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PUMA Moth Worlds Day 3 - Changes at the top

'2010 PUMA Moth Worlds Day 3 start of Race 5.'    Thierry Martinez ©

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.

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.

2010 PUMA Moth Worlds Day 3 Race 7. BRAD FUNK (USA 3451) -  Thierry Martinez ©  

2010 PUMA Moth Worlds, Day 3 Race 5.
SIMON PAYNE (GBR 5) -  Thierry Martinez ©  

2010 PUMA Moth Worlds Day 3 Race 5. SIMON PAYNE (GBR 5) and BORA GULARI (USA 1) at top mark -  Thierry Martinez ©  

Day 3 Race 7. ANDREW MCDOUGALL (AUS 3380) - 2010 Moth Worlds -  ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright

Day 3 Race 5. ANDREW MCDOUGALL (AUS 3380) - 2010 Moth Worlds -  ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright

Day 3 Race 5. ARNAUD PSAROFAGHIS (SUI 3 - 2010 Moth Worlds -  ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright

Day 3 start of Race 5. DALTON BERGAN (USA 4) and ARNAUD PSAROFAGHIS (SUI 3) - 2010 Moth Worlds -  ThMartinez_- Sea & Co - Copyright


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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