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Outteridge wins, Payne second at Moth Australian Nationals |
Britain's Simon Payne, who had led the Moth Australian Nationals throughout the week, had to settle for second, after a black Saturday that saw him OCS in the first race and then DNF after ripping his trampoline in a capize in the second race. This left the fast improving Outteridge with a three point lead going into the final race, and the Australian Olympic sailor did not need any further bidding.
49er World Champion Nathan Outteridge finally scored a heat win on the last day of the Zhik International Moth Australian Nationals and it cemented his place at the top of the series point score in his first hit out in this class.
Outteridge gave the race committee a wave and a smile as he sprinted over the finish line at the head of the pack in race ten. In return, they blasted their horn multiple times to signal the victory, which is an extraordinary result for the 22 year old who spent around 25 hours settling into the new class of boat off the back of his Beijing Olympic 49er campaign.
'Simon had the edge all week but today I started hiking a lot harder and the boat found different speed,' said a delighted Outteridge this afternoon. 'They are awesome boats to sail, it will be hard to go back to the 49er after this. An Olympic campaign is so intense, with this class I’m just enjoying sailing again.'
 | Nathan Outteridge during the Moth National Championship, Skandia Geelong Week - Andrea Francolini / Skandia |
In a 14-16 knot southerly which finally allowed the commencement of race ten more than four hours after the scheduled 10:00hrs start, Outteridge sailed a flawless race, hitting 22 knots downwind in the three lap race and averaging 15 knots upwind.
Payne wasn’t able to catch the super quick Outteridge today but with his brand new Mach 2 only foiling the day before the regatta he’s delighted with second overall in this new generation design.
Payne finished second in the final race with David Lister of Australia in third and Luke Damic fourth. Overall Payne took second behind Outteridge, with Lister third and Scott Babbage fourth. Fifth was the New Zealander Andrew Brown and sixth went to USA sailor Bora Gulari, giving the Australian Nationals a very international feel.
Next on the calendar for Outteridge, the current 49er world champion, is the Farr 40 Nationals, then the 49er Worlds on Lake Garda in July. He admitted today he’d also love to go to the next Moth Worlds which will be held at Cascade Locks or ‘the Gorge’ in Portland, Oregon, in August before re-starting his 49er Olympic training with new crew Iain Jensen, also a Lake Macquarie sailor.
Simon Payne and the Mach 2 Moth designer Andrew McDougall spent until 11pm last night repairing the damage from yesterday’s race nine, when Payne went through the trampoline in a capsize.
'I shouldn’t have got up yesterday,' he acknowledged. Payne felt plenty of pain yesterday when he broke the start in the first race and was scored OCS, while in the second race he was scored DNF after his capsize.
The gracious Englishman, who was hoping to fit a Radox bath and a gin and tonic in before this evening’s trophy presentation, paid full credit to Outteridge. 'Nathan is a professional sailor, you can see how good he is out there. He’s a class act and he’ll go far.'
Speaking on the new frontier of Moth designs Payne recalled that 'five years ago the class was full of people with beards tinkering in the garage and making things in the kitchen and look at it now, we are one of the premier dinghy classes.'
A homemade Moth built from a Gilmour mould by self-confessed tinkerer David Lister from Caringbah in Sydney’s south finished third on the pointscore. A St George Sailing Club member and former 16 foot skiff sailor, Lister’s success has got others in the boat park talking, but he’s not giving too much away.
'It’s a complex boat, quite different to the others. There are more differences than you can see. I’m very secretive. The trick is not to copy anyone, to do your own thing.
'I have done a lot of work at home, testing a lot of stuff. I’ve used my own rudder and modified a Prowler centreboard and I’ve managed to get an edge in boat speed. I’m not a boat builder by any means, I just like to tinker.'
At 87 kilos Lister was one of the heaviest mothies sailing in the Zhik Nationals held in conjunction with the 165th Skandia Geelong Week. Not surprisingly, he liked everything about this regatta, but wasn’t a fan of the light air morning races. Case in point was today’s lengthy postponement due to a glass out on Geelong’s Corio Bay until the southerly finally kicked up.
The Moths are a development class dinghy and for this series, four scow Moths (the original Moth design, with a square bow and no foils) have taken on the might of the modern Bladerider and Mach 2 designs.
Ian Sim from Sydney’s northern beaches has been sailing his 10 year old scow Moth called Smith since its launch. 'Geelong’s a wonderful place to sail,' he said.
