One more race needed, one more day

McDougall leads CST Moth Worlds after first day

The fifth day of the CST Composites 2008 Moth World Championships featured the first 4 races of the series on Thursday.

The fleet were sent out in the morning for the first 2 races in conditions averaging 18 knots gusting to 24. After lunch, winds started out stronger at an average of 21 knots, then dropped back to 18 for the final race of the day.

Places in the top 5 boats changed constantly around the three lap course with capsizes proving costly for the early leaders.

Top five places in each race were as follows:

Race 1: 1st Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI), 2nd John Harris (AUS), 3rd Scott Babbage (AUS), 4th Mathew Belcher (AUS), 5th Simon Payne (GBR).

Race 2: 1st Andrew McDougall (AUS), 2nd John Harris (AUS), 3rd Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI), 4th Scott Babbage (AUS), 5th Simon Payne (GBR).

Race 3: 1st Mathew Belcher (AUS), 2nd John Harris (AUS), 3rd Andrew McDougall (AUS), 4th Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI), 5th Alex Knight (GBR).

Race 4: 1st Andrew McDougall (AUS), 2nd John Harris (AUS), 3rd Mathew Belcher (AUS), 4th Bora Gulari (USA), 5th Sten-Mark Bachmann (EST).

At the end of the first day's racing, the overall leader is Andrew McDougall (AUS) with John Harris (AUS) one point behind (after a drop).

In order to secure a World Champion for 2008 they must finish a minimum of 5 races in the series.

Conditions for the final day of competition on Friday are forecast to be similar to Thursday but with increased showers.

	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	Nett
1st	Andrew Mcdougall	-11	1	3	1	16	5
2nd	John Harris	-2	2	2	2	8	6
3rd	Mathew Belcher	4	-11	1	3	19	8
4th	Arnaud Psarofaghis	1	3	4	-10	18	8
5th	Scott Babbage	3	4	-12	6	25	13
6th	Alex Knight	5	5	5	-26	41	15
7th	Bora Gulari	8	-19	6	4	37	18
8th	Simon Payne	6	6	10	-11	33	22
9th	Martin Gravare	7	8	7	-12	34	22
10th	Sten-Mark Bachmann	-13	12	9	5	39	26
11th	Glenn Raphael	-14	7	11	8	40	26
12th	Graham Vials	9	-14	8	9	40	26
13th	Adam May	15	-16	13	7	51	35
14th	Andrew Brown	17	9	(96.0 DNF)	14	136	40
15th	James Owen-Smith	-36	10	17	13	76	40
16th	Michael Lennon	10	-56	18	19	103	47
17th	Christopher Graham	-30	20	14	18	82	52
18th	Ben Crocker	18	-21	16	21	76	55
19th	Mark Robinson	19	17	19	-20	75	55
20th	Jason Belben	16	-25	24	16	81	56
21st	Samantha England	-33	15	25	17	90	57
22nd	Peter Becker	-35	22	15	25	97	62
23rd	Sven Kloppenburg	23	24	(96.0 DNF)	15	158	62
24th	Eelco Boers	22	18	22	-33	95	62
25th	Lochlin Byrne	20	13	40	(96.0 DNC)	169	73
26th	Christian Brandt	25	-32	20	29	106	74
27th	Sebastien Josse	-27	26	26	22	101	74
28th	Andrew Friend	28	28	21	(96.0 DNC)	173	77
29th	Nigel Oswold	32	-36	23	23	114	78
30th	Paul Hignett	-42	31	27	24	124	82
31st	Ian Forsdike	29	27	29	(96.0 DNC)	181	85
32nd	James Roche	26	29	36	(96.0 DNF)	187	91
33rd	Tim Boon	39	(96.0 DNC)	28	27	190	94
34th	Anthony Chapman	-58	46	35	28	167	109
35th	Mikis Psarofaghis	38	37	34	(96.0 DNC)	205	109
36th	Nikolaus Liebscher	-60	53	37	30	180	120
37th	Russell Wheeler	-65	54	38	31	188	123
38th	Adrian Murphy	40	42	41	(96.0 DNC)	219	123
39th	Alex Adams	53	41	30	(96.0 DNC)	220	124
40th	Andy Mills	51	43	31	(96.0 DNC)	221	125
41st	Douglas Imrie	47	47	39	(96.0 DNC)	229	133
42nd	Paul Hayden	41	52	43	(96.0 DNC)	232	136
43rd	James Mckenzie	48	49	42	(96.0 DNF)	235	139
44th	Ziegert Jean-Pierre	21	23	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	236	140
45th	Gary Ireson	12	35	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	239	143
46th	George Peet	24	34	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	250	154
47th	Rod Harris	31	30	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	253	157
48th	Giovanni Galeotti	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	32	32	256	160
49th	Carlo Maege	37	33	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	262	166
50th	Ricky Tagg	34	38	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	264	168
51st	David Edwards	(96.0 DNC)	40	33	96.0 DNC	265	169
52nd	Jonathan Peats	49	39	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	280	184
53rd	Chris Anstead	44	45	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	281	185
54th	Tim Ollerenshaw	46	44	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	282	186
55th	Douglas Culnane	45	55	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	292	196
56th	Patrick Ruf	54	48	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	294	198
57th	Simon Propper	62	50	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	304	208
58th	Jason Russell	64	51	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	307	211
59th	Beal Florence	63	59	(96.0 DNF)	96.0 DNC	314	218
60th	Gerold Pauler	69	57	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	318	222
61st	John Ilett	43	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	331	235
62nd	Alan Goddard	50	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNF	96.0 DNC	338	242
63rd	Franco Ferluga	52	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	340	244
64th	Mike Cooke	55	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	343	247
65th	Alan Watson	56	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	344	248
66th	Martin Fear	57	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	345	249
67th	Cyril Ducrot	(96.0 DNC)	58	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	346	250
68th	Mike Owen	59	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	347	251
69th	Naomi Tachibana	61	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	349	253
70th	Dave Chisolm	66	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	354	258
71st	Helen Rollinson	67	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	355	259
72nd	Robert Campbell	68	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	356	260
73rd	Joe Bousquet	70	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	358	262
74th	David Hopper	71	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	359	263
75th	Clare Dallimore	72	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	360	264
76th	Lukas Schenk	73	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	361	265
77th	Daniel Hall	74	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	362	266
78th	Tom Whicher	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Nils Warnken	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Toby Heppell	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Jens Schoenberg	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Piers Thomas	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Alan Campbell	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Doug Pybus	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Ozren Blazina	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	BURKHARD STAABS	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Boris Goetz	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Stefan Schneider	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	V Hostettler	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	C Weber	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Jean Nivet	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Colin Newman	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Michael Airey	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Katherine Knight	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288
78th	Wil Wargnier (Bladerider)	(96.0 DNC)	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	96.0 DNC	384	288