Australian sailors hold five of the top six placings overall in the International Moth Italian Open championship, being sailed on Lake Garda, Italy, as a lead-up to next week’s World championship.
Nineteen Australians have entered for the Moth world titles, with most of them contesting the Italian championship which has attracted 83 competitors as a lead-up event in the spectacular foiler Moths. A record total of 119 sailors have entered for the Worlds.
Leading the Italian championship after two days of racing and five heats is Scott Babbage from Woollahra Sailing Club in Sydney on 11 points.
American sailor Bora Gulari is second overall on 13 points while in third place is Joe Turner (AUS) on 15 points.
Australian Moth champion Robbie Gough is fourth overall, while Julian Slater (AUS) is fifth and Joshua McKnight (AUS) is sixth. Chris Rashley (GBR), Eric Aakhus (USA), Jason Paul Belben (GBR) and Francesco Bianchi ITA) complete the top ten.
ZHIK NAUTICA NATIONAL OPEN MOTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Overall results
Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4
| Rank |
BowN |
Nat |
SailNo |
HelmName |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
Total |
Nett |
| 1st |
03 |
AUS |
3 |
Scott Babbage |
(7) |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
18 |
11 |
| 2nd |
05 |
USA |
5 |
Bora Gulari |
(13) |
1 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
26 |
13 |
| 3rd |
02 |
AUS |
2 |
Joe Mothman Turner |
6 |
2 |
(9) |
4 |
3 |
24 |
15 |
| 4th |
08 |
AUS |
8 |
Rob Gough |
5 |
(13) |
3 |
3 |
6 |
30 |
17 |
| 5th |
45 |
AUS |
3631 |
Julian Salter |
2 |
11 |
(19) |
6 |
1 |
39 |
20 |
| 6th |
26 |
AUS |
3776 |
Joshua Aaron McKnight |
1 |
6 |
(27) |
7 |
12 |
53 |
26 |
| 7th |
12 |
GBR |
3939 |
Chris Rashley |
(11) |
10 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
37 |
26 |
| 8th |
44 |
USA |
3911 |
Eric Aakhus |
9 |
7 |
(43) |
8 |
4 |
71 |
28 |
| 9th |
33 |
GBR |
3942 |
Jason Paul Belben |
14 |
9 |
8 |
(15) |
8 |
54 |
39 |
| 10th |
32 |
ITA |
3791 |
Francesco Bianchi |
12 |
(18) |
16 |
9 |
16 |
71 |
53 |
| 11th |
79 |
GBR |
3708 |
Michael Lennon |
17 |
(DNC) |
17 |
10 |
10 |
143 |
54 |
| 12th |
38 |
NZL |
3774 |
Matt Vincent |
10 |
8 |
24 |
(25) |
15 |
82 |
57 |
| 13th |
B8 |
ISV |
3596 |
Anthony Kotoun |
4 |
19 |
7 |
28 |
(41) |
99 |
58 |
| 14th |
A8 |
USA |
6531 |
Brad Funk |
3 |
3 |
41 |
16 |
(DNS) |
152 |
63 |
| 15th |
86 |
AUS |
3717 |
Jack Riley Sherring |
26 |
(38) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
103 |
65 |
| 16th |
48 |
AUS |
3783 |
Warren Sare |
16 |
12 |
(25) |
22 |
22 |
97 |
72 |
| 17th |
78 |
GBR |
3979 |
Robert Greenhalgh |
20 |
16 |
20 |
(48) |
20 |
124 |
76 |
| 18th |
83 |
AUS |
3900 |
Andrew McDougall |
15 |
(69) |
37 |
18 |
9 |
148 |
79 |
| 19th |
C2 |
ITA |
3912 |
Stefano Rizzi |
19 |
25 |
23 |
12 |
(33) |
112 |
79 |
| 20th |
A5 |
GBR |
3836 |
Simon Payne |
8 |
60 |
1 |
11 |
