Nathan Outteridge is the 2014 International Moth World Champion
Nathan won the World Championship with one race to sail having a 10 point lead over top Brit Chris Rashley and his discard was a 4th. The 49er Gold Medalist from London 2012 and Artemis America’s Cup helmsman proceeded to win the last race of the Championship in style with a massive lead over the rest of fleet.
Speaking to Mark Jardine of Yachts and Yachting, Nathan said “It was good, it’s been a tough week, pretty light and marginal and today we finally got some good breeze and it was actually really fun racing, so happy we got some good racing and really happy to bring home another world title. I wasn’t really expecting it after the training and prep that I’ve put in, but I think the years of sailing these boats has really helped me out throughout the week.”
As a consolation prize for second place Chris Rashley walked away with the European Championship for the 4th consecutive time!
Although disappointed to be beaten into second place, Chris is happy to admit that he was beaten by the better man on the day. However, Chris is already planning his trip to Aus and is hoping to make Nathan’s reign as World Champion a short one!
Annalise Murphy managed to beat Katherine Knight and Wakako Tabata to become the 2014 Ladies International Moth (Butterfly?) Champion. Annalise, the reigning Laser Radial European Champion, wasn’t enjoying the light and shifty conditions in the Silver fleet at all, to the point of offering the race committee a bribe of free drinks to cancel racing on the penultimate day! However, the last day proved better for Annalise, enabling her to post her best result in the final race.
Thanks to the proliferation of professional sailors in the Moth fleet, Mike Lennon has kindly sponsored a new prize, the Corinthian Trophy, to be awarded to the first “non-professional” sailor in the fleet. With a fantastic 8th place finish, Tom “Special” Offer is the first recipient of this (rather nice) new trophy, beating the odd Olympic Champion and America’s Cup helm in the process!
Tom also won a new CST boom which was instantly turned into a ‘Boom of Doom’ for his pint to travel down, “It was a little bit dusty – I think I made a good effort of it.”
To encourage the old Mothie ethos of home building, Phil Oligario of Atomik Wands, Simon Maguire of Maguire Boats and Jason Belben of SailTek (Ronstan) kindly sponsored the prizes to be awarded to the home built boats in the fleet. The “Home Build Cup” was hotly contested between Phil Oligario himself, Richard Edwards, Alex Koukourakis and Glen Read with Richard Edwards emerging as the clear winner. They all received a shedload of prizes from Maguire Boats and Magic Marine together with a voucher to spend at CST to put towards their next project.
There’s a healthy rivalry between the British and Aussie Moth fleets for the “Moth ashes”. This light hearted competition between the fleets was very closely contested, but thanks to an excellent set of results by AMAC on the last day, the Aussies were able to win the Moth ashes.
In the competition between Moth builders, the Mach 2 won yet again. However, with 5 boats in the top 10, the Maguire Exocet has given the Mach 2 some very stiff competition. So much so that I’ve heard that the Exocet waiting list has now increased to 2 years! But Mach 2 and Maguire didn’t have things entirely their own way as an Aardvark Rocket in the hands of Dylan Fletcher also managed to make the top ten. Dylan tells me that the Aardvark build quality has improved greatly since the Ninja days, providing a less expensive way to buy a new competitive boat.
Lennon Design sails also had a good Worlds with both Chris Rashley and Mike himself in the top ten..
