Nine out of the top 10 for Mach2 at Moth worlds on Lake Garda

by Simon Payne 12 Sep 2012 17:11 BST 12 September 2012

The Mach2 International Moth © Mark Smith

With one of the finest and most successful Moth World Championships of recent times now complete here is the gear guide from that event. This shows equipment choice in more detail.

With such a high quality and diverse fleet comprised of 120 boats from 22 nations, this makes for interesting reading. Mach2 Moths were the most successful design occupying the top 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 places with 81% of the fleet sailing the Andrew McDougall designed/McConaghy built boat.

It is also apparent that KA sails and in particular the new KA MSL16 sail, designed this year and as used by the new World Champion Josh McKnight from Australia, is the most popular sail choice.

Look a little closer however, in particular at the column on the far right, and the age of the sailor's reveals as much about the class as anything else. What a spread! The winner was 21 and the guy in 5th place overall is 57 years old. Look further down the fleet and its clear that there are some very fast 40 - something's lining up against the younger guys and girls.

The Moth class is one of the fastest growing classes around, where Olympians and Corinthians have fun alike. With one of the widest demographics of any class, is it time your next boat was a Moth? For more information about Mach2 Moths email or visit our website www.mach2boats.com

Overall Results:

Rank	Nat	Sail No	Helm	QS	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Boat	Sail	Mast	Division	Age
Gold Fleet
1	AUS	3776	Josh McKnight	2	2	-4	1	2	4	1	1	3	1	17	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	21
2	AUS	3	Scott Babbage	1	1	1	2	-16	5	4	2	2	2	20	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	30
3	AUS	8	Rob Gough	12	4	3	5	-11	10	10	3	1	3	51	Mach2	North GM1	Mach2 Medium	Open	42
4	ISV	3596	Anthony Kotoun	4	3	2	10	-33	1	2	7	16	8	53	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	36
5	AUS	3900	Andrew McDougall	7	7	12	8	7	-34	3	5	7	5	61	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Master	57
6	USA	5	Bora Gulari	3	5	11	3	8	2	8	-36	20	6	66	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	36
7	GBR	3939	Chris Rashley	5	12	9	11	13	9	( DSQ)	4	4	7	74	Maguire	KA MSL10	C-Tech	Open	23
8	AUS	3631	Julian Salter	8	9	6	7	-38	3	7	16	13	16	85	Mach2	North GM1	Mach2 Medium	Open	23
9	GBR	3836	Simon Payne	11	-31	16	12	4	11	14	10	8	11	97	Mach2	KA MSL10	Mach2 Medium	Master	48
10	USA	3931	Brad Funk	18	6	10	4	1	8	5	( DNC)	14	33	99	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	33
11	USA	3911	Eric Aakhus	17	8	15	6	10	6	11	-38	31	17	121	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	26
12	AUS	3833	James Dorron	30	10	8	9	23	23	-24	15	9	9	136	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	24
13	GBR	3942	Jason Belben	9	13	5	22	3	18	15	( DNC)	DNC	4	150	Maguire	KA MSL10	Mach2 Stiff	Master	46
14	AUS	6	John Harris	26	18	7	14	19	17	12	-27	23	15	151	Mach2	KA MSL16	CST	Open	36
15	GBR	3805	Tom Offer	15	16	22	23	-53	25	17	8	15	22	163	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	36
16	AUS	3783	Warren Sare	23	29	-44	36	31	13	16	6	12	12	178	Mach2	KA MSL16		Master	45
17	ITA	3791	Francesco Bianchi	10	15	( DNC)	19	12	29	13	28	32	21	179	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	28
18	ESP	3675	Pablo Arandia	21	35	26	( DNF)	24	30	18	11	5	14	184	Mach2	North		Open	37
