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International Moth Open at Queen Mary Sailing Club

by Jason Russell 13 Mar 2012 09:26 GMT 10-11 March 2012
International Moths at Queen Mary © QMSC

The International Moth Class descended on Queen Mary Sailing club for the first Open event for the 2012 season. With a fickle wind forecast for both days, 16 Moths launched on Saturday in marginal foiling wind of 5 to 8 knots and completed four challenging races.

The day brought Snake and ladder racing with moments of foiling and low riding around the course. Jason Belben, Simon Payne, Chris Rashley and Ricky Tagg all had moments leading the four races. Jason Belben won race one, but at the end of day Simon Payne lead overall after an almost perfect score of 2, 1, 1, 1 followed closely by Jason Belben in second, Chris Rashley third, Jason Russell fourth and Tom Offer in fifth.

An even lighter wind forecast of 2 to 5 knots brought a reduced fleet for Sunday racing with only two races completed in low-ride mode before the breeze completely shutting down. Chris Rashley worked the shifty breeze well to win race five followed very closely by Jason Russell, Jason Belben, Ricky Tagg, Phillippe Oligario and Andrea Biagioni.

Race six saw Jason Belben and Chris Rashley over the start line in their fight for clear air at the pin. After there return for a legitimate start, the pair round the windward mark in first and second due to the remainder of the fleet sailing into a lull. Jason Belben held the lead to take first followed by Chris Rashley, Jason Russell, Ricky Tagg, Andrea Biagioni and Phillippe Oligario.

Jason Belben took the overall win, closely followed by Chris Rashley in second, Jason Russell third, Simon Payne holding fourth despite only sailing Saturday and Ricky Tagg in fifth.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1st3619Jason BelbenStokes Bay SC1-3233110
2nd3939Chris RashleyRoyal London YC-42421211
3rd3715Jason RussellHISC-54352317
4th3836Simon PayneHISC2111(DNC)DNC22
5th3804Ricky TaggHISC37(DNF)DNC4435
6th3764Phillippe OligarioStokes Bay SC-1681265637
7th3805Tom OfferRock SC7574(DNC)DNC40
8th3918Simon HiscocksHISC6959(DNC)DNC46
9th9Andrea BiagioniHISC91314(OCS)6547
10th3766Alex KoukourakisEastbourne Sovereign SC86911(DNC)DNC51
11th3713James PhareQMSC1112107(DNC)DNC57
12th11Leigh AlbrechtQMSC1510612(DNC)DNC60
13th3373Neil BakerQMSC1414810(DNC)DNC63
14th3614Doug PybusQMSC1316118(DNC)DNC65
15th4082Alex AdamsCCSC101113(DNC)DNCDNC68
16th3377Phil BevanGrafham Water SC12151513(DNC)DNC72

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