Photo: Beau Outteridge / Amlin International Moth Regatta

Rashley v Greenhalgh

British sailors continue to dominate the Amlin International Moth Regatta

Thursday December 10th 2015, Author: Sean McNeill, Location: United Kingdom

The inaugural Amlin International Moth Regatta is primed for a showdown between Chris Rashley and Rob Greenhalgh. At stake is US$5,000.
 Three races are to be held tomorrow and it’s anyone’s guess as to who’ll come out on top of the event hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
 
With the wind blowing 18 to 25 knots today, Rashley retained the overall lead, but only after Greenhalgh capsized in the day’s third race, the eighth of the series.
 
Greenhalgh had opened a two point lead in the overall standings after placing 1-2 in the day’s first two races to Rashley’s 2-3. In the third race, Greenhalgh found himself out of control after the end fitting on the push rod controlling the main foil broke. As he recounted: “I was going really well in the first two races. I won the first race going away and had great speed in the second race, probably could’ve won that one too but had to do an extra jibe and that allowed Goody (Paul Goodison) to win.
 
“I’m not sure when the fitting broke, maybe between the second and third race. After it broke I could go upwind alright but had a massive capsize on the run near the leeward gate."
 
Greenhalgh placed 13th in the third race, which is one of his discards, while Rashley won it.
 
The day started off with those who have a choice of rig setups debating what to go with. The forecast called for the wind to build but some doubted it, believing that forecast heavy rain would dampen the wind strength.
 
“I used my flat sail, soft mast, large main foil and small rudder,” Rashley said. “It was an odd set up but I thought there would be a lull in the wind before the storm. As it turned out the forecast was spot on.”
 
For others, such as Chris Draper of SoftBank Team Japan, there was no choice. He only has one mast, but he was left wanting for a softer one.
 
“I’m lighter than those guys (Rashley, Greenhalgh) so I could use a softer mast,” said Draper. “A softer mast would allow the sail to depower more. I can’t quite hike with those guys.”
 
Draper had been the top scoring America’s Cup sailor in the fleet, but after dropping to 5th today that honour now belongs to Paul Goodison of Artemis Racing. The British Laser Olympic gold medallist, who was third at the European Championship last summer, placed 3-1-3 today and now holds third overall, 11 points behind Rashley.
 
Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for 10- to 15-knot winds from the northeast, which should be ideal for another Rashley-Greenhalgh showdown. Rashley has revenge on his mind after Greenhalgh wrested the European Championship away last summer in the final race. Rashley had led from the start.
 
“Greenhalgh is stronger than me in the conditions that are forecast, so I just have to sail my best. That’s all I can do,” said Rashley.
 
The Amlin International Moth Regatta is sponsored by Amlin plc, a FTSE 250-listed independent global insurer and reinsurer with operations in the Lloyd’s, UK, continental European and Bermudian markets. Additional sponsors include the Bermuda Tourism Authority, EFG International, Gosling’s, the Official Rum of the Regatta, and Kaenon Polarized.

 