19	GBR	3979	Robert Greenhalgh	14	-43	20	26	28	31	31	12	10	13	185	Maguire	Hyde		Open	35
20	SUI	3626	Renker Matthias	32	27	-37	33	30	12	19	19	17	10	199	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	40
21	USA	3615	George Peet	43	24	13	21	17	14	15.5 RDG	26	-27	27	200.5	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	32
22	GBR	3795	Peter Barton	27	20	31	16	18	-50	28	17	25	25	207	Mach2	KA MSL10	Mach2 Stiff	Open	44
23	GBR	3804	Ricky Tagg	22	30	25	-38	22	16	20	29	24	19	207	Mach2	KA MSL10	Mach2 Medium	Master	51
24	GBR	3708	Michael Lennon	16	32	29	20	20	26	9	21	( DNC)	DNC	234	Mach2	Hyde		Master	46
25	AUS	3719	Phillip Kurts	19	17	34	32	37	-38	27	32	11	28	237	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	20
26	GBR	3916	James Phare	59	14	14	13	26	19	23	-40	38	37	243	Ninja	Hyde		Master	48
27	USA	3844	Matt Knowles	44	23	35	25	32	-36	30	14	18	31	252	Mach2	KA MSL10	Mach2 Medium	Open	28
28	GBR	3941	Gareth Davies	33	26	38	27	-47	28	36	20	22	24	254	Maguire	KA MSL13		Open	37
29	ITA	3879	Harald Stuffer	35	25	27	29	15	39	-42	41	29	20	260	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	39
30	AUS	3717	Jack Sherring	29	28	32	52	25	46	-53	9	21	23	265	Mach2	KA MSL16		Junior	17
31	ITA	3901	Peter Stuffer	39	45	19	18	29	27	29	33	( DNC)	26	265	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	39
32	AUS	3803	Kohei Kajimoto	34	( DNC)	39	51	39	42	38	13	6	18	280	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	36
33	AUS	2	Joe Turner	6	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	5	7	6	18	DNC	DNC	286	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	27
34	ITA	3950	Enrico Fonda	38	37	41	37	-58	20	22	31	36	38	300	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	30
35	SUI	3729	Philip Käsermann	56	22	21	39	-48	40	40	22	30	34	304	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	26
36	GBR	3892	Andrew Friend	31	33	28	24	14	22	41	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	315	Ninja	KA MSL10		Open	27
37	GBR	3757	Ben Paton	24	21	17	28	( DNC)	21	26	DNC	DNC	DNC	320	Ninja	KA MSL10	Mach2 Stiff	Open	26
38	GBR	3607	Olivier Vidal	36	( DNC)	DNC	17	54	24	34	24	34	41	325	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	28
39	NZL	3774	Matt Vincent	13	11	23	45	49	48	44	34	( DNC)	DNC	328	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	22
40	GBR	3944	Richard Westbury	37	38	46	31	6	15	35	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	330	Ninja	Hyde		Open	42
41	NED	3945	Eelco Boers	25	55	18	15	27	43	25	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	330	Ninja	North		Open	43
42	SUI	3625	Alessandro Fuchs	46	48	42	-54	9	51	32	25	39	42	334	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	27
43	SWE	3666	Martin Grävare	60	34	40	-43	21	41	39	35	26	40	336	Mach2	KA MSL13		Master	53
44	AUS	3920	Ben Newling	45	47	45	40	42	54	-56	23	28	29	353	Mach2	KA MSL10	CST	Open	29
45	GER	3594	Frederik Schmid	50	( DNC)	43	42	35	56	52	39	19	30	366	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	27
46	AUS	4000	Mark Robinson	55	41	36	41	50	-52	46	37	35	39	380	Mach2	KA MSL16	Mach2 Medium	Open	37
47	GBR	3914	Mike Cooke	20	49	24	30	44	57	37	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	383	Ninja	KA MSL16		Open	31
48	NZL	3715	Jason Russell	41	44	30	35	46	37	33	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	388	Mach2	Hyde		Open	32
49	ITA	3392	Pietro Sibello	47	46	53	46	52	32	( DNC)	42	37	35	390	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	33
50	ITA	3855	Fabio Mazzetti	49	52	52	44	-56	44	54	43	40	36	414	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	43
