Moth on Foils: 35.9 knots(41.29 mph)

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

From Scuttlebutt last night:

The World Championship of International Moth Class will set new records
in 2012 as 119 entries from 20 countries and 4 continents descend on Lake
Garda in Italy. The event will take place in the waters of the Vela Club
Campione on August 20-26. -- Full report:
http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=14274

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!-historic thread

Just reread part of this thread: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/sailing-dinghy-design-1437.html

It's about dinghy design when the Moth foiler just started out and before it became the fastest sailboat under 20'. Also before the A Class cat used curved lifting foils. Kind of a kick to read.....

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils! Italian Nationals

Results on this run-up to the Worlds. Looks like Gulari is a bit off the pace? Hope he picks it back up for the sake of Team USA! http://www.mothworlds.org/campione/for-competitors/results/

ResultsZHIK NAUTICA NATIONAL OPEN MOTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Campione del Garda – Italia
Overall results as of 20:25 on August 16, 2012
Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 122, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank BowN Nat SailNo Helm R1 R2 Total Nett
1st A8 USA 6531 Brad Funk 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0
2nd 02 AUS 2 Joe Mothman Turner 5.0 2.0 7.0 7.0
3rd 03 AUS 3 Scott Babbage 6.0 5.0 11.0 11.0
4th 45 AUS 3631 Julian Salter 1.0 11.0 12.0 12.0
5th 05 USA 5 Bora Gulari 12.0 1.0 13.0 13.0
6th 44 USA 3911 Eric Aakhus 8.0 7.0 15.0 15.0
7th 08 AUS 8 Rob Gough 4.0 13.0 17.0 17.0
8th 38 NZL 3774 Matt Vincent 9.0 8.0 17.0 17.0
9th 12 GBR 3939 Chris Rashley 10.0 10.0 20.0 20.0
10th B8 ISV 3596 Anthony Kotoun 3.0 19.0 22.0 22.0

 

[Paul B]

Results on this run-up to the Worlds. Looks like Gulari is a bit off the pace?

Off the pace? 122 entries. Two races run. At least 70 did both races. Bora won one of the two races, finished 5th of all who sailed. How is winning 50% of the races considered "off the pace"?

This is a tune up regatta, where people are tuning, trying settings in different conditions.


But Bora has pointed out your inaccuracies and ignorance on the internet, so you need to get even by trying to badmouth him at every opportunity.

He is out there foiling and you are not. Deal with it.

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

Finals of the Italian Nationals. Gulari, Team USA 2nd, Babbage Team Australia, 1st: (Moth Worlds next)

NATIONAL OPENZHIK NAUTICA NATIONAL OPEN MOTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Campione del Garda – Italia-Top 10 Finishers
Overall results as of 21:45 on August 17, 2012
Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Entries: 88, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank BowN Nat SailNo HelmName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Nett
1st 03 AUS 3 Scott Babbage (7) 5 2 2 2 18 11
2nd 05 USA 5 Bora Gulari (13) 1 4 1 7 26 13
3rd 02 AUS 2 Joe Mothman Turner 6 2 (9) 4 3 24 15
4th 08 AUS 8 Rob Gough 5 (13) 3 3 6 30 17
5th 45 AUS 3631 Julian Salter 2 11 (19) 6 1 39 20
6th 26 AUS 3776 Joshua Aaron McKnight 1 6 (27) 7 12 53 26
7th 12 GBR 3939 Chris Rashley (11) 10 6 5 5 37 26
8th 44 USA 3911 Eric Aakhus 9 7 (43) 8 4 71 28
9th 33 GBR 3942 Jason Paul Belben 14 9 8 (15) 8 54 39
10th 32 ITA 3791 Francesco Bianchi 12 (18) 16 9 16 71 53

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

"How to win a Moth World Championship" by Stefanie Schurer posted on the Moth Worlds site( http://www.mothworlds.org/campione/ ). Quick summary-be good at foiling tacks most of the time, foiling gybes all the time and weigh about 80kg(176lb) :

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

From the SA front page: ( read the whole article here: http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php )

The Tech

While the dominance of the Mach 2 might make you think this is a one-design event, it’s anything but, and no two moths are alike. Here are a few things we found interesting:

Rob Gough cants his rig to leeward using hydraulics, allowing him to get his rig vertical when heeled to windward the way a moth sails upwind.