Zhik International Moth Australian Nationals - Final results
| Pos |
Sail No |
Boat Name |
Skipper |
From |
Pts Score |
| 1 |
AUS11 |
BLADERIDER |
Nathan Outteridge |
RSYSB16S |
15.8 |
| 2 |
GBR3381 |
MACH 2 |
Simon Payne |
HISC |
21.2 |
| 3 |
AUS9368 |
MANIC |
David Lister |
STGSC |
22.6 |
| 4 |
AUS3263 |
APPLIANCES ONLINE |
Scott Babbage |
WSC |
37 |
| 5 |
NZL3217 |
SOUTHERN SPARS |
Andrew Brown |
TBC |
41 |
| 6 |
USA3281 |
BORA GULARI |
Bora Gulari |
BYC |
41.8 |
| 7 |
3295 |
SAILINGBITS.COM |
John Harris |
A18L |
58 |
| 8 |
3573 |
READY! |
Luka Damic |
STGSC |
61.8 |
| 9 |
3283 |
ALTITUDE |
Rob Gough |
RYCT |
66.5 |
| 10 |
3128 |
KA SAIL |
Mark Robinson |
CYCA |
71.5 |
| 11 |
SUI3252 |
OYSTER FUND |
Psarofaghis Arnaud |
SNG |
78 |
| 12 |
3262 |
CARBON NEUTRAL |
Les Thorpe |
BYRA |
81 |
| 13 |
3288 |
THE MIGHTY BOOSH |
Rod Ray |
BISC |
92 |
| 14 |
3570 |
OBSESSION |
Alan Goddard |
BSC |
92.8 |
| 15 |
3297 |
TBA4 |
Samantha England |
BYS |
102 |
| 16 |
3128X |
UPGRADE |
Lochlin Byrne |
SYC/RBYC |
110 |
| 17 |
9332 |
HTFU |
Andrew Stevenson |
STGSC |
113 |
| 18 |
3290 |
TBA |
Peder Arvefors |
BRASS |
137 |
| 19 |
3260 |
PHLEGM FATALE |
Stephen Donovan |
STGSC |
141 |
| 20 |
3321 |
IFFI |
Martin Cross |
BSCRPAYC |
149 |
| 21 |
13279 |
BLADERIDER RX 2 |
Martin Gravare |
GKSS |
156 |
| 22 |
9343 |
TIGER ON A CHAIN |
Phil Stevenson |
STGSC |
167 |
| 23 |
3271 |
RED BARON |
Greg Wise |
ASC |
170 |
| 24 |
3420 |
TBA |
Brent Pearson |
KBSC |
184 |
| 25 |
3309 |
HYDROPHOBIC |
Michael Boode |
RGYC |
191 |
| 26 |
9334 |
LEA |
Lea Sitja |
SGSC |
201 |
| 27 |
9365 |
BUCCANEER |
Ned Dally |
ASC |
212 |
| 28 |
3279 |
NN |
Magnus Gravare |
GKSS |
219 |
| 29 |
3472 |
TRX 1 |
James Owen-Smith |
DBYC |
226 |
| 30 |
3232 |
SUMMIT |
Will Logan |
RYCT |
230 |
| 31 |
3305 |
BLACKADDER |
Alastair Gibson |
BSC |
244 |
| 32 |
8978 |
WINGNUT |
Michael Willcocks |
LCSC |
245 |
| 33 |
3359 |
CHATTERBOX |
Stephen Tillman |
ASC |
249 |
| 34 |
9364 |
SILVER SHADOW |
Martin Johnson |
WSC |
252 |
| 35 |
1 |
THE TRAMP |
James Mackenzie |
STGSC |
256 |
| 36 |
9256 |
SMITH |
Ian Sim |
BSC |
261 |
| 37 |
9360 |
VERTICAL HORIZON |
Matthew Day |
WSC |
277 |
| 38 |
9168 |
FRAN |
Kylie Lowry |
STGSC |
281 |
| 39 |
1260 |
SAILFAST |
Hiroki Goto |
SFC |
296 |
| 40 |
3178 |
TEKNOLOGIKA |
Bruce McLeod |
STGSC |
309 |
| 41 |
3182 |
RENEGADE |
Jonathan Emonson |
GLYC |
312 |
| 42 |
9311 |
ON THE PROWL |
David Barnes |
XXXX |
344 |
by Lisa Ratcliff
8:03 AM Sun 25 Jan 2009 GMT
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