Day -1 - Laying the cards on the table
So there is no more time to go. Few surprises left. Not many known unknowns.
Today saw the two pre-worlds practice races which were to be raced yesterday afternoon - but due to several stuff-ups and a hell of a lot of wind, didn’t happen.
Rohan led around every mark, taking both races with a comfortable margin. Like I predicted earlier, he is dominating in the fresh breeze. Everyone else is going to have to find another gear to catch him, with the training off Black Rock on Port Philip being a good move. There is not much to stop him regaining his World Championship title at this point.
Lucky for me, I finished 2nd in the pre-worlds, toughing it out with Jason, Simon and Sam in the chasing pack and finishing with a 3, 2. If not for a couple of big pitchpoles in race 1, I may have been able to scrape a 2nd. But there’s a long way to go to catch Rohan. There’s some great footage of me going down the mine and ejecting feet first near the wing mark. I’ll have to see if I can find it somewhere…
The UK Mothie wives and girlfriends have also written an entertaining wrapup of the pre-worlds on the UK Moth web site.
Anyway, things are looking good for the first day of the Worlds. The forecast breeze is supposed to be stronger that today, so there will be plenty of carnage around the track. All those boats who’ve decided not to practice (50% of the fleet) in the last week of wind and waves may be in for a few surprises.
A bit of mclube and we’re away for race 1.
June 25th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
After reading the UK Moth site DD has come to the conclusion. “Mothing” is a weird, weird sport. There should be an online division for the worlds.
Make sure the Poms perform as well as the English cricket team in the world cup
June 25th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Good to hear you’re going well, good luck in the racing!
June 25th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Good luck. Go out and win the worlds!