
63		3313	The Penguin	Scott Sharpe	SOPYC	461	13	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	40	47	49	45
64		9256	Smith	Ian Sim	Balmoral	479	46	60	59	63	59	[70.0C]	[70.0C]	51	63	62	62
65		9318	Sector 7G	Bryce O'Wone	WASC	508	69	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	45	[70.0O]	57	56
66		65	Tomhamsam	Harry Mighell	SSCBC	531	65	55	70.0C	56	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0F]	[70.0C]
67		3306	Peppered	Rob Green	Darling Point SS	560	6	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0C]
67		3570	Air Cooled	Tom Graham	Toowoomba	560	61	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0F]
67		8825	Dilli Gaff	Andrew Morris	CYCA	560	25	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	70.0C	[70.0C]	[70.0F]

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

 

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