While ride-height adjusters have been necessary for a year or two, the ratio of the wand’s movement to the flap’s response requires turning a screw in the system and locking it down with a nut. Until now, because both Rob Gough and Amac have created on-the-fly wand ratio adjusters that should allow them to get their boats to fly smoother and with less drag when conditions change; Gough’s uses a mountain bike gear shifter and Amac’s, a string-and-bobbin.

Amac has a line nicknamed the ‘god string’, because it does everything he needs to go from downwind to upwind mode with one pull. Pull on it and the vang gets hard, the outhaul comes on, the shrouds loosen, and the rig rakes back. Let it go at the top mark and the opposite happens.

Amac loves tinkering with the underwater bits, and he’s running new rudder horizontals that have been compared to the wings on a Klingon Bird of Prey. They will no doubt be fast if they are dialed in properly, but that may take some time.

This being one of the true tinkerers’ classes there are bound to be a pile of new toys, and we’ll have more when the week is over.

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

Video from Day One-Scott Babbage wins three. What fantastic little rockets! A true boat for the 21st Century-faster than any other sailboat-multi or mono under 20'!! Team USA highest place after three is 4th. http://www.mothworlds.org/campione/




Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships – Day 1 – Results after 3 races (Top 10)

1. Scott Babbage (AUS), 1+1+1=3
2. Joshua McKnight (AUS), 6+1+1=8
3. Anthony Kotoun (ISV), 3+3+2=8
4. Eric Aakhus (USA), 1+4+5=10
5. Bora Gulari (USA), 2+2+7=11
6. Francesco Bianchi (ITA), 3+6+4=13
7. Julian Salter (AUS), 7+4+3=14
8. Andrew McDougall (AUS), 2+8+5=15
9. Chris Rashley (GBR), 4+7+4=15
10. Joe Turner (AUS), 9+9+2=20

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

From the Worlds site:

The very light and unstable breeze on Lake Garda didn’t let the Moths fly today. The race committee will try to hold as many races as possible on Wednesday with an 8:30am morning start.

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

From the Worlds site 8/22/12:


2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships – Top 10 results after 7 races (1 discard)
Merged results from the two fleets (Blue and Yellow)

1. Scott Babbage (AUS), 1+1+1+1+1+1+(11)=6
2. Anthony Kotoun (ISV), 3+3+2+(11)+2+2+3=15
3. Joshua McKnight (AUS), 6+1+1+2+4+3+(12)=17
4. Bora Gulari (USA), 2+2+7+(14)+4+4+3=22
5. Joe Turner (AUS), (9)+9+2+3+3+5+1=23
6. Chris Rashley (GBR), 4+(7)+4+4+2+5+7=26
7. Julian Salter (AUS), 7+4+3+7+(12)+1+8=30
8. Andrew McDougall (AUS), 2+8+5+7+(21)+2+6=30
9. Rob Gough (AUS), 5+3+(17)+1+11+7+5=32
10. Jason Paul Belben (GBR), (60 DNF)+10+6+3+3+10+2=34

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

From Scuttlebutt tonight:

Campione del Garda, Italy (August 23, 2012) -
The qualifying series for the 117-boat Zhik Nautica Moth World Championship completed today, with2009 Worlds champ Bora Gulari (USA) winning both his heats. Scott Babbage(AUS) won this preliminary series, dividing competitors into gold and silver fleets, with each skipper's rank counted as a non-discardable race score in this final series. Following Baggage was Joshua McKnight (AUS), Bora Gulari (USA), and Anthony Kotoun (ISV), who qualified even on points, and enter the final series in places second through fourth respectively.
Nine races are scheduled in the final series Friday-Sunday. --
http://www.mothworlds.org/campione/

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From the Worlds site:

Bora Gulari (USA): “I had a good day with two wins thanks to a bit of luck and a bit of skills. My end goal is to win this one. A few days ago I stated my goal was to finish in the top five because I wanted to be humble but after listening to all the Australians claiming they wanted to win I will also state that my end goal is to win the worlds!”

