Small but Perfectly Formed

A very small fleet formed for the PCCs in Coronado this weekend. All in all despite having 11 Moths there, we only got 6 sailors. But perfectly formed it was! Winds Thursday Friday were 10 -12 and Saturday a shifty and complex 8 - 10. We got off 13 races plus a 4 race slalom that was really fun. High lights include Zack as new champion and JP showing how talent can really be applied in a Moth at a young age! Watch out for him, he will be a force to be reckoned with even this summer.

So whats the scoop, well I bought a new sail MacDougal 10c and really liked it even if I didn't get the set up quite right, but more worrying is the tail off in fleet numbers at each regatta so far this year.

I think this one over the Easter Weekend and the odd timing of it didn't help us much, but after getting 22 boats there last year, to have only 6 was a bit of a knock. I'm really hoping this is just a blip and that by US Nats in June we will be back on track. We had 15 boats there last year and I think we should try as a class to beat the number. We're on the road towards the Worlds in 2013 and which it may seem a long way off, in reality it isn't and we need to work as a Class to increase the numbers of Mothistas at each event otherwise we risk being sidelined as a side show. Its our Class and we can only make of it what we will, but that's going to take each of us being involved. Let me know if the schedule isn't working out and we will do our best to change it. We still need to vote on ABYC or Kaneohe Bay Yacht Club for our Worlds venue and we should aim to get all feedback and votes by the US Nats at ABYC in June,

Till then.....

Paint It Black

A little video producion from an awesome event. Point for spotting my near miss with Charlie turn 1 slalom heat 2

Trust I'll see you all at Coronado in a few short weekends or the PCCs

Pac Rim Day 2. Slalom is on

4 races in and it was on to the slalom. In a light and shifty 10 knots, the 11 competitors went head to head in 2 heats. Format was top 2 went through to final. Then we had a losers heat, where top place also went through. The repercharge was on! Adam and Junior qualify, and Boras in the repecharge! Our heat was closely fought, at as to first mark, with Charlie and Zack going through. Bora makes it in at last moment. and the winner of the pitcher of Mai Tais is........

Charlie. Awesome and using my new cut down main foil. Clearly more development to come in that direction.

We had Liz working the camera shutter and there are just some awesome shots of this beautiful place to sail. It looks like the club will potentially make a bid for the 2013 Worlds. It would be a great destination location for the event. We also have a strong bid from ABYC in Long Beach. To make our decision I think we will make a vote after this event, and then again after the Long Beach event in early June. This will then allow enough time to pull a proposal together for ratification at Euros in Travemunde.

Looking a little light today, so who knows but were 11 races in already.

The Morning After

I'm awake, just. My body hurts. I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Welcome to Moth Pac Rims Day 2! Yesterday was a bit of a tour de force. Wind 8 - 18s, 7 races, all fast and furious. There's really an intensity to Moth racing that just exist in other classes, at least not the one I've been invoved in. At some point I'm going to wear my heart rate monitor during a race. I would bet when were upwind, we're anaerobic the whole way. Still a ton of fun, had a bit of a bug so plenty of puking, which isn't fun when youre hiking your ass off. And yes big speed down wind. 26.8 in one memorable gust.

More to come, over and out from Kaneohe