Gold Fleet Results
Pos Nation Sail No Helm Club Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 Pts
1st AUS 2 Nathan Outteridge Wangi SC (DNC) 3 2 2 1 -4 1 2 1 2 2 -4 4 2 1 23
2nd GBR 7 Chris Rashley Royal London YC 1 2 1 1 -5 1 4 4 6 3 1 6 -13 3 -20 33
3rd AUS 4142 Josh Mcknight RPAYC 3 1 3 -5 3 5 3 3 2 1 -7 -10 7 1 2 34
4th AUS 3 Scott Babbage Woollahra SC 2 2 3 4 -6 9 -12 1 3 7 -18 3 2 7 8 51
5th GBR 4 Ben Paton Lymington Town SC 5 3 -7 7 5 2 5 5 10 -12 3 1 -16 9 5 60
6th GBR 5 Robert Greenhalgh Royal Southern YC -8 1 1 1 2 11 14 (DNC) 9 -15 5 2 8 5 3 62
7th AUS 6 Rob Gough Royal YC Tasmania 1 5 7 -23 2 15 2 6 5 4 16 8 -17 6 -17 77
8th GBR 4038 Tom Offer Rock SC 3 8 6 3 (DNC) 7 8 12 15 9 4 -33 6 -16 6 87
9th GBR 4123 Dylan Fletcher Portland Moth Squad -12 4 8 6 9 3 10 7 -13 13 8 12 5 -14 4 89
10th GBR 4147 Michael Lennon HISC -19 4 2 2 6 -14 9 9 11 10 11 5 -28 11 11 91
11th GBR 3942 Jason Belben Stokes Bay SC -12 7 4 6 4 13 -23 13 12 14 6 -15 1 12 7 99
12th GBR 4146 Paul Goodison Ulley SC 10 -12 5 3 4 8 -24 11 4 -20 13 13 14 4 12 101
13th GBR 3967 Chris Draper LCSC 6 -12 5 5 8 16 6 10 -21 -19 12 7 12 15 14 116
14th AUS 3900 Andrew McDougall Black Rock YC 4 6 4 -21 21 19 -26 8 8 17 -30 9 3 17 9 125
15th SUI 3796 Arnaud Psarofaghis SN Geneva 10 6 -11 7 1 10 16 -18 18 5 14 16 9 18 -21 130
16th SUI 4112 Christopher Rast TYC/RCO/MBYC 6 5 6 15 -16 6 11 14 17 6 -23 -28 10 13 22 131
17th USA 9 Brad Funk US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider -20 -52 10 10 11 12 13 15 7 8 9 -19 19 8 15 137
18th JPN 3989 Hiroki Goto ABeam 4 8 -15 8 11 -21 17 19 -28 11 20 21 21 10 10 160
19th ITA 4138 Gian Maria Ferrighi YC Acquafrecsca 5 (DNC) 14 9 14 31 7 21 16 18 10 17 20 -43 -45 182
20th JPN 4095 Kohei Kajimoto Black Rock YC 7 16 8 -22 10 17 25 -41 23 26 15 24 -40 39 19 229
21st ITA 4092 Carlo de Paoli Circolo Vela Torbole 8 9 10 14 -18 27 28 22 19 23 -36 23 -50 25 27 235
22nd GBR 3985 Simon Hiscocks HISC 9 11 9 -23 9 18 33 27 20 36 -59 31 18 24 -43 245
23rd GBR 4149 Oliver Holden HISC -23 18 12 11 15 23 18 26 -35 22 31 30 -37 26 25 257
24th GBR 4036 Dan Vincent Stokes Bay SC 7 19 13 -34 7 -42 20 -45 38 24 26 27 38 23 16 258
25th GBR 4122 Andrew Friend Norfolk Punt Club 31 -39 36 13 14 -51 27 25 24 -57 28 34 11 20 23 286
26th GBR 3947 Ed Chapman Queen Mary SC -29 22 21 25 13 28 -41 34 -39 27 19 22 29 21 31 292
27th BEL 4049 Giovanni Galeotti RYCB 2 -11 11 9 3 22 (DNC) 49 48 41 39 -51 22 19 28 293
28th FRA 4090 Seb Col YCPR DGA -24 22 10 24 33 -62 23 32 -38 37 18 15 29 34 297
29th ITA 4093 Stefano Rizzi SV Oscar Cosulich 13 7 -21 11 7 55 21 17 14 16 22 44 (DNC) (DNC) DNC 298
30th GBR 4155 Stevie Morrison Exe SC 14 15 -16 15 8 -40 29 29 -43 37 33 29 35 37 18 299
2014 Moth Worlds Final Gold Fleet Full Results
Silver Fleet Results
The Silver Fleet was won by Fabien Froesch of Switzerland, followed by Stefan Gieser of Germany and Kiwi Glen Read on his home built boat. However, the most outstanding achievement must be Phil Stevenson coming 4th in the Silver fleet. Phil is a sprightly 63 years young, proving that you don’t have to be a young America’s Cup sailor or an Olympian to sail an International Moth.
