International Moth World Championships at Hayling Island

International Moth World Championships at Hayling Island - Day 1

by Mark Jardine 19 Jul 2014 22:48 BST 19-25 July 2014

First day of the International Moth World Championships © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

After a single day's break following the UK Nationals, the International Moths started the World Championships in earnest. A record-breaking 138 helms from 18 countries are taking part in the event, so the fleet is split into two groups of 69 boats.

The thunderstorms which have been plaguing the UK in recent days led to a 2 hour postponement ashore. The helms were released at midday with the first race started in 13 knots of wind at 13.15.

Course setting was made very tricky with the wind swinging through around 90 degrees and ranging from 3 to 14 knots. Getting races away was proving nearly impossible, but still Yellow fleet have managed two races and Blue fleet have sailed one. A second race was started for Blue fleet, but no-one had reached the windward mark within the 20 minute time limit. The same happened for Yellow fleet's third race.

Of the favourites, Nathan Outteridge (AUS) missed race 1 due to gear failure on his way to the start and had to go in for repairs. He managed to get out just in time for the second Yellow fleet race and skilfully sailed his way through the fleet to finish 3rd.

Nathan Outteridge on the first day of the International Moth World Championships - photo © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

Hiroki Goto from Japan put in an excellent performance to finish 4th in Blue fleet's only race.

Hiroki Goto on the first day of the International Moth World Championships - photo © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

Current leader overall is Chris Rashley (GBR) who finished with a 1st and 2nd in Yellow fleet's two races. The leader board is of course biased as Blue fleet have only completed the one race.

Rob Gough (AUS) won Blue fleet's only race and Robert Greenhalgh won Yellow fleet's second race.

The fleet returned to shore at 16.15 in a dying breeze with just the three races completed between the 2 flights. No sooner had they crossed West Pole Sands, a lovely force 4 filled in. The helms were held on the beach with the possibility of going back out to the racecourse, but there just wasn't enough time to get the racing restarted.

First day of the International Moth World Championships - photo © Tom Gruitt / yachtsandyachting.com

Sunday will see Blue fleet heading out first to get a race in before both fleets race again to decide the split into Gold and Silver fleets for the remainder of the event. Here's hoping for better winds.

The International Moth class is hugely grateful to the companies that are helping make this championship possible; Magic Marine, LV, Lennon Sails, CST Composites, Ronstan and Blueteq.

YachtsandYachting.com is the official media partner and are be producing daily reports and blogging live from the event. Reports will be complemented with Beau Outteridge Productions videos which can be found on YouTube here.

Results after One Qualifying Race: (Yellow fleet Q2 results can be found here)

