2006worlds Horsens Yacht Club Denmark 2006.07.22 2006.07.29 ../download/2006_Worlds_NOR.pdf http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=international+moth+world+championships+heat GBR 4076 GBR 4076 simonpayne Foil Master 3 1 2 1 (4) 1 1 1 10 1 AUS 9345 rohanveal Foil 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 (5) 13 2 GBR 4073 adammay Foil 2 2 3 (4) 3 3 4 2 19 3 GBR 4069 jasonbelben Foil Master 5 3 5 3 2 5 (33/0CS) 3 26 4 SIN 7 markrobinson Foil 6 6 6 (8) 6 4 3 4 35 5 GBR 4080 sampascoe Foil 4 5 4 5 5 6 (33/OCS) 9 38 6 GBR 4082 alexadams Foil 7 7 7 7 (8) 7 6 8 49 7 AUS 9347 johnilett Foil 8 9 9 (16) 7 8 5 11 57 8 SUI 607 patrickruf Foil 10 12 (14) 9 10 9 9 6 65 9 GBR 4079 alexknight Foil 9 8 11 10 12 14 7 (20) 71 10 GBR 4050 ianforsdike Foil 11 10 8 13 (33/DNS) 10 8 12 72 11 GER 1052 burkhardstaabs Foil Master 15 15 12 15 9 12 13 (33/DNS) 91 12 GBR 4085 simonpropper Foil Master 14 13 15 19 14 15 10 (25) 100 13 AUS 9279 zacdouglas Foil Junior 12 16 (26) 18 11 13 12 22 104 14 GBR 4067 adrianmurphy Foil 18 11 17 (25) 18 16 14 17 111 15 GBR 4046 russellwheeler No Foil 19 (20) 19 14 20 18 16 10 116 16 GER 1040 svenkloppenburg Foil Master 13 (33/DNS) 10 6 33/DNS 33/DNS 15 7 117 17 AUS 81 AUS 9340 jamesrobertmackenzie Foil 20 14 16 22 17 11 (33/OCS) 18 118 18 FRA 2016 SIN 9330 nicolasbessec Foil (29) 19 13 28 15 19 11 27/DNF 132 19 ITA 253 francoferluga Foil 17 17 18 (27) 19 20 18 23 132 20 GER 1044 joachimhulsmeyer No Foil Master 21 22 (25) 17 21 22 21 13 137 21 GER 1049 dirkkoepe Foil 16 31/DNF 22 11 16 17 (33/DNS) 33/DNS 146 22 GER 1008 leoarnoldt No Foil Junior (24) 21 20 21 24 23 23 15 147 23 GER 1026 jensschoenberg Foil 22 23 (27) 20 25 26 22 16 154 24 DEN 101 sorenbuhl No Foil (25) 25 21 23 23 24 20 19 155 25 NED 164 richardknol Foil Master (28) 24 28 26 22 27 19 14 160 26 GBR 4019 dougculnane Foil 23 18 23 12 (33/DNS) 25 28/DNF 33/DNS 162 27 GER 1054 jenszurmuhl Foil 26 27 32/DNF (33/DNS) 13 21 17 33/DNS 169 28 GBR 4077 peterhorn Foil (33/DNS) 28 24 30 28/DNF 28 25 21 184 29 GER 1032 nilswarnken No Foil 27 26 29 24 26 29 24 (33/DNS) 185 30 DEN 100 jandrost No Foil Master 30 29 30 29 (33/DNS) 33/DNS 26 24 201 31 GER 1011 wolframhettkamp No Foil Master (33/DNS) 33/DNS 33/DNS 33/DNS 33/DNS 33/DNS 33/DNS 33/DNS 231 32 The International Moth World Championships kicked off today on a Danish Fjord. The entry list promised a super high quality regatta with many new faces joining the established font runners. Current World Champion Rohan Veal is defending his crown with the European Champion Simon Payne, and runner up Adam May theoretically his closest rivals. With all but a couple of the 33 strong fleet now using hydrofoils this is a landmark event in the sailing World. 1 Saw Sam Pascoe (GBR) lead out of the blocks to establish a huge lead at the first mark in a shifty and gusty offshore breeze. Rohan Veal from Australia extended on the chasing pack, which included Payne, Jason Belben, May, and Mark Robinson from Singapore. Veal chased Pascoe down, and won by 300 metres, and in the lightening winds Pascoe’s days were numbered. Payne lead the charge and but May was quicker to the line by ten metres. Sam sneaked fourth with Jason fifth and Robbo sixth. 2 In a building breeze Alex Knight of the camp epoxy team banged all the corners to round the windward mark so far ahead he made the gybe mark before the next boat rounded the windward mark. John Ilett (who we have to blame for all this and now claims we were not supposed to race them - it was just for fun!) rounded second followed by Jason Belben with the established stars all outside the top five. The pack bunched up at the gybe mark with six boats a couple of seconds apart. Alex Knight ended his fifteen minutes of fame with a capsize handing the baton to Jason followed Rohan, Adam and Sam. The leaders headed left but May lost wind and dropping off his foils gambled on hanging a right. This lucked out (as all champions tend to) with more pressure and a twenty degree lift. At the windward mark, it was Jason ahead of Payne just infront of May with Rohan and Sam in hot pursuit. Payne took the low road to hop Jason who also lost out to May, Veal with Sam fifth. That’s how they went round the leeward mark into lap three. Payne and May went left and Belben and Veal right. Left was right with Si leading Adam at the windward mark and Rohan and Jason taking a fifty metre hit. The only change in the final twenty knot downwind charge was Jason passing Rohan. So Si took it with Adam second, Jason third and Rohan fourth. It looked like the breeze was in for day 2, but as the fleet sailed out to the start it was shifty with +/- 20 degree shifts and pressure changes across the course. 