Pos Nation Sail No Helm Club Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 Pts
1st SUI 4144 Fabien Froesch SN de Geneve (DNC) 29 -38 -34 27 24 5 3 2 13 13 3 3 3 125
2nd GBR 3795 Stefan Gieser WSV Heidelberg West (DNC) -42 -40 25 35 8 7 2 6 10 9 21 10 1 134
3rd NZL 4124 Glen Read Vauxhall YC 30 -43 -38 -38 34 2 10 1 19 21 1 2 15 10 145
4th AUS 3905 Phil Stevenson St George SC -43 -54 -50 35 34 3 17 10 11 11 3 5 7 25 161
5th GBR 3945 Matthew Lea Grafham Water SC -48 -48 -46 45 32 13 4 17 8 4 10 12 12 5 162
6th GBR 4072 Thomas Lambert Wilsonian SC -40 -51 -44 20 31 4 1 7 26 26 7 18 30 11 181
7th USA 4066 Dylan DiMarchi Waikiki YC -34 30 -48 -42 32 10 9 8 7 5 14 DNE 6 2 192
8th SUI 3798 Philippe Schiller SN de Geneve -51 26 -47 33 -38 26 19 26 10 18 11 8 11 18 206
9th GBR 3830 John Clifton Shoreham SC -45 35 26 32 -46 22 12 35 13 9 -37 13 8 4 209
10th GBR 4050 Leigh Albrecht Queen Mary SC 14 15 52 -54 46 (DNC) (DNC) DNC 1 1 5 1 2 6 212
11th GBR 4041 Andrew Blee Draycote Water SC -44 -58 (DNC) 40 20 27 6 9 18 12 27 11 24 20 214
12th SUI 3729 Philip Kaeserman SN de Geneve 36 -45 -46 -45 29 1 2 30 14 6 8 DNE 1 23 219
13th SUI 3836 Adriano Petrino CV Lago di Lugano -47 -47 47 24 36 21 27 6 4 15 15 (BFD) 5 24 224
14th GBR 3704 Mark Dell Thorpe Bay YC (DNC) (DNC) 42 39 53 12 28 4 9 29 2 4 (DNC) 16 238
15th GER 3843 Carlo Maege Feldafinger Seglerverein 34 -41 31 29 -35 20 18 12 25 31 23 6 -45 9 238
16th GBR 3756 James Sainsbury Grafham Water SC (DNC) (DNC) 31 21 -33 11 26 5 28 22 28 32 16 22 242
17th IRL 3861 Annalise Murphy National YC 27 -50 -54 43 -57 17 39 37 3 24 12 17 19 8 246
18th IRL 3889 Alistair Kissane Howth YC -40 33 -35 30 31 14 25 (DNC) 23 19 18 7 17 32 249
19th GBR 3802 Neale Jones HISC -54 -56 -53 41 47 9 13 31 33 28 20 16 14 7 259
20th SUI 3820 Caspar Buettner Zurcher YC -45 -43 -45 43 42 25 32 20 12 16 17 25 13 15 260
21st GBR 3632 Martin Fear Bristol Corinthian SC 42 -59 -53 -55 41 23 22 32 27 3 43 9 4 21 267
22nd GBR 3715 Chris Jeeves De Spaenjerd SC -49 -55 -49 40 26 15 14 23 24 33 4 15 35 44 273
23rd NED 3849 Constantijn Weber WSV Muiderberg 18 32 40 -44 -44 7 23 (DNC) 16 17 40 27 23 33 276
24th GBR 3917 Dan Ellis Royal Plymouth Corinthian YC -52 49 -52 -53 40 31 15 24 20 8 29 22 21 17 276
25th GBR 3939 Matthew Stark Guernsey YC 25 37 32 -48 -47 30 24 19 -38 7 19 38 31 38 300
26th GBR 3787 Jono Pank Imperial Poona YC (DNC) 46 -49 -52 45 38 33 22 15 27 21 19 9 26 301
27th IRL 4206 John Chambers National YC -55 -50 42 44 43 33 8 21 21 (OCS) 24 24 28 31 319
28th POL 3842 Michal Domanski HISC 39 47 -51 50 -55 34 36 11 (DNC) 42 6 14 32 14 325
29th GBR 3922 Kyle Stoneham Thorpe Bay YC 16 54 44 (DNC) (BFD) (DNF) 40 DNC 5 2 OCS 10 20 12 341
30th GBR 3730 Jonathan Peats Castle Cove SC -50 44 (DNC) -61 39 16 49 45 40 23 31 20 22 13 342
2014 Moth Worlds Final Silver Fleet Full Results