(66) |
146 |
80 |
| 21st |
87 |
GBR |
3892 |
Andrew Friend |
(35) |
20 |
5 |
33 |
23 |
116 |
81 |
| 22nd |
54 |
ITA |
3901 |
Peter Stuffer |
24 |
(70) |
13 |
35 |
13 |
155 |
85 |
| 23rd |
B6 |
USA |
3615 |
George Peet |
(42) |
22 |
15 |
29 |
28 |
136 |
94 |
| 24th |
55 |
ITA |
3879 |
Harald Stuffer |
21 |
30 |
22 |
21 |
(64) |
158 |
94 |
| 25th |
85 |
NZL |
3715 |
Jason Russell |
(32) |
29 |
14 |
27 |
25 |
127 |
95 |
| 26th |
D1 |
AUS |
3833 |
James Edward Dorron |
29 |
4 |
47 |
17 |
(DNS) |
186 |
97 |
| 27th |
17 |
GBR |
3805 |
Tom Offer |
27 |
23 |
31 |
(DNS) |
17 |
187 |
98 |
| 28th |
34 |
AUS |
3719 |
Phillip Kurts |
25 |
27 |
26 |
(37) |
26 |
141 |
104 |
| 29th |
36 |
SUI |
3846 |
Psarofaghis Mikis |
43 |
37 |
10 |
(69) |
18 |
177 |
108 |
| 30th |
A2 |
SWE |
3786 |
Nils Gustav Åkervall |
23 |
17 |
(48) |
23 |
46 |
157 |
109 |
| 31st |
82 |
AUS |
3803 |
Kohei Kajimoto |
31 |
24 |
28 |
(32) |
27 |
142 |
110 |
| 32nd |
84 |
ITA |
3392 |
Pietro Sibello |
36 |
32 |
33 |
(43) |
19 |
163 |
120 |
| 33rd |
B5 |
SUI |
3622 |
Fabien Froesch |
30 |
28 |
34 |
(49) |
36 |
177 |
128 |
| 34th |
93 |
SWE |
3794 |
Emma Aspington |
(51) |
47 |
32 |
19 |
31 |
180 |
129 |
| 35th |
95 |
GBR |
3614 |
Doug Pybus |
28 |
34 |
36 |
(47) |
32 |
177 |
130 |
| 36th |
47 |
SUI |
3626 |
Renker Matthias |
39 |
(59) |
44 |
31 |
21 |
194 |
135 |
| 37th |
81 |
AUS |
3920 |
Ben Newling |
40 |
44 |
21 |
(50) |
34 |
189 |
139 |
| 38th |
53 |
ITA |
3854 |
Marco Lanulfi |
22 |
31 |
(51) |
51 |
35 |
190 |
139 |
| 39th |
06 |
AUS |
6 |
John Harris |
(DNC) |
DNC |
18 |
24 |
11 |
231 |
142 |
| 40th |
69 |
ITA |
3855 |
Fabio Mazzetti |
47 |
26 |
(57) |
39 |
30 |
199 |
142 |
| 41st |
27 |
SUI |
3884 |
Hochmann Marc |
50 |
(61) |
30 |
40 |
24 |
205 |
144 |
| 42nd |
61 |
GBR |
3795 |
Peter Barton |
44 |
21 |
39 |
44 |
(67) |
215 |
148 |
| 43rd |
C8 |
ITA |
3950 |
Fonda Enrico |
(53) |
39 |
40 |
26 |
43 |
201 |
148 |
| 44th |
C5 |
ITA |
3871 |
Ferrighi Stefano |
(67) |
45 |
46 |
30 |
29 |
217 |
150 |
| 45th |
C4 |
ITA |
3872 |
Ferrighi Gianmaria |
48 |
46 |
(DNS) |
20 |
38 |
241 |
152 |
| 46th |
23 |
GBR |
3607 |
Olivier Vidal |
33 |
40 |
(56) |
42 |
37 |
208 |
152 |
| 47th |
11 |
SUI |
3729 |
Philip Käsermann |
37 |
41 |
(54) |
38 |
45 |
215 |
161 |
| 48th |
60 |
GER |
3684 |
Sven Kloppenburg |
41 |
(42) |
42 |
41 |
39 |
205 |
163 |
| 49th |
58 |
GBR |
3757 |
Ben Paton |
34 |
33 |
11 |
(DNF) |
DNS |
256 |
167 |
| 50th |
94 |
GBR |
3916 |
James Phare |
18 |
14 |
50 |
(DNS) |
DNS |
260 |
171 |
| 51st |
31 |
BEL |
3607 |
Good Morgan |
54 |
(56) |
38 |
36 |
44 |
228 |
172 |
| 52nd |
73 |
SUI |
3624 |
Zaeh Martin |
56 |
(71) |
29 |
52 |
40 |
248 |
177 |
| 53rd |
18 |
IRL |
3771 |
Michael Joseph O’Shea |
46 |
49 |
49 |
45 |
(57) |
246 |
189 |
| 54th |
67 |
GER |
3843 |
Carlo Mäge |
(59) |
50 |
58 |
57 |
42 |
266 |
207 |
| 55th |
13 |
AUS |
3784 |
Simon John Liddington |
55 |
43 |
59 |
(63) |
51 |
271 |
208 |
| 56th |
