Ingrid Albaugh
The previous header photo was taken as the fleet crawled upwind in the light air of the 2019 Classic Moth Nationals. Twenty three Classic Moths registered for the Nationals, a definite bump-up in numbers compared with the last couple of years. This can be traced to the large number of juniors racing; the fruits of the push by E-city Mothists and Joe Bousquet to get more juniors in these great little boats. The other notable was the success overall of the Vintage class, bolstered by two experienced Mothists, Gary Gowan (Gen I winner in previous years), and John Zseleczky (top competitor in the Gen II class with a 2nd place in the Nationals) sailing Vintage this year. Walt Collins, another wily veteran, won the Gen I class, sailing his design which borrows heavily from the vintage class. The header photo shows some of the top finishers; Walt Collins, foreground, (winner Gen I), John Zseleczky, on the left, (second in Vintage), and Mike Parsons, background, (winner overall and Gen II).
I had also thrown up a header photo of John Zseleczky sailing Tweety, his yellow-decked, vintage Ventnor.
Ingrid Albaugh
The fleet off and running after one of the starts.
Ingrid Albaugh
George A. has the comprