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Moth World Championships Day One - Outteridge leads

by Michelle Slade on 11 Aug 2009
CASCADE LOCKS - OREGON. USA .2009 Moth Worlds. Day 1 race 3. Nathan Outteridge (AUS-3456). ThMartinez / Sea & Co - Copyright http://www.thmartinez.com

2009 CST Composites Moth World Championships and after day one Nathan Outteridge (AUS) leads.

Working the shifts was today’s mantra for Day 1 of the CST Composites Moth Worlds, sailed at Cascade Locks, Oregon. The race committee got four races off in predominantly flat water but a shifting breeze that made for tough calls throughout the day. Racing started at noon in about 12 kts, and built to 15 with gusts to 20 at the bottom mark by late afternoon.

Racing was consistently tight at the top of the fleet with the top five finishers battling it out all day. Top ten finishers: Nathan Outteridge (AUS) 8 points, Bora Gulari (USA) 12 points, Dalton Bergan (USA) 13 points, Simon Payne (GBR) 16 points, Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI) 18 points, Rohan Veal (AUS) 21 points, Kevin Hall (NZL) 33 points, Rob Gough (AUS) 41 points, Andrew McDougall (AUS) 44 points, and Charlie McKee (USA) 44 points.

Today’s lighter air played well for boats, with few disabling breakages. Scott Babbage caught a DNF on Race 2, after his mast exploded as it hit the water on an unspectacular maneuver between races – reaching for his water bottle, which was unfortunate as he sailed a solid first race, and finished in the top five for both races 3 and 4.

Likewise for Gulari, who had a couple of spectacular starts, and in Race 3 had a solid one hundred yard advantage over the entire fleet coming into the first top mark rounding only to blow it as he missed a puff coming out of the mark and capsized. But boat speed has been his close ally this past week and he put the pedal down to finish third in this race, almost making it past Payne who just got Gulari across the line.
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Quotes from the Boats.

Nathan Outteridge (AUS): 'I’ve just been staying in the right spots at the right time. I didn’t have a massive speed advantage, just stayed in the right spot and sailed relatively conservatively. It was really shifty as, so sometimes you had to be really risky to sail conservatively. But if you sailed too conservatively you’d get passed, so you had to have a plan and just stick to it, and if people pass you, be confident that you’ll get them back. Bora’s definitely going fast at the moment, the last two starts today were really good and he just got out of the blocks and caught a couple of good shifts and once he was in the lead he was doing a good job of staying in between us and the next mark and getting in phase. In the second race he was leading and at the top mark capsized on the spacer mark and had to take a turn so he reckons I owe him a burger or something. It’s awesome racing with this many boats at such a high level. Scott (Babbage) and I were just saying that if we could do this all the time, it would be incredible. We sail around with three boats at home, and we think that’s fun, but a fleet this size and mixing it up, it’s cool.'

Bora Gulari (USA): 'My first race I was winning pretty handily and just kind of had a brain fart at the bottom and capsized early on top of the finish line and let five boats go by. The next race I had a good one, got a second, the next race I won, and then the last race, I had a good battle with Nathan going up the first beat, I got the last few shifts, I think I had about a one hundred yard lead. I went around the weather mark and I was so anxious just to get going down the run just to get out of there, I eased my controls off, a puff hit and I literally got blown over and crashed into the offset mark – my face was up against the offset mark just as Nathan flew by yelling, 'Circle, circle,' just adding salt to the wound at that point. I had to laugh. I did my turn and got back to third though. Some competitors were actually asking me if I did my circle, and I did! You can’t win a regatta on Day 1, but you can definitely lose it. I must have been about 12th at one point there, and I almost got second – getting all the way back up there was a huge accomplishment.'

Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI): 'It’s really nice racing. I’ve had good starts and the boat is going really great. I’ve just made some mistakes – a bad tack one time when I was having a problem trimming. I just keeping doing stupid stuff. The racing’s really tight, all the guys are going fast, you just miss one shift and three or four boats pass you, so nice competition. The conditions are hard because it’s very shifty, the puff’s seem to come from nowhere. It’s hard.'