59 |
FRA |
3718 |
Rezzoug Anthony |
49 |
36 |
69 |
(DNS) |
55 |
298 |
209 |
| 57th |
20 |
GER |
3259 |
Gerold Pauler |
(71) |
65 |
68 |
14 |
63 |
281 |
210 |
| 58th |
C3 |
ITA |
3679 |
Valpolini Roberto |
57 |
53 |
53 |
(60) |
49 |
272 |
212 |
| 59th |
66 |
AUS |
3770 |
Emma J Spiers |
(60) |
58 |
55 |
56 |
50 |
279 |
219 |
| 60th |
51 |
NED |
3849 |
Constantijn Weber |
58 |
55 |
(61) |
55 |
52 |
281 |
220 |
| 61st |
52 |
AUS |
3781 |
Will Logan |
45 |
35 |
52 |
(DNS) |
DNF |
310 |
221 |
| 62nd |
C9 |
NZL |
3773 |
Read Glen |
65 |
72 |
63 |
34 |
(DNS) |
323 |
234 |
| 63rd |
71 |
SUI |
3798 |
Philippe Boris Schiller |
62 |
54 |
(75) |
64 |
54 |
309 |
234 |
| 64th |
75 |
ESP |
3606 |
Simon Alexander Fisher |
(64) |
57 |
60 |
61 |
59 |
301 |
237 |
| 65th |
80 |
SUI |
3797 |
Patrick Ruf |
(DNC) |
DNC |
45 |
58 |
47 |
328 |
239 |
| 66th |
90 |
SUI |
3831 |
Decarli Nicola |
38 |
(DNC) |
70 |
46 |
DNS |
332 |
243 |
| 67th |
97 |
SUI |
3387 |
Dazio Roberto |
61 |
67 |
(71) |
65 |
53 |
317 |
246 |
| 68th |
28 |
GER |
3788 |
Nina Zühlke |
(69) |
68 |
65 |
62 |
56 |
320 |
251 |
| 69th |
B4 |
SUI |
3949 |
Marc Armand Brugger |
72 |
52 |
76 |
54 |
(DNS) |
343 |
254 |
| 70th |
99 |
GER |
3399 |
Harald Steiner |
66 |
66 |
64 |
59 |
(DNS) |
344 |
255 |
| 71st |
57 |
AUS |
4000 |
Mark Robinson |
63 |
51 |
(DNS) |
53 |
DNS |
345 |
256 |
| 72nd |
62 |
NED |
3100 |
Koos Winnips |
(68) |
64 |
67 |
66 |
62 |
327 |
259 |
| 73rd |
96 |
ITA |
3789 |
Andrea Biagioni |
70 |
63 |
(72) |
67 |
61 |
333 |
261 |
| 74th |
C1 |
AUS |
3905 |
Phil Stevenson |
52 |
48 |
(DNF) |
DNS |
DNS |
367 |
278 |
| 75th |
35 |
BEL |
3915 |
Galeotti Giovanni |
(DNC) |
15 |
DNS |
DNS |
DNS |
371 |
282 |
| 76th |
98 |
FIN |
3291 |
Janne Mikael Uusi-Autti |
(DNC) |
DNC |
35 |
71 |
DNS |
373 |
284 |
| 77th |
49 |
GBR |
3192 |
Chris Jeeves |
(DNC) |
DNC |
73 |
68 |
60 |
379 |
290 |
| 78th |
D3 |
HUN |
3919 |
Balazs Krauth |
(DNC) |
DNC |
74 |
70 |
58 |
380 |
291 |
| 79th |
B3 |
AUS |
3949 |
Alan John Goddard |
73 |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNF |
48 |
388 |
299 |
| 80th |
92 |
SWE |
3793 |
Magnus Grävare |
(DNC) |
62 |
66 |
DNS |
DNS |
395 |
306 |
| 81st |
A1 |
FIN |
2973 |
Sami Jokinen |
(DNC) |
DNC |
62 |
DNS |
DNS |
418 |
329 |
| 82nd |
B1 |
EST |
3937 |
Sten Mark Bachmann |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
65 |
421 |
332 |
| 83rd |
A7 |
GBR |
3870 |
Oliver Daniel Holden |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
445 |
356 |
| 83rd |
B2 |
GBR |
3674 |
Neil Baker |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
445 |
356 |
| 83rd |
70 |
FRA |
3755 |
Le Houerou Damien Damien |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
445 |
356 |
| 83rd |
41 |
SUI |
3734 |
Jean-Pierre Ziegert |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
445 |
356 |
| 83rd |
14 |
SIN |
3869 |
James Cole |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
445 |
356 |