51	SUI	3846	Mikis Psarofaghis	42	54	47	50	36	33	43	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	427	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	21
52	ITA	3871	Stefano Ferrighi	48	53	( DNC)	DNC	57	53	50	30	33	43	428	Mach2	KA MSL10		Junior	16
53	ITA	3854	Marco Lanulfi	54	50	33	34	43	49	45	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	430	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	28
54	GER	3684	Sven Kloppenburg	57	40	51	47	34	58	55	( DNC)	DNC	32	435	Mach2	KA MSL1?		Master	51
55	ITA	3872	Gianmaria Ferrighi	52	36	48	48	51	35	47	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	439	Mach2	KA MSL10		Junior	16
56	ITA	3912	Stefano Rizzi	40	19	49	53	55	55	49	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	442	Mach2	North		Master	45
57	SUI	3622	Fabien Froesch	28	39	( DNC)	DNC	40	45	48	DNC	DNC	DNC	444	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	33
58	FRA	3830	Andrillon Yann	58	51	54	55	45	47	51	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	483	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	36
59	SWE	3794	Emma Aspington	53	42	50	49	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	499	Mach2	KA MSL13		Female	36
60	GBR	3918	Simon Hiscocks	51	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	41	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	519	Homebuild	KA MSL13		Open	39
Silver Fleet
61	GBR	3769	Andy Budgen	64	-43	1	1	1	1	4	1			73	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open
62	AUS	3781	Will Logan	67	1	2	3	3	6	6	-19			88	Mach2	North		Open	42
63	IRL	3771	Mike O'Shea	69	4	3	4	4	7	2	-18			93	Mach2	KA MSL1?		Open	38
64	SUI	3884	Marc Hochmann	68	2	10	6	8	-12	11	3			108	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	34
65	GBR	3614	Doug Pybus	66	-46	19	2	14	3	5	2			111	Ninja	KA MSL10		Open	37
66	SUI	3752	David Holenweg	61	17	5	-19	11	16	14	7			131	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	32
67	FRA	3718	Anthony Rezzoug	70	9	9	-20	12	11	8	13			132	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	29
68	SUI	3831	Nicola Decarli	81	13	4	5	5	-21	7	20			135	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	28
69	GBR	3870	Ollie Holden	62	8	-27	16	27	10	16	4			143	Mach2	KA MSL13	Mach2 Medium	Open	39
70	AUS	3905	Phil Stevenson	71	3	7	13	19	-25	18	16			147	Mach2	KA MSL13		Master	62
71	AUS	3784	Simon Liddington	83	5	-23	7	16	14	12	10			147	Mach2	KA MSL?		Open	40
72	FIN	3291	Janne Uusi- Autti	77	15	11	-18	17	9	13	8			150	Bladerider	KA MSL13		Open	38
73	GBR	3947	Leigh Albrecht	74	28	12	12	23	2	3	( DNC)			154	Ninja	Hyde		Open	28
74	AUS	3938	Alan Goddard	72	-26	21	11	7	20	19	6			156	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	29
75	GBR	3674	Neil Baker	79	21	8	15	9	-22	20	9			161	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	30
76	ESP	3606	Simon Fisher	80	12	14	21	13	13	9	-25			162	Mach2	KA MSL13	Mach2 Medium	Open	34
77	BEL	3915	Galeotti Giovanni	65	6	33	( DNC)	2	5	1	DNC			170	Ninja	KA MSL10		Master	50
78	IRL	3635	John Chambers	84	7	6	14	22	23	17	( DNC)			173	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	30
79	NED	3849	Constantijn Weber	73	24	18	25	-29	17	10	11			178	Mach2	North		Open	39
80	GBR	3766	Alex Koukourakis	87	-37	26	10	6	35	15	5			184	Ninja	KA MSL10		Open	40
81	GER	3732	Markus Steeg	63	11	17	22	18	29	28	( DNC)			188	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	34
82	GBR	3730	Jonathan Peats	78	16	13	9	33	18	27	( DNC)			194	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	38