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Club	Flight	Q1	Pts
1st	GBR	7	Chris Rashley	Royal London YC	Yellow	1	1
1st	AUS	6	Rob Gough	Royal YC Tasmania	Blue	1	1
3rd	AUS	3	Scott Babbage	Woollahra SC	Blue	2	2
3rd	BEL	4049	Giovanni Galeotti	RYCB	Yellow	2	2
5th	AUS	4142	Josh Mcknight	RPAYC	Blue	3	3
5th	GBR	4038	Tom Offer	Rock SC	Yellow	3	3
7th	AUS	3900	Andrew McDougall	Black Rock YC	Yellow	4	4
7th	JPN	3989	Hiroki Goto	ABeam	Blue	4	4
9th	ITA	4138	Gian Maria Ferrighi	YC Acquafrecsca	Yellow	5	5
9th	GBR	4	Ben Paton	Lymington Town SC	Blue	5	5
11th	GBR	3967	Chris Draper	WPNSA	Blue	6	6
11th	SUI	4112	Christopher Rast	TYC/RCO/MBYC	Yellow	6	6
13th	GBR	4036	Dan Vincent	Stokes Bay SC	Blue	7	7
13th	JPN	4095	Kohei Kajimoto	Black Rock YC	Yellow	7	7
15th	GBR	5	Robert Greenhalgh	Royal Southern YC	Yellow	8	8
15th	ITA	4092	Carlo de Paoli	Circolo Vela Torbole	Blue	8	8
17th	GBR	3985	Simon Hiscocks	HISC	Blue	9	9
17th	SWE	4159	Nils Akervall	Royal Swedish YC	Yellow	9	9
19th	SUI	3796	Arnaud Psarofaghis	SN Geneva	Blue	10	10
19th	GBR	4146	Paul Goodison	Ulley SC	Yellow	10	10
21st	GBR	4121	James Phare	Queen Mary SC	Yellow	11	11
21st	GBR	4099	Ricky Tagg	HISC	Blue	11	11
23rd	GBR	3942	Jason Belben	Stokes Bay SC	Yellow	12	12
23rd	GBR	4123	Dylan Fletcher	Portland Moth Squad	Blue	12	12
25th	ITA	3855	Fabio Mazzetti	Circolo Vela Arco	Yellow	13	13
25th	ITA	4093	Stefano Rizzi	SV Oscar Cosulich	Blue	13	13
27th	GBR	4155	Stevie Morrison	Exe SC	Yellow	14	14
27th	GBR	4050	Leigh Albrecht	Queen Mary SC	Blue	14	14
29th	AUS	4034	Luke Molloy	RQYS	Blue	15	15
29th	GBR	4059	Dan Ward	Frensham Ponds SC	Yellow	15	15
31st	GBR	3922	Kyle Stoneham	Thorpe Bay YC	Yellow	16	16
31st	ITA	41	Stefano Ferrighi	YC Acquafresca	Blue	16	16
33rd	ITA	4030	Marco Lanulfi	YC Acquafresca	Yellow	17	17
33rd	GBR	4158	Geoff Carveth	HISC	Blue	17	17
35th	NED	3849	Constantijn Weber	WSV Muiderberg	Yellow	18	18
35th	GBR	4060	Neil Baker	HISC	Blue	18	18
37th	GBR	4147	Michael Lennon	HISC	Yellow	19	19
37th	ESP	3975	Pablo Arandia	EMV Valencia	Blue	19	19
39th	USA	9	Brad Funk	US Sailing Team Sperry Top‑Sider	Yellow	20	20
39th	RSA	4062	Jonathan Heathcote	Point YC	Blue	20	20
41st	GBR	4067	Cameron Stewart	HISC	Yellow	21	21
41st	AUS	3637	Brent Pearson	Keppel Bay SC	Blue	21	21
43rd	GBR	4115	David Hivey	HISC	Blue	22	22
43rd	GBR	4045	Matt Ponsford	HISC	Yellow	22	22
45th	GBR	4073	Richard Westbury	Flutterby SC	Yellow	23	23
45th	GBR	4149	Oliver Holden	HISC	Blue	23	23
47th	SUI	4032	Jean‑Pierre de Siebenthal	SN de Geneve	Blue	24	24
47th	GBR	4065	Daniel Henderson	Stokes Bay SC	Yellow	24	24
49th	GBR	3939	Matthew Stark	Guernsey YC	Blue	25	25
49th	GBR	3943	Richard Edwards	Parkstone YC	Yellow	25	25
51st	AUS	4004	Will Logan	Royal YC Tasmania	Blue	26	26
51st	FRA	3972	Yann Andrillon		Yellow	26	26
53rd	GBR	3981	Simon Reynolds	Whitstable YC	Blue	27	27
53rd	IRL	3861	Annalise Murphy	National YC	Yellow	27	27
55th	SUI	3752	David Holenweg	CV Estavyer‑le‑Lac	Blue	28	28
55th	IRL	3592	Rory Fitzpatrick	National YC	Yellow	28	28
57th	NZL	4037	Jason Russell	HISC	Blue	29	29
57th	GBR	3947	Ed Chapman	Queen Mary SC	Yellow	29	29
59th	NZL	4124	Glen Read	Vauxhall YC	Blue	30	30
59th	GBR	3995	David Simmonds	HISC	Yellow	30	30
61st	GBR	4122	Andrew Friend	Norfolk Punt Club	Yellow	31	31
61st	FRA	3879	Pierre Blanc	CN St Jean Cap Ferrat	Blue	31	31
63rd	GBR	4071	Phillippe Oligario	Worthing YC	Yellow	32	32
63rd	GBR	4061	John Pink	Hill Head SC	Blue	32	32
65th	IRL	3805	Ryan Seaton	Ballyholme YC/CSC	Yellow	33	33
65th	GER	3684	Sven Kloppenburg	Ratzeburger SV	Blue	33	33
67th	GER	3843	Carlo Maege	Feldafinger Seglerverein	Blue	34	34
67th	USA	4066	Dylan DiMarchi	Waikiki YC	Yellow	34	34
69th	GBR	4096	Tim Penfold	HISC	Yellow	35	35
69th	NED	4023	Kalle Coster		Blue	35	35
71st	AUS	3631	John Genders	RYCT	Yellow	36	36
71st	SUI	3729	Philip Kaeserman	SN de Geneve	Blue	36	36
73rd	GBR	4075	Doug Pybus	Queen Mary SC	Blue	37	37
73rd	GBR	4100	Alex Koukourakis	Eastbourne Soverign SC	Yellow	37	37
75th	GBR	3834	Chris Clarke	Thorpe Bay SC	Yellow	38	38
75th	FRA	4090	Seb Col	YCPR	Blue	RDG	38
77th	POL	3842	Michal Domanski	HISC	Yellow	39	39
