Veal masters Garda

Opening day of Moth Worlds sees competitors struggle with the condtitions

The first day at the World and European championships of the International Moth class in Torbole sul Garda lived up to all expectations on Monday. The defending world champion Simon Payne broke part of his rudder and had to come back to shore - a similar fate befell Raimondo Tonelli but he had enough time to get back to the course for the second race. The Australian foiling legend Rohan Veal, without his biggest challenger, went on to win the both races of the day.

A huge number of the fleet posted DNFs in both the first and second races, with Andrew MacDougal, Graham Vials and John Harris all having DNFs for the second race plummeting down the rankings. Only 36 of the 63 competitors posted a result from the day and of those 24 posted results from both races.



"I was third," commented Payne while reparing his boat, "and I was really trying. It is really a pity because it is not easy to recover two DNF. The conditions you can have here at the Garda Lake are hard but beautiful, here you must sail always with great attention. Because of the waves the boat touches always on the sides. Tomorrow I will be again in the water!" Also Tonelli, fifth in the first upwind, had to top the race because of a rudder damage: "I had already some difficulties with material just when I was approaching the mark, then a part ofthe rudder collapsed... good experience anyway!"

"It is very hard to race with these conditions," said Rohan Veal after finishing his races "because you must continually adjust your Moth. It is really hard. We need less waves and less wind. The winner of this regatta will be a real champion in these conditions!"

While on Monday the Ora wind was strong and creating the difficult wave state on the lake is has been discussed that the fleet may race later in the day when the Ora is a little lighter.

Racing continues through to Saturday with Wednesday billed as a layday.

		Sailor / class	R1	R2	Pts
1	AUS 9357	ROHAN VEAL	1	1	2
		FOIL
2	AUS 9358	SCOTT BABBAGE	3	2	5
		FOIL
3	GBR 4093	SAM PASCOE	7	3	10
		FOIL
4	GBR 4098	ADAM MAY	6	5	11
		FOIL
5	AUS 9318	LES THORPE	8	4	12
		FOIL
6	GBR 4082	ALEX ADAMS	10	6	16
		FOIL
7	AUS 9335	BEN CROCKER	12	8	20
		FOIL
8	AUS 9363	JOHN ILETT	13	9	22
		FOIL
9	GBR 4090	JASON BELBEN	9	16	25
		FOIL - Master
10	UAE 3127	GLENN RAPHAEL	11	14	25
		FOIL
11	AUS 9340	JAMES ROBERT MACKENZIE	15	11	26
		FOIL
12	AUS 9361	TIM MAK	21	7	28
		FOIL
13	GBR 4095	IAN FORSDIKE	17	12	29
		FOIL
14	GER 1060	SVEN KLOPPENBURG	14	17	31
		FOIL - Master
15	SUI 607	PATRICK RUF	16	15	31
		FOIL
16	AUS 9334	NED DALLY	18	21	39
		FOIL - MASTER
17	GBR 4052	TIM OLLERENSHAW	20	19	39
		FOIL
18	FIN 1	SAMI JOKINEN	19	22	41
		NO-FOIL
19	AUS 9337	ALAN GODDARD	22	22	44
		FOIL
20	GER 1040	BORIS GOETZ	25	23	48
		FOIL
21	GER 1054	LEO ARNOLDT	26	24	50
		FOIL
22	GER 1003	UWE WERNER PETERS	28	25	53
		NO-FOIL - Master
23	GBR 4094	RICKY TAGG	27	26	53
		FOIL - Master
24	SWE 4080	MARTIN GRAVARE	29	27	56
		FOIL - Master
25	AUS 9359	ANDREW MCDOUGALL	2	DNF	66
		FOIL-Master
26	GBR 4089	VIALS GRAHAM	4	RAF	68
		FOIL
27	AUS 9362	JOHN HARRIS	5	DNF	69
		FOIL
28	SIN 7	MARK ROBINSON	DNF	10	74
		FOIL
29	SUI 8	JEAN-PIERRE ZIEGERT	RAF	13	77
		FOIL
30	JPN 1249	YASUHIRO WATANABE	DNF	18	82
		FOIL - Master
31	FRA 2016	NICOLAS BESSEC	23	DNF	87
		FOIL
32	GBR 4048	TOM WHICHER	24	DNF	88
33	GBR 4091	ALAN WATSON	30	DNF	94
34	GBR 4065	COLIN NEWMAN	31	DNF	95
		FOIL - Master
35	GER 1026	JENS SCHOENBERG	32	DNF	96
		NO-FOIL
36	SUI 615	MARTIN ZAEH	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
37	AUS 9350	LUKA DAMIC	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
38	SUI 613	ERNST SCHNEIBEL	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
39	SUI 610	FREDERIC DUVOISIN	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
40	AUS 9364	MARTIN JOHNSON	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
41	SUI 611	SAMUEL MOURET	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
42	AUT 4019	DOUG CULNANE	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
43	DEN 101	SØREN BUHL	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
44	EST 1	STEN-MARK BACHMANN	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Junior
45	JPN 1260	NAOMI TACHIBANA	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
46	SWE 471	PER ESKILSON	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
47	ITA 9353	RAIMONDO TONELLI	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
48	GER 1020	TIM STEINLEIN	DNF	DNF	128
		NO-FOIL
49	GBR 4099	MIKE COOKE	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
50	GER 1035	RALF BUSSING	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
51	GBR 4096	SIMON PROPPER	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
52	GER 1052	BURKHARD STAABS	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
53	GER 1056	RANDOLF TEPPNER	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
54	FRA 2018	ANTHONY REZZOUG	DNF	DNF	128
		NO-FOIL
55	ITA 260	FRANCO FERLUGA	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
56	GBR 4092	HARRIS RODERICK	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
57	GBR 4087	GARY IRESON	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
58	GBR 4086	TIM BOON	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
59	GBR 4076	SIMON PAYNE	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
60	JPN 1259	HIDEO SUZUKI	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master
61	GER 1022	GEROLD PAULER	DNF	DNF	128
		NO-FOIL - Master
62	FRA 2025	PIERRE-YVES CORRE	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL
63	GER 1058	CARLO MÄGE	DNF	DNF	128
		FOIL - Master