Moth Victorian Championships - McDougall aims for trifecta

by Vanessa Dudley on 25 Jan 2010
Mach 2 Moth designer Andrew McDougall today added the McConaghy – KA Sails International Moth Victorian Championships to the Australian Moth title he won earlier this month.

Next step will be the International Moth class world championships at the start of March in Dubai, UAE, where the Victorian sailor hopes to make it a trifecta.

Racing at Audi Victoria Week, McDougall won both of today’s races conducted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club on Corio Bay for the single-hander foiling class in shifty south-easterly wind.

He finished with 11 points for the eight-races series, three points clear of fellow Victorian Lochlin Byrne sailing Mach2 Boats.

McDougall is aged 54 while Byrne is 18. Both were racing Mach 2 Moths designed by McDougall and produced by McConaghy Boats in China. McDougall said the company has now sold 85 of the high-flying foiling craft around the world, including 14 into Australia.

Third overall was Michael Boode of the home club, followed by David Barnes of Latrobe Valley Yacht Club (Vic), sailing Bladerider VRX.

McConaghy - KA Sails Int Moth Championships

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

 

Series Results [Fleet] up to Race 8 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 8	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS3380	MACH 2	Andrew McDougall	BRYC	11.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	[11.0C]
2		AUS3379	MACH2 BOATS	Lochlin Byrne	SYC	14.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	[4.0]	2.0	2.0	1.0
3		AUS3309	HYDROPHOBIC	Michael Boode	RGYC	24.0	5.0	3.0	4.0	[6.0]	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
4		AUS3455	BLADERIDER VRX	David Barnes	LVYC	27.0	6.0	7.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	[11.0F]
5		AUS3271	RED BARON	Greg Wise	ASC	45.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	[9.0]	5.0	5.0	3.0
6		3144	NA1	Leigh Dunstan	DYC	52.0	7.0	6.0	7.0	5.0	5.0	11.0C	11.0C	[11.0C]
7	3.0S	AUS3464	X-FACTA	James Owen-Smith	DBYC	56.0	11.0C	11.0C	3.0	3.0	6.0	11.0C	11.0C	[11.0C]
8		3283	HIMALAYAN WOMEN	Paul Newman	CYC	56.0	4.0	9.0	6.0	7.0	8.0	11.0C	11.0C	[11.0C]
9		AUS3685	NA2	Brent Frankcombe	ESC	61.0	2.0	4.0	11.0C	11.0C	11.0C	11.0C	11.0C	[11.0C]
10		AUS3359	CHATTERBOX	Stephen Tillman	ASC	65.0	9.0	5.0	11.0C	11.0F	7.0	11.0C	11.0C	[11.0C]

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