Next stop, Dubai
So that’s it. All done.
Bora took the Worlds in impressive style. He sailed his Mach2 faster than everyone else, with a speed edge downwind that gained him places every race. Apart from a few early mistakes, he sailed well and took the championship easily. The first American in a very very long time.
I ended up 7th, taking Brad Funk in a couple of close races on the last day. Not exactly happy about the end result, but carrying a DNF, I was never going to trouble the top bunch. There’s still plenty of time to debrief on where things didn’t go so well, but equipment failure is sitting there as a big area for improvement next time.
Funny that for the last year I sailed a reliable but relatively slow boat, now I’ve got a fast but unreliable one. I’ll have to find fast and reliable next time. I spent plenty of time and money trying to get that sorted in Sydney before I arrived, but the mast and wingbar failures were pretty unpredictable. What can you do?
Anyway, even without the failures I still wouldn’t have troubled the placegetters. The top guys were just too good this time.
Next stop is Dubai, the Worlds there next March promises to be an awesome event. Both Dubai and Belmont have got a lot to live up to given how successful Cascade Locks has been.
August 16th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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August 16th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Next stop, Vegas….!
August 16th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Thanks a lot for your intence blogging. It’s been a pleasure to follow teh Moth worlds through your daily reports. Now fix that fast and reliable combo for Dubai and I’m pretty sure there will be an even better reults.
Brgds, Johannes (wannabee Moth sailor from Sweden)
August 17th, 2009 at 10:28 am
These boats are environmental bandits. Bits of Carbon falling off them into the water ways. You will need to buy plenty of Carbon Credits if you want to hold the worlds in Lake Macquarie. Or stop them falling to bits and polluting the environment.
August 17th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Great to meet you Scott, and apologies for miscalling your name in the vids. Mer’s got pics that’ll go up soon. Good luck on getting the boat sorted quickly.
August 17th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Well that was a non event.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Dear Bob,
We believe, that working moth familes, are utilising ‘world best practice’ carbon capture and storage methods, at the fore-front of the environmental technology revolution.
We believe that the moth class, will be able to move away from unreliable wind power, to power provided by emerging clean coal technologies.
Steps are being made to ensure that the energy requirements of the moth class for the Belmont Worlds are supplied wholly from the abundant Coal resources of the Hunter Region.
This moth Energy revolution will take place in due season.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
whats wrong bob, or is it PB as in paul brotherton
August 20th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
@Clean
We should talk re: Belmont 2011.