Results

Pos Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Tot Net
1 Chris Rashley -4 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 17 13
2 Robert Greenhalgh 1 4 1 3 2 1 2 -13 27 14
3 Paul Goodison 2 3 2 -13 10 3 1 3 37 24
4 Simon Hisccocks 3 8 (59.0 DNF) 2 3 7 5 2 89 30
5 Chris Draper 5 1 7 4 7 -8 4 5 41 33
6 Kyle Langford 6 -16 4 9 5 4 6 6 56 40
7 BEN PATON 7 7 8 12 4 9 -19 4 70 51
8 Jason Belben -13 5 11 5 8 10 8 7 67 54
9 Anthony Kotoun 8 19 12 7 6 5 7 -21 85 64
10 Tom Johnson 20 12 10 8 11 20 -22 11 114 92
11 Rory Fitzpatrick 15 27 13 10 9 6 14 -29 123 94
12 Victor Diaz de Leon 16 6 6 21 12 19 16 -24 120 96
13 Dan Ward 14.3 RDG 14.3 RDG 14.3 RDG 14.3 RDG 13 -18 11 15 114.2 96.2
14 Jonathan Heathcote -19 15 18 11 15 16 9 17 120 101
15 Rome Kirby 17 24 (59.0 UFD) 16 14 15 17 8 170 111
16 Tom Offer 11 20 24 14 (59.0 DNC) 13 12 20 173 114
17 Francesco Bruni 9 31 9 17 (59.0 DNF) 14 13 30 182 123
18 James McMillan 10 11 27 -29 24 12 29 12 154 125
19 Benoit Marie 23 9 14 23 20 22 20 (59.0 DNF) 190 131
20 Philippe PRESTI 22 23 15 15 21 -26 24 14 160 134
21 Joseph Wilson 29 -41 25 24 22 21 10 9 181 140
22 Christopher Rast 12 22 16 28 (59.0 DNC) 30 15 18 200 141
23 Sebastien Col -30 26 20 18 18 28 26 16 182 152
24 Richard Mason 21 10 17 26 27 25 30 -31 187 156
25 Kinley Fowler 28 21 -33 25 25 17 25 26 200 167
26 Andrew Campbell 18 29 23 (59.0 DNC) 32 31 27 10 229 170
27 Giovanni Galeotti 14 18 28 31 (59.0 DNC) 11 39 32 232 173
28 Nat Shaver (59.0 DNC) 46 34 20 17 23 21 23 243 184
29 Eelco Boers 27 17 31 (59.0 DNC) 16 29 23 59.0 DNC 261 202
30 Sam Newton 34 -43 41 19 19 33 37 19 245 202
31 Matthew Knowles 26 25 21 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 24 18 34 266 207
32 Adriano Petrino 38 28 26 27 30 37 -40 25 251 211
33 Matthew Lea 25 36 30 (59.0 DNC) 23 35 31 35 274 215
34 Thomas Loughborough 35 37 37 22 (59.0 DNC) 36 28 22 276 217
35 Kalle Coster 32 14 29 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 27 38 27 285 226
36 Alistair Kissane 37 34 35 32 26 -41 34 33 272 231
37 Tim Penfold 33 13 22 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 34 32 59.0 DNC 311 252
38 Joe Newton 24 (59.0 DNF) 19 30 59.0 DNC 32 35 59.0 DNC 317 258
39 Hans Rasmussen 36 33 43 (59.0 DNC) 28 46 45 38 328 269
40 Chris Clarke 31 32 36 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 39 43 37 336 277
41 Tom Slingsby (59.0 DNF) 59.0 DNF 5 6 31 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 337 278
42 Chris Jeeves 46 47 46 (59.0 DNC) 29 43 41 28 339 280
43 Zachary Maxam 41 30 32 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 40 33 59.0 DNC 353 294
44 Louis Sinclair 43 44 44 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 38 36 36 359 300
45 Matt Cassidy 44 42 45 34 (59.0 DNC) 47 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 389 330
46 James Doughty 48 35 38 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 45 48 59.0 DNC 391 332
47 James Sainsbury 39 39 39 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 44 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 397 338
48 Nathan Bailey 47 (59.0 DNC) 47 33 59.0 DNF 51 47 59.0 DNC 402 343
49 Stefan JÃrudd 42 40 40 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 52 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 410 351
50 David Smithwhite 40 38 42 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 415 356
51 Chris Museler 45 45 48 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 48 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 422 363
52 Richard Graham-Enock 50 (59.0 DNF) 59.0 DNC 35 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 44 59.0 DNC 424 365
53 Graeme Spence 51 (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 42 42 59.0 DNC 430 371
54 Steve McLean 49 (59.0 DNC) 49 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 49 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNF 442 383
55 Matthew Stark (59.0 DNF) 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 50 46 59.0 DNC 450 391
56 Markus Hirsch (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 472 413
57 Dean Barker (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 472 413
58 Jonny Goldsberry (59.0 DNC) 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 59.0 DNC 472 413

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