PUMA Moth Worlds Day 3 - Changes at the top

by Bridgid Murphy on 11 Mar 2010 PUMA International Moth World Championship - Day 3 Andrew 'Amac' McDougall’s nine point lead evaporated today in the difficult patchy Dubai breeze.

The first race of the day, race five of the prestigious event, was a carbon copy of the final race yesterday, with US Laser sailor Brad Funk scoring a bullet. European Moth Champ Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI) scored a second on the same race, and at the end of the day Psarofaghis moved into third place. 'Today I lost a few positions I shouldn't have, but overall I was going pretty fast in some difficult conditions,' the Swiss racer said. Simon Payne captured third in the race.

Seattle, USA skiff sailor Dalton Bergan pulled off the move of the regatta at the exciting start of race six, when he port-tacked the entire fleet – a sailor’s dream at a World Championship. The manuver payed off and guaranteed victory for Bergan. Australian Scott Babbage grabbed second place, with Funk again scoring big with a third. Payne continued his strong performance with a fourth and 2009 World Champ Bora Gulari rounded out the top five.

[Sorry, this content could not be displayed] The last race of the day started in a lighter and dying breeze, with Psarofaghis edging out Brad Funk for the race win after Funk broke his boom vang. Funk also lost a sail control called a camber inducer, greatly reducing the power in his rig.

The gear failure cost Brad one point, leaving his just two points from race leader Payne, whose consistency has proved his biggest advantage. 'I was good but not great today, not quite as fast as yesterday just before I broke my mast, but then the conditions weren't quite the same so you have to take that into account,' explained Payne.

Tomorrow is a lay day for the fleet.

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Moth Worlds

Races Sailed: 7      Discard: 1

	Series Place	Sail No	Type of Boat	Class	Country	Helm	M/F	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7
	1	GBR5	Mach 2	Masters	UK	Simon Payne	M	18	5	2	1	41	3	4	3
	2	USA3451	Mach 2	Open	USA	Brad Funk	M	20	3	11	10	1	1	3	2
	3	SUI3	Mach 2	Open	SUI	Arnaud Psarofaghis	M	24	17	9	3	3	2	6	1
	4	USA4	Mach 2	Open	USA	Dalton Bergan	M	27	10	20	4	4	4	1	4
	5	AUS3380	Mach 2	Masters	AUS	Andrew McDougall	M	34	1	1	11	2	13	8	11
	6	USA1	Mach 2	Open	USA	Bora Gulari	M	35	12	10	2	7	6	5	5
	7	AUS7	Mach 2	Open	AUS	Scott Babbage	M	37	8	4	9	5	10	2	9
	8	UAE3679	Mach2	Open	UAE	Chris Graham	M	37	4	7	7	10	5	7	7
	9	GBR3708	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Michael Lennon	M	41	2	8	8	6	8	9	10
	10	GBR3604	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Adam May	M	56	6	5	6	16	9	14	18
	11	SIN3700	Mach 2	Open	SGP	Mark Robinson	M	67	16	23	5	14	11	15	6
	12	AUS9	Mach 2	Open	AUS	Rob Gough	M	67	11	18	12	12	12	12	8
	13	SLO3712	Mach 2	Open	SVN	Tomaz Copi	M	69	7	3	41	11	19	10	19
	14	GBR3594	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Ricky Tagg	M	75	9	17	15	13	14	11	13
	15	SUI3392	Mach 2	Masters	SUI	Jean-Pierre Ziegert	M	79	19	16	13	9	7	19	15
	16	SWE3666	Mach 2	Masters	SWE	Martin Gravare	M	83	13	19	44	8	18	13	12
	17	USA3683	Mach 2	Open	USA	Zack Maxam	M	88	14	15	14	15	16	17	14
	18	SUI3623	Mach 2	Open	SUI	Mikis Psarofaghis	M	101	15	28	20	19	15	16	16
	19	USA3615	Mach 2	Open	USA	George Peet	M	106	23	14	16	18	17	18	26
	20	SIN3711	Bladerider	Open	AUS	James Cole	M	110	21	6	21	20	25	21	21
	21	GBR4082	Full Force	Open	GBR	Alex Adams	M	110	18	24	17	17	21	20	17
	22	UAE3231	Bladerider	Junior	UAE	Marcel Herrera	M	128	24	13	26	22	26	23	20
	23	UAE3276	Bladerider	Junior	UAE	Alex Buerger	M	130	22	12	24	28	23	27	22
	24	GBR3713	Mach 2	Open	GBR	James Phare	M	142	26	21	41	23	24	24	24
	25	GBR3632	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Paul Hayden	M	145	20	22	23	24	27	30	29
	26	UAE3680	Mach 2	Open	UAE	Glenn Raphael	M	150	35	35	18	21	22	29	25
	27	GBR3607	Mach 2	Open		Tim Penfold	M	159	38	42	19	33	20	22	27
	28	SWE3125	Bladerider	Women	SWE	Emma Aspington	F	162	29	30	28	27	33	25	23
	29	UAE3300	Bladerider	Women	UAE	Kerstin Sommer	F	166	28	25	29	30	30	26	28
	30	AUS3262	Prowler Zero	Open	AUS	Ben Crocker	M	168	32	27	25	29	28	28	31
	31	GBR3335	Bladerider	Junior	GBR	Dougie Imrie	M	177	27	26	41	26	31	34	33
	32	UAE3357	Bladerider	Open	UAE	Simon Savage	M	179	33	36	22	25	34	31	34
	33	UAE3647	Assassin	Open	UAE	Rob Fordyce	M	189	30	29	31	35	35	32	32
	34	SWE3279	Bladerider	Masters	SWE	Magnus Gravare	M	196	36	33	30	32	29	36	37
	35	HKG3672	Mach 2	Open	HKG	Dion Houghton	M	197	34	32	27	31	36	37	38
	36	SUI3250	Bladerider	Open	SUI	Philip Kasermann	M	201	37	31	32	39	32	33	36
	37	GBR3431	Bladerider X8	Masters	UK	Richard Davies	M	212	39	34	34	37	37	35	35
	38	UAE3665	Fastacraft	Masters	UAE	Marc Bruegger	M	213	31	37	33	34	39	39	39
	39	SWE3140	Bladerider X8	Masters	SWE	Per Eskilson	M	218	40	42	36	36	38	38	30
	40	CHN3637	Mach 2	Open	CHN	Dirk Weiblen	M	236	42	38	37	38	41	41	41
	41	GBR3495	Bladerider	Open	GBR	Jonathan Peats	M	238	41	42	35	44	40	40	40
	42	USA3592	Mach 2	Women	USA	Lindsey Bergan	F	245	25	44	44	44	44	44	44
	43	UAE3278	Bladerider	Masters	UAE	Jeroen Leenen	M	263	44	44	44	44	43	44	44

PUMA became involved with the Moth Class during the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, having PUMA branded Moths sailed in port during each of the eleven stopovers around the world. During the adventure around the world, PUMA's Moths were sailed by ISAF Rolex Sailor of the Year Anna Tunicliffe, US Laser sailor Brad Funk, former Moth World Champion Rohan Veal and Swiss Moth sailor Arnaud Psarofaghis. Both the Moth Class and PUMA bring a new enthusiasm to sailing, attracting top sailors and non-sailing spectators.

For more information about the PUMA Moth World Championships and PUMA Sailing collections, please visit www.pumaoceanracing.com.

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