Strong start for 49er Olympic medallists

Day 1 at the McDougall + McConaghy 2015 International Moth World Championship in Sorrento

Saturday January 10th 2015, Author: Di Pearson, Location: Australia

Reigning Moth world champion, Nathan Outteridge kick-started his defence in style, getting the early jump at the McDougall + McConaghy 2015 International Moth World Championship which started on Port Phillip in Sorrento, Victoria today.

Outteridge, the 2012 Olympic 49er gold medallist skipper, fired off two bullets and a fourth (his drop) on the first day of the Qualifying series to take an early lead.



Peter Burling (NZL), the 2012 Olympic 49er silver medallist skipper, who fellow Moth competitor Tom Slingsby forewarned would be the biggest threat for the series some weeks ago, is in second place after scoring 7-2-1 results, while Outteridge’s 49er gold medallist crew, Iain Jensen, is third. The top three are each separated by one point.

“There’s a lot of Kiwi rivalry going on,” Outteridge said tonight. We raced again them (Burling and Blair Tuke) in the 49er and now here we are again. Peter is top in my group, so we’ll see how we go tomorrow.”

Jensen agreed: “Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, who were our training partners in the 49er are our biggest rivals. Peter’s in Nathan’s group and Blair’s in mine; he’s only sailed a Moth for three months, so his win (in Race 3) is pretty impressive,” Jensen said of Tuke who is currently in 21st place.

The 2012 Moth World Champion, Josh McKnight (AUS) is poised nicely in fourth place, with Chris Draper (GBR), Tom Slingsby (AUS) and 2013 Moth world champion Bora Gulari (USA) trailing him, with very little between them at this early stage.

Former two-time world champion and Moth exponent, Rohan Veal, is on the comeback trail, having not competed since 2008. A little rusty, he is in 35th place. In 2005 he won every single race of the Worlds in stunning fashion. The best placed female is Wakako Tabata (JPN) in 65th place.

With 165 entries, the fleet was split into two (Blue and Yellow) on two course areas, a big job for race officials. Originally, PRO Garry Hosie planned to hold four races, but conditions decided otherwise.

Two races were held in a 6-10 knot SSEerly breeze. Race 1 was fairly quick, but by Race 2, patchy fickle winds slowed the fleets on both courses and the sailors struggled to foil. Then the breeze fizzled to little more than 2 knots.

The AP flag was raised and the sailors waited it out. Finally a third race was underway in more light patchy airs. Race officials shortened the race to one lap, and once it was over, they were forced to call it quits for the day and competitors returned to Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (SSCBC) which is hosting the Worlds.

The record entry fleet is represented by Italy, Austria, Ireland, Japan, Great Britain, Denmark, Switzerland, USA, South Africa, New Zealand, Hong Kong, France, Sweden and Australia are all well represented.

The qualifying rounds of the McDougall + McConaghy 2015 International Moth World Championship continue tomorrow from 1300 (local).

 

Top 100 results

 

Pos Helm Nat R1 R2 R3 Tot Net
1 OUTTERIDGE, Nathan AUS 1 1 -4 6 2
2 BURLING, Peter NZL -7 2 1 10 3
3 JENSEN, Iain AUS -4 2 2 8 4
4 MCKNIGHT, Josh AUS -6 3 2 11 5
5 DRAPER, Chris GBR 2 -4 3 9 5
6 SLINGSBY, Tom AUS 1 5 -27 33 6
7 GULARI, Bora USA 2 -12 4 18 6
8 RASHLEY, Chris GBR 3 3 -7 13 6
9 BABBAGE, Scott AUS -8 1 6 15 7
10 GOUGH, Robert AUS 4 -5 5 14 9
11 GOTO, Hiroki JPN 3 -12 7 22 10
12 ASHBY, Glenn AUS -7 7 5 19 12
13 RAST, Chris SUI 10 4 -11 25 14
14 KOTOUN, Anthony USA 5 9 -10 24 14
15 PEET, George USA 5 9 -26 40 14
16 DAVIES, Ray NZL -12 6 8 26 14
17 RIZZI, Stefano ITA 6 8 -12 26 14
18 GOODISON, Paul GBR 14 -16 3 33 17
19 KURTS, Phillip AUS -12 11 6 29 17
20 MCMILLAN, Leigh GBR 11 6 -14 31 17
21 TUKE, Blair NZL -19 17 1 37 18
22 PSAROFAGHIS, Arnaud SUI 10 8 -16 34 18
23 WARNER, Kurtis AUS 9 10 -21 40 19
24 CHAPMAN, Andrew AUS -17 11 9 37 20
25 MCDOUGALL, Andrew AUS 8 13 -18 39 21
26 KAJIMOTO, Kohei AUS 15 7 -29 51 22
27 THOMAS, Steven AUS 16 -27 10 53 26
28 LANGFORD, Kyle AUS 11 -18 15 44 26
29 HEATHCOTE, Jonathan RSA 13 13 -22 48 26
30 WARREN, Jasper AUS 18 10 -28 56 28
31 JOHNSON, Tom AUS 9 -29 21 59 30
32 GOLDSBERRY, Jonny USA 19 -37 12 68 31
33 BARKER, Dean NZL 14 19 -26 59 33
34 MOON, Ben USA -23 16 17 56 33
35 PHILLIPS, William AUS 21 -34 13 68 34
36 CHAPMAN, William AUS 20 14 -80 114 34
          BFD    
37 PEARSON, Brent AUS -34 15 19 68 34
38 BURTON, Thomas AUS 24 -27 11 62 35
39 VEAL, Rohan AUS -20 15 20 55 35
40 COTTON, Scott AUS -42 23 13 78 36
41 MIGHELL, Harold AUS -25 20 16 61 36
42 SALTER, Julian AUS 18 18 -23 59 36
43 WOOLLEY, Geoff NZL -42 29 8 79 37
44 CASTLE, Joel AUS 29 -48 9 86 38
45 FERRIGHI, Stefano ITA 22 17 -80 119 39
          UFD    
46 SHERRING, Jack AUS 21 -45 18 84 39
47 OWEN-SMITH, James AUS -38 24 17 79 41
48 HISCOCKS, Simon GBR 22 19 -36 77 41
49 THORPE, Les AUS -25 21 24 70 45
50 TAILBY, Reece AUS 24 21 -42 87 45
51 ROBERTS, Daniel AUS 23 -44 23 90 46
52 FERRIGHI, Gian Maria ITA 15 32 -34 81 47
53 KIRBY, ROME USA -53 22 25 100 47
54 CONNOR, Charles AUS -33 33 15 81 48
55 WOODS, James AUS 16 -36 32 84 48
56 COMADIRA, Zane AUS 35 -37 14 86 49
57 RESCH, Nikolaus AUT -30 30 20 80 50
58 MARIE, Benoit FRA 30 20 -80 130 50
          DNF    
59 ROUSSELON, Nicolas FRA 37 14 -80 131 51
          DNF    
60 KNOWLES, Matt USA 26 -28 25 79 51
61 SUZUKI, Masatomo JPN 27 25 -35 87 52
62 HORTON, Andy USA 34 -59 19 112 53
63 WILSON, Patrick USA 13 42 -80 135 55
          DNF    
64 TABATA, Wakako JPN -47 35 22 104 57
65 ÅKERVALL, Nils SWE -32 26 31 89 57
66 CAMPBELL, ANDREW USA 28 -46 29 103 57
67 STEELE, Chris NZL 17 41 -80 138 58
          DNF    
68 LOOF, Freddy SWE -40 34 24 98 58
69 SHARPE, Scott AUS -41 30 28 99 58
70 WYATT, Charlie AUS 28 31 -80 139 59
          DNF    
71 WHITE, Byron AUS 31 -46 31 108 62
72 PETRINO, Adriano SUI 35 -47 30 112 65
73 SITJA, Lea AUS 43 23 -80 146 66
          DNF    
74 LOGAN, David AUS 36 -47 30 113 66
75 PHILLIPS, Samuel AUS 31 35 -41 107 66
76 EDMUNDS, Lloyd AUS 33 33 -50 116 66
77 SMITH, Philip AUS -47 22 45 114 67
78 KISSANE, Alistair IRL 29 -43 38 110 67
79 WINTER, Rodney AUS 44 25 -80 149 69
          DNF    
80 MURPHY, Annalise IRL 45 26 -80 151 71
          DNF    
81 SARE, Warren AUS 39 -80 33 152 72
        UFD      
82 O'SHEA, Michael AUS 49 -54 27 130 76
83 ONISHI, Taka JPN 46 31 -52 129 77
84 SEATON, Ryan IRL 41 36 -43 120 77
85 LISTER, David AUS 26 52 -80 158 78
          DNF    
86 PEYRON, Loick FRA 46 32 -80 158 78
          DNF    
87 DAMIC, Luka AUS 38 40 -80 158 78
          UFD    
87 LORING, David USA 40 38 -80 158 78
          UFD    
89 HOLENWEG, David SUI 36 43 -80 159 79
          UFD    
90 PRESTI, Philippe FRA -80 42 37 159 79
      DNF        
91 HARR, Hudson USA 56 24 -80 160 80
          DNF    
92 ROBINSON, Mark AUS 27 56 -80 163 83
          DNF    
93 GRAVARE, Martin SWE 45 38 -80 163 83
          BFD    
94 MARTIN, David AUS -52 52 32 136 84
95 BREWIN, Steven AUS -51 40 44 135 84
96 MARTIN, Rayshele AUS 48 39 -80 167 87
          DNF    
97 COLLINS, Rosemary AUS 60 28 -80 168 88
          DNF    
98 MAXAM, Zachary USA 37 -53 51 141 88
99 CONNOR, Nicholas AUS 49 -60 39 148 88
100 STEVENSON, Phil AUS 39 50 -80 169 89
          DNF    

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