83	SUI	3949	Marc Brugger	92	22	-41	23	10	8	21	24			200	Mach2	KA MSL16		Master	50
84	FIN	2973	Sami Jokinen	76	( DNC)	22	24	15	26	26	12			201	Homebuild	KA MSL13		Master	48
85	EST	3937	Sten Mark Bachmann	91	18	20	17	24	30	-35	15			215	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	20
86	SUI	3798	Philippe Schiller	98	-36	15	8	25	27	29	23			225	Mach2	KA MSL16		Master	46
87	GER	3843	Carlo Mäge	86	23	16	32	( DNC)	24	23	21			225	Mach2	KA MSL13		Master	53
88	GBR	3711	Dan Ward	90	14	37	29	21	4	31	( DNC)			226	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open
89	SIN	3869	James Cole	75	19	28	26	20	36	25	( DNC)			229	Mach2	KA MSL? & North		Open	35
90	SWE	3793	Magnus Grävare	85	10	45	28	26	19	34	( DNC)			247	Mach2	KA MSL13		Master	51
91	AUT	3888	Nikolaus Resch	88	32	24	( DNC)	43	15	24	22			248	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	27
92	GBR	3837	Graham Simmonds	100	20	25	30	30	28	22	( DNC)			255	Mach2	Hyde		Master	51
93	GER	3399	Harald Steiner	94	27	32	36	-37	33	33	17			272	Homebuild	KA MSL13		Master	47
94	AUS	3770	Emma Spiers	93	34	36	33	28	37	30	( DNC)			291	Mach2	KA MSL10		Female	39
95	BEL	3388	Good Morgan	82	25	29	27	49	31	( DNC)	DNC			301	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	21
96	ITA	3789	Andrea Biagioni	103	39	31	31	31	-48	43	26			304	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open
97	FRA	3746	Eric Rotteleur	97	38	-42	37	38	42	41	14			307	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	30
98	SUI	3387	Roberto Dazio	104	29	30	35	35	32	42	( DNC)			307	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	32
99	AUT	3202	Doug Culnane	95	30	34	38	34	40	36	( DNC)			307	Homebuild	Hyde		Open	39
100	FRA	3935	Gavigniaux Claire	89	35	43	40	36	34	32	( DNC)			309	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	27
101	POL	3842	Michal Domanski	99	40	44	34	32	38	37	( DNC)			324	Mach2	KA MSL10	Mach2 Stiff	Open	30
102	ITA	3679	Luca Rizzotti	105	33	35	45	46	44	39	( DNC)			347	Mach2	KA MSL16		Open	41
103	GER	3788	Nina Zühlke	96	47	40	44	39	46	38	( DNC)			350	Mach2	KA MSL10		Female	32
104	AUS	3867	David Robinson	102	42	38	42	42	41	46	( DNC)			353	Mach2	KA MSL13		Master	60
105	GBR	3192	Chris Jeeves	113	31	39	39	40	39	( DNC)	DNC			359	Mach2	KA MSL10		Open	32
106	NED	3100	Koos Winnips	106	45	49	47	44	47	44	( DNC)			382	Fastacraft	KA MSL10		Open	40
107	FRA	3122	Frédéric Poizivara	108	41	46	46	48	51	49	( DNC)			389	Bladerider	KA MSL11		Open	38
108	GER	3259	Gerold Pauler	111	( DNC)	47	43	45	43	47	DNC			394	Fastacraft	KA MSL13		Master	49
109	DEN	3601	Hans Rasmussen	115	44	48	48	47	49	45	( DNC)			396				Master	54
110	FRA	3755	Damien Le Houerou	110	( DNF)	DNC	DNC	41	45	40	DNC			410	Ninja	KA MSL10		Open	31
111	GBR	3928	Rob Cage	112	48	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	50	48	DNC			432	Mach2	KA MSL13	Mach2 Medium	Master	53
112	GER	3088	Jens Schönberg	114	( DNC)	DNC	41	50	DNC	DNC	DNC			437				Open	45
113	SUI	3624	Martin Zaeh	101	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC			449	Mach2	KA MSL13		Open	40
114	SUI	3797	Patrick Ruf	107	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC			455	Mach2	KA MSL1?		Open	40
115	NED	3852	Arjan De Lange	109	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC			457	Mach2	Homebuild		Master	51
116	GER	3835	Manfred Schreiber	116	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC			464	Mach2	KA MSL13	Mach2 Medium	Master	64
117	NZL	3773	Read Glen	117	( DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC			465				Open	31