McDougall holds firm at Moth Worlds

Event media/amended by Yachte

Posted: 10  Mar. 2010

Bora Gulara - man and machine are one - Thierry Martinez pic

Day Two of PUMA International Moth Worlds got to a late start as a foggy haze and light winds lead to a 30 minute postponement onshore in Dubai, but it didn’t bother Andrew McDougall from Australia.

Today was really a pressure game- those who stayed in the pressure were able to get up on their foils and make gains.

Three races were sailed, bringing the total for the event up to four. In races two and three the winds were light, meaning tough foiling conditions.

The breeze filled in a bit for race four, allowing the fleet to really get up and moving. The leader board remains relativity unchanged, with Andrew "Amac" McDougall still in the number one spot both in the Open and Masters categories.

However, there are still 11 races to go and Michael Lemmon (GBR) and the gregarious Brad Funk (USA) are only nine and 10 points behind ‘Amac’. The surprise of the series in Bora Gulari’s present sixth overall on 31 points. The American was expected to be hanging in the top three.

Top five provisional results after four races:
1 Mach 2 Masters AUS Andrew McDougall 1 1 11 2, 15
2 Mach 2 Open GBR Michael Lennon 2 8 8 6, 24
3 Mach 2 Open USA Brad Funk 3 11 10 1, 25
4 Mach 2 Open AUS Scott Babbage 8 4 9 5, 26
5 Mach2 Open UAE Chris Graham 4 7 7 10, 28

11 Mach 2 Open AUS Rob Gough 11 18 12 12, 53
17 Bladerider Open AUS James Cole 21 6 21 20, 68

National Maritime Festival 2010

Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2011
11th - 14th February 2011

view all events