Simon Payne (GBR): 'I’ve had a couple of good races today but the last race was frustrating. There were about six of us coming into the finish, Nathan was just in front, and it was so close and I just got into third place when the barge came past so there was a wind shadow and massive waves, Scotty just nose-dived and that put me back. Sometimes in this game you’re the pigeon and sometimes you’re the statue, right? But it will all come back and it was all great racing. What am I doing right? Well, I’m a lot lighter than everyone else – 65kgs – so have to work for every foot, so I’m sailing well downwind, getting out of the start ok, and the boat’s carrying me a little bit. Ideally we’ll get a little bit of everything in this regatta and if it goes light, I’ll be on fire.'
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Dalton Bergan (USA): 'It’s been pretty good. I crumbled a little bit this afternoon. I capsized after my first tack off the line – bad sailing on my part - and in the last race I had a pretty bad start. I got tangled up with a couple of guys who were out of control and it was tight. What seems to be working for me … I have a pretty cool sail, made by Dan Kessler in Seattle. It seems to be working well and that’s helped. And, I haven’t had any breakdowns. The course is great, so is the racing.'

Scott Babbage (AUS): 'Describing his crash between Race 1 and 2: I was just getting a drink bottle between races and I tipped the boat over and the mast just exploded as it hit the water. The first race I didn’t do too well, I had a poor start and got boxed out at the boat end so I didn’t have enough time to get up to speed by the time the gun went so I was probably about 20 seconds late, behind the guys who got off first. I had to go back to shore for a new mast and sail, and went straight back out…only to find that they had called a break. Good workout.'

Kevin Hall (NZL): 'My races were okay. I got horrible starts in the first two races. In the first I tried to start right to windward of Nathan and that was a big mistake. He’d just got going and it was a really light spot and I eased my foils and suddenly everyone was gone. I had a lot of catch up to do but made it into the top ten so I was happy with that. It turns out I’m going better downwind at the moment and not so well upwind. Go figure, as soon as I work it out I’ll let you know! The second race was solid but not great. But the racing’s great, it’s so much fun. My gear seems to be working fine, but that being said I’ve been working pretty much flat-out since I got here a week ago to make sure the boat holds together but that’s just part of it. I tuned up a little with Bora before the start and that’s a good benchmark obviously. Dalton sailed really well today, and Nathan’s pretty handy so he’s always going to be there too.'

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2009 International Moth US National Championship