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

From Scuttlebutt Europe today:

Mothapalooza

Marking another world's first for the premier dinghy development class, the Moths take to the stage of Lake Garda in a "Mothapalooza" competition for artistic style and personality.

Coinciding with the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds, from August 19 to 26, this competition is all about designing your craft to be a creation that is unique and spectacular to watch. There is a "palooza" of Moths ready to compete on the foreshores of Campione del Garda, ready to launch and be judged in a bid to win the 5,000 Euro first prize.

"Zhik is proud to sponsor this competition, the first of its kind anywhere in the world", said Brian Conolly, founder and managing director. "I believe this will begin a new trend in sailing, and hope the idea will catch on across many classes over time. We certainly plan to build on its success here, and make it an important element to the Moth Worlds regatta every year."

At every sailing regatta there are a fleet of sails, and this is an opportunity to express art across a mobile, floating canvas. This Mothapalooza event is aimed at demonstrating to the world that this floating canvas can be a worthy spectacle in itself. While we can celebrate wind, water, waves, lifestyle and sportsmanship, we can also add cultural diversity, personality and uniqueness to the mix. Something more for the observer of the sport, that will also help lift the profile of sailing in general.

Three judges will score each boat in four categories - Sail, Hull/Foils, Self and Overall Integrity - and these will be added together to declare the winner. Competition is intense, with a substantial winning cash prize, and significant gear prizes from Zhik's complete dinghy range.

You can follow all the news on Mothapalooza from Lake Garda on the official website at http://www.mothapalooza.com, and Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mothapalooza , or follow it in combination with the Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds at http://www.mothworlds.org, and Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/mothworlds.

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!

Still two more races, I think:

2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships
Final Series – Top 10 results after 6 races (1 discard) and qualifying rank

1. Joshua McKnight (AUS), 2+2+(4)+1+2+4+1=12
2 Scott Babbage (AUS), 1+1+1+2+(16)+5+4=14
3. Anthony Kotoun (ISV), 4+3+2+10+(33)+1+2=22
4. Bora Gulari (USA), 3+5+(11)+3+8+2+8=29
5. Julian Salter (AUS), 8+9+6+7+(38)+3+7=40
6. Brad Funk(USA), 18+6+(10)+4+1+8+5=42
7. Rob Gough (AUS), 12+4+3+5+(11)+10+10=44
8. Andrew McDougall (AUS), 7+7+12+8+7+(34)+3=44
9. Eric Aakhus (USA), 17+8+(15)+6+10+6+11=58
10. Chris Rashley (GBR), 5+12+9+11+13+9+(20)=59

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils! ----Worlds Final

I can never get enough of watching the hottest singlehander on the planet flown by some of the best sailors on earth! There are more videos on the Worlds site...
http://www.mothworlds.org/campione/ Final results-all Australia in the top 3-team USA: Gulari 6th, Funk 10th.

2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships
Final Top 10 results after 9 races (1 discard) and qualifying rank

1. Joshua McKnight (AUS), 2+2+(4)+1+2+4+1+1+3+1=17
2. Scott Babbage (AUS), 1+1+1+2+(16)+5+4+2+2+2=20
3. Rob Gough (AUS), 12+4+3+5+(11)+10+10+3+1+3=51
4. Anthony Kotoun (ISV), 4+3+2+10+(33)+1+2+7+16+8=53
5. Andrew McDougall (AUS), 7+7+12+8+7+(34)+3+5+7+5=61
6. Bora Gulari (USA), 3+5+11+3+8+2+8+(36)+20+6=66
7. Chris Rashley (GBR), 5+12+9+11+13+9+(61 DSQ)+4+4+7=74
8. Julian Salter (AUS), 8+9+6+7+(38)+3+7+16+13+16=85
9. Simon Payne (GBR), 11+(31)+16+12+4+11+14+10+8+11=97
10. Brad Funk(USA), 18+6+10+4+1+8+5+(61 DNC)+14+33=99

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wbS8XFsgib4

 

[Doug Lord]

Moth on Foils!---The Last video

From the Worlds site:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jEcdeYBuQk&feature=player_embedded