77th	GBR	3980	Graham Simmonds	HISC	Blue	39	39
79th	IRL	3889	Alistair Kissane	Howth YC	Yellow	40	40
79th	GBR	4072	Thomas Lambert	Wilsonian SC	Blue	40	40
81st	DEN	3914	Ole Frey	Sonderborg YC	Blue	41	41
81st	GBR	3979	Jeremy Hartley	Stokes Bay SC	Yellow	41	41
83rd	GBR	3632	Martin Fear	Bristol Corinthian SC	Blue	42	42
83rd	GBR	3880	Dave Smithwhite	HISC	Yellow	42	42
85th	GBR	3924	Jon Bennett	HISC	Yellow	43	43
85th	AUS	3905	Phil Stevenson	St George SC	Blue	43	43
87th	GBR	4043	Paul Hayden	Stokes Bay SC	Yellow	44	44
87th	GBR	4041	Andrew Blee	Draycote Water SC	Blue	44	44
89th	SUI	3820	Caspar Buettner	Zurcher YC	Yellow	45	45
89th	GBR	3830	John Clifton	Shoreham SC	Blue	45	45
91st	GBR	3941	Miles Burrage	Thorpe Bay SC	Yellow	46	46
91st	GBR	3928	Rob Cage	Thames SC	Blue	46	46
93rd	GBR	3668	Patrick Cunningham	Gurnard SC	Yellow	47	47
93rd	SUI	3836	Adriano Petrino	CV Lago di Lugano	Blue	47	47
95th	GBR	3945	Matthew Lea	Grafham Water SC	Blue	48	48
95th	GBR	3192	Jamie Pearson	Draycote Water SC	Yellow	48	48
97th	SUI	3798	Philippe Schiller	SN de Geneve	Yellow	49	49
97th	GBR	3715	Chris Jeeves	De Spaenjerd SC	Blue	49	49
99th	GBR	3131	Guy Stewart Raynes	Weston SC	Yellow	50	50
99th	GBR	3730	Jonathan Peats	Castle Cove SC	Blue	50	50
101st	FRA	3875	Benoit Marie	SNO Nantes	Blue	51	51
102nd	GBR	3917	Dan Ellis	Royal Plymouth Corinthian YC	Blue	52	52
103rd	JPN	4137	Wakako Tabata	ABeam	Blue	53	53
104th	GBR	3802	Neale Jones	HISC	Blue	54	54
105th	IRL	4206	John Chambers	National YC	Blue	55	55
106th	GBR	4106	Jamie Morgan	Grafham Water SC	Blue	56	56
107th	GBR	3613	James Thomas	Bewl Valley SC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	GER	3088	Jens Schoenberg	Segelclub Ratzeburger See	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3787	Jono Pank	Imperial Poona YC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3766	Jordan Woods	Weston SC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	4207	Joseph Wellerd	Plymouth University SC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3910	Matthew Bergmann Smith	HISC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3759	Nic Streatfeild	Rutland Water SC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3604	Katherine Knight	WPNSA	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3704	Mark Dell	Thorpe Bay YC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	ARG	4167	Matias Gainza Eurnekian	Yacht Club Argentino	Blue	DNC	70
107th	SUI	3599	Tristan Mathez‑Loic	SN Geneva	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	USA	4086	Zack Downing	San Diego YC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3946	Paul Beard	QMSC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	DEN	3978	Soren Buhl	Horsens YC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3795	Stefan Gieser	WSV Heidelberg West	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	4162	Steve McLean	HISC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	BEL	3915	Quentin Blondiau		Blue	DNC	70
107th	ARG	4168	Daniel Pierrard		Blue	DNC	70
107th	GBR	4098	Danny Clark	Thorpe Bay SC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	GBR	4151	David Chisholm	RNSA	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3881	Diederik Bulters		Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	4044	Dominic Hutton	Queen Mary SC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	DEN	3601	Hans Rasmussen	Troense Badelaug	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	4150	Ian Southworth	Hamble River SC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3756	James Sainsbury	Grafham Water SC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	GBR	3870	Eddie Gatehouse	HISC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	NED	4074	Eelco Boers	WV Roerkoning	Blue	DNC	70
107th	SUI	4144	Fabien Froesch	SN de Geneve	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	ARG	4170	Franco Greggi	Yacht Club Argentino	Blue	DNC	70
107th	ITA	3789	Andrea Biagioni	HISC	Blue	DNC	70
107th	GER	3381	Burhard Staabs	Rock SC	Yellow	DNC	70
107th	AUS	2	Nathan Outteridge	Wangi SC	Yellow	DNC	70