  • International Moth Fleet

    International Moth Fleet

    Sailed:7, Discards:1, To count:6, Entries:47, Scoring system:Appendix A
    Rank Nat SailNo Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Crew Total Nett
    1st AUS 3456 Nathan Outterridge 1.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 (8.0) 1.0 2.0   22.0 14.0
    2nd USA 3281 Bora Gulari 3.0 2.0 4.0 (5.0) 2.0 3.0 3.0   22.0 17.0
    3rd AUS 3383 Scott Babbadge 2.0 16.0 DNF 3.0 (48.0 DNC) 1.0 2.0 1.0   73.0 25.0
    4th SUI 3387 Arnaud Psarofaghis 7.0 (48.0 DNC) 5.0 4.0 6.0 5.0 6.0   81.0 33.0
    5th AUS 3455 Rohan Veal 24.0 DNF 1.0 2.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 (48.0 DNC)   85.0 37.0
    6th AUS 3457 Rob Gough 4.0 (48.0 DNC) 9.0 9.0 7.0 6.0 5.0   88.0 40.0
    7th USA 3391 Dalton Bergan 9.0 4.0 6.0 7.0 (23.0) 12.0 8.0   69.0 46.0
    8th USA 3451 Brad Funk 14.0 3.0 8.0 11.0 14.0 10.0 (23.0 DNF)   83.0 60.0
    9th USA 3450 Charlie McKee 11.0 8.0 11.0 (21.0) 11.0 9.0 10.0   81.0 60.0
    10th USA 3251 George Peet 10.0 7.0 15.0 19.0 10.0 8.0 (23.0 DNF)   92.0 69.0
    11th UAE 3453 Chris Graham 8.0 5.0 (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 9.0 7.0 4.0   129.0 81.0
    12th USA 3299 Andy Mack 15.0 10.0 16.0 15.0 17.0 (29.0 DNF) 17.0   119.0 90.0
    13th USA 3597 Jonathan McKee 18.0 11.0 19.0 (24.0) 21.0 14.0 13.0   120.0 96.0
    14th GBR 3381 Simon Payne 6.0 (48.0 DNC) 10.0 2.0 3.0 29.0 DNF 48.0 DNC   146.0 98.0
    15th USA 3238 Chris Williams 24.0 DNF (48.0 DNC) 17.0 17.0 16.0 20.0 12.0   154.0 106.0
    16th USA 7 Zach Maxam 17.0 13.0 23.0 23.0 (27.0) 16.0 14.0   133.0 106.0
    17th GBR 3146 Andrew Friend 12.0 (48.0 DNC) 22.0 13.0 19.0 21.0 23.0 DNF   158.0 110.0
    18th USA 8 Matt Pistay 13.0 9.0 27.0 18.0 15.0 29.0 DNF (48.0 DNC)   159.0 111.0
    19th SUI 3247 Mikis Psarofaghis (48.0 DNC) 14.0 21.0 22.0 24.0 15.0 16.0   160.0 112.0
    20th USA 3334 Bates McKee 16.0 12.0 29.0 26.0 (48.0 DNC) 13.0 18.0   162.0 114.0
    21st USA 3592 Lindsay Bergan 19.0 16.0 DNF 20.0 20.0 (26.0) 18.0 23.0 DNF   142.0 116.0
    22nd AUS 3380 Andrew McDougall (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 7.0 6.0 48.0 DNC 29.0 DNF 9.0   195.0 147.0
    23rd GBR 3373 Adam May 24.0 DNF (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 13.0 11.0 7.0   199.0 151.0
    24th AUS 3283 Will Logan (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 26.0 25.0 25.0 17.0 15.0   204.0 156.0
    25th SIN 3610 Mark Robinson (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 13.0 8.0 12.0 29.0 DNF 48.0 DNC   206.0 158.0
    26th SIN 3345 James Cole 24.0 DNF (48.0 DNC) 28.0 27.0 DNF 4.0 29.0 DNF 48.0 DNC   208.0 160.0
    27th UAE 3452 Glenn Raphael (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 14.0 12.0 48.0 DNC 29.0 DNF 11.0   210.0 162.0
    28th NZL 1 Kevin Hall 5.0 (48.0 DNC) 18.0 10.0 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   225.0 177.0
    29th USA 161 Morgan Larson 24.0 DNF (48.0 DNC) 12.0 14.0 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   242.0 194.0
    30th USA 32 Tim Wadlow (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 25.0 16.0 20.0 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   253.0 205.0
    31st USA 3589 Devin Bader (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 19.0 23.0 DNF   282.0 234.0
    32nd NZL 3395 Chris Steele (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 18.0 29.0 DNF 48.0 DNC   287.0 239.0
    33rd USA 3181 Ian Andrewes (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 22.0 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   310.0 262.0
    34th USA 3596 Nigel Oswald (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 24.0 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   312.0 264.0
    35th USA 3593 Paul Kilkenny (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th CAN 3200 Chris Cochrane (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA 3197 Joe Bousquet (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th BEL 3388 Giovanni Galeotti (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th GER 3159 Gerold Pauler (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA 3282 Matt Noble (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA 11 Dan Brandt (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA ???? Anthony Boscolo (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA 3221 Hans Henken (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA 3216 Adam Lowry (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th GBR 3378 James Phare (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA A Jack Driscoll (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
    35th USA 3257 Karl Wittnebel (48.0 DNC) 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC 48.0 DNC   336.0 288.0
Competitors and organizers would like to thank volunteers and sponsors of the CST Composite 2009 Moth World Championship.

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