Moth Worlds - Australian Andrew McDougall leads the fleet

10:06 PM Mon 8 Mar 2010 GMT

'2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. ANDREW MCDOUGALL (AUS 3380).' ThMartinez / Sea & Co - Copyright

Day one of the Puma International Moth Worlds conditions proved to be diffcult with the fleet spreading far and wide across the horizon. Many struggled to foil resulting in those that did took the lead, as the wind filled in from the right the boats soon sped up. Weight and foiling were definately a huge factor in finishing places.

The fleet sailed one race today, the course being a standard windward leeward course, three times around, each leg a mile in length. The conditions on day one were calm waters with 6-8 knots of breeze, a bit light for the moths. The light wind speed made it difficult for sailors to get up, and stay up on their foils. Andrew 'Amac' McDougall (AUS) lead the first beat and finished Race 1 with a bullet. Michael Lennon (GBR), Brad Funk (USA), Chris Graham (UAE) and Simon Payne (GBR) rounded out the 44-boat fleet.

During the beats the pressure was favoured on left however most sailors to took the right. Downwind paid to sail left as the pressure was stronger.

The event is shaping up to be a battle of wits, weather and worldliness. With a forecast that is fairly typical- light to moderate breeze, generally flat water and the likelihood of at least a few low-riding (off the foils) races, time will prove interesting results over the course of this week.

Results:

1st Andrew McDougall
2nd Mike Lennon
3rd Brad Frank

1st Junior Alex Burger

1st Women Lindsey Bergen

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. KERSTIN SOMMER (UAE 3300) and GLENN RAPHAEL (UAE 3680) - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. Glenn Raphael (UAE 3680) - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1.
ANDREW MCDOUGALL (AUS 3380) and BRAD FUNK (USA 3451 - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. ANDREW MCDOUGALL (AUS 3380) - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

2010 International Moth Worlds. Dubai, UAE. Day 1, Start of Race 1. - ThMartinez _- Sea & Co - Copyright

Moth Worlds

Entries: 44 Races Sailed: 1

Series Place	Sail No	Type of Boat	Class	Country	Helm	Series Points	Race 1
1	AUS3380	Mach 2	Masters	AUS	Andrew McDougall	1	1
2	GBR3708	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Michael Lennon	2	2
3	USA3451	Mach 2	Open	USA	Brad Funk	3	3
4	UAE3679	Mach2	Open	UAE	Chris Graham	4	4
5	GBR5	Mach 2	Masters	UK	Simon Payne	5	5
6	GBR3604	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Adam May	6	6
7	SLO3712	Mach 2	Open	SVN	Tomaz Copi	7	7
8	AUS7	Mach 2	Open	AUS	Scott Babbage	8	8
9	GBR3594	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Ricky Tagg	9	9
10	USA4	Mach 2	Open	USA	Dalton Bergen	10	10
11	AUS9	Mach 2	Open	AUS	Rob Gough	11	11
12	USA1	Mach 2	Open	USA	Bora Gulari	12	12
13	SWE3666	Mach 2	Masters	SWE	Martin Gravare	13	13
14	USA3683	Mach 2	Open	USA	Zack Maxam	14	14
15	SUI3623	Mach 2	Open	SUI	Mikis Psarofaghis	15	15
16	SIN3700	Mach 2	Open	SGP	Mark Robinson	16	16
17	SUI3	Mach 2	Open	SUI	Arnaud Psarofaghis	17	17
18	GBR4082	Full Force	Open	GBR	Alex Adams	18	18
19	SUI3392	Mach 2	Masters	SUI	Jean-Pierre Ziegert	19	19
20	GBR3632	Mach 2	Open	GBR	Paul Hayden	20	20
21	SIN3711	Bladerider	Open	AUS	James Cole	21	21
22	UAE3276	Bladerider	Junior	UAE	Alex Buerger	22	22
23	USA3615	Mach 2	Open	USA	George Peet	23	23
24	UAE3231	Bladerider	Junior	UAE	Marcel Herrerra	24	24
25	USA3592	Mach 2	Women	USA	Lindsey Bergen	25	25
26	GBR3713	Mach 2	Open	GBR	James Phare	26	26
27	GBR3335	Bladerider	Junior	GBR	Dougie Imrie	27	27
28	UAE3300	Bladerider	Women	UAE	Kerstin Sommer	28	28
29	SWE3125	Bladerider	Women	SWE	Emma Aspington	29	29
30	UAE3647	Assassin	Open	UAE	Rob Fordyce	30	30
31	UAE3665	Fastacraft	Masters	UAE	Marc Bruegger	31	31
32	AUS3262	Prowler Zero	Open	AUS	Ben Crocker	32	32
33	UAE3357	Bladerider	Open	UAE	Simon Savage	33	33
34	HKG3672	Mach 2	Open	HKG	Dion Houghton	34	34
35	UAE3680	Mach 2	Open	UAE	Glenn Raphael	35	35
36	SWE3279	Bladerider	Masters	SWE	Magnus Gravare	36	36
37	SUI3250	Bladerider	Open	SUI	Philip Kasermann	37	37
38	GBR3607	Mach 2	Open		Tim Penfold	38	38
39	GBR3431	Bladerider X8	Masters	UK	Richard Davies	39	39
40	SWE3140	Bladerider X8	Masters	SWE	Per Eskilson	40	40
41	GBR3495	Bladerider	Open	GBR	Jonathan Peats	41	41
42	CHN3637	Mach 2	Open	CHN	Dirk Weiblen	42	42
43	SUI9362	Bladerider	Open	SUI	Mauro Bettazza	45	45
43	UAE24	Bladerider	Masters	UAE	Jeroen Leenen	45	45

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