3 Race 3 saw a clean start and Britain's Adam May clear ahead at the windward mark, Simon Payne recovered from an average beat to pull up to second in hot pursuit of Adam. Reigning World Champion Rohan Veal went round third, neck and neck with Jason Belben. Payne closed the gap downwind, but May responded with a killer beat to (once again) lead comfortably at the windward mark. Payne and Veal gybed into more breeze and the three boats went round the gybe mark with nothing in it. With three spectacular foil borne gybes, pausing only for the camera of internationally aclaimed sailing photographer Thierry Martinez, the three raced downwind. Payne stole the lead on the run to the leeward mark but it was Veal who tacked first and hooked into the new pressure, and ultimately this was his winning move. At the finish it was Veal from Payne, with May third and Pascoe fourth. 4 The second race of the day developed with Veal early out of the blocks, tracked by Belben and May with Mark Robinson of Singapore in the frame. Germany's Sven Kloppenburg got the hole shot and led at the windward mark by a huge margin. ISAF president Goran Petersson watched the future of sailing as the chasing pack led by Belben, raced down wind and chased down Kloppenburg. Normal order was resumed by the end of lap two with Payne round the windward mark first for the final time with Veal and May on his hip. A solid beat from Payne ensured the same postions at the final windward mark and the roller coaster ride to the finish began. With gusts appearing from all directions Paynes lead was seriously stressed as the others gybe into more pressure. At the finish Payne crossed just three seconds in front of a hard charging Veal making a giant kangaroo hop over May and Belben who were locked together in a windless vacuum likened to outer space. After 4 intense close races the series is still wide open and the fleet go into the lay day for a well earned rest, courtesy of an evening of free drinks and fun sponsored by KA Sail. A steady breeze from the East of around 10 - 12 knots greeted the fleet today to provide a welcome change from the shifty conditions of the previous days. With the change in wind direction there was a tricky chop to negotiate downwind. 5 Adam May had a great start out of the middle of the line, and headed left. Extending out from underneath the leading bunch as they got into the left to lead round the top, followed by Veal, and Belben. Veal was able to soak low below May's line on the run and gybe on top to squeeze round the gybe mark ahead. Belben had done similar and went round side by side with May. Payne had a good downwind to join the leading trio at the leeward mark. Four boats rounded together with Veal holding a lead and May and Belben locked together. At the finish, Veal crossed first with Jason Belben claiming a well earned second and May third. 6 Most of the front runners came off the pin end of the line after a left shift near start time, and headed left. Payne led the bunch from the gun and led round the first mark with Belben and May and in hot pursuit. Veal went round fourth. Veal gybed early and went round the next mark second and from then the leading two. On the second beat Mark Robinson hit the right and went round the windward mark second in front of Veal. Payne held on to his lead and claimed the win with Veal coming through to second and May third. With six races sailed Veal leads Payne by one point. 7 Following a night of thunderstorms the race officer held the fleet for a couple of hours today until it settled in the right direction. In a building breeze race 7 started with Payne striking the beat just right and leading around the windward mark. Robinson of Singapore was second, then May, Belben and Veal. As the wind built Payne maintained his lead and the places swapped behind him. Veal eventually came through to take second with Robinson hanging on to third place and May fourth. Payne win restored the points balance and after seven races Payne and Veal were now effectively tied. 8 Race eight started in only about 6/7 knots of breeze, and it was Payne who managed to get foiling off the start line to lead round the windward mark by quite a margin from Sven Kloppenburg from Germany, and Robinson. In the lighter pressure the decision to go for foils, or stay lowriding was a tricky one, and the remaining fleet was closely bunched. The usual suspects soon pulled through, and with more pressure on the second lap it was Payne leading comfortably from Robinson, Belben, Veal and May. On the final beat with it getting late in the day the pressure started to drop, and May managed to continue foiling long enough to get into third behind Robinson at the windward mark. Keeping it in the air along the reach he then moved into second before the wind died, leaving the fleet in lowriding mode for the final few legs. Payne won by 17 minutes as everyone else drifted home. May finished second, from Belben, Robinson and Veal. Going into the last two races, it is a showdown between Payne and Veal for the title. Moth Worlds Final day With no wind on the final day of the Moth World Championship, Simon Payne of Great Britain became the 2006 World Champion. Rohan Veal of Australia, defending champion, was second in a tightly contested series, with Adam May of Britain third.