More on the Classic Moth Nationals

Your humble blogmeister finished 6th. My starts and first beats were OK. I was just slow offwind in the light stuff, usually losing at least two boats on the reaches and maybe another one or two on the run. The light stuff has never been my forte in my Tweezer. If I reworked ice hockey's plus/minus statistic for sailboat racing, where for every boat you passed during the regatta you'd get a plus 1 and, conversely, for every boat that passed you, you'd get a minus 1, I figured I'd be at a minus 28 for this regatta.... Ouch! Oh well, when you're racing Classic Moths, at the end of the day, it's all good.

Mike Parson's been knocking at the top spot for a while now. He's won everything in the Mid-Atlantic this year and was the deserved winner of the 2009 Nationals. My travel partner, John Z, finished second, up from third last year. Joe Bousquet , Moth foiler blogger extraordinaire finished third.

In the Gen1 class for slower hulls; Lewis Hay was first, Frickie Marschink second and Gary Gowans third in a Sidewinder design.

In the Vintage class, Randall Swan in a Connecticut won, George Albaugh second in a Dorr-Willy, and Walt Collins third in Ara-Too.

Merv Wescoat took the Founders trophy as the oldest competitor (and one of the flashiest, sailing his Maser in Florida Gators colors).

Here is some video of on shore action at the Nationals;



Top ten results table;

Skipper	Races	Hull Design
Mike Parsons	1,2,1,[3],1,2,1	Mistral
John Zseleczky	3,3,3,1,3,[4],2	Mod Mistral
Joe Bousquet	[8],4,2,5,2,1,4	Shelly 3
Rod Koch	2,[5],4,4,4,3,3	Mousetrap
Mark Saunders	4,1,[OCS],6,5,8,6	Mistral
Rod Mincher	5,6,[OCS],2,7,6,10	Tweezer
Ken Wilius	6,8,6,[12],6,7,5	Mousetrap
Matthew Swan	7,7,5,11,[DNC],5,7	Skol
Lewis Hay	9,12,7,8,8,[12],8	Europe
Frickie Martschink	10,[14],14,7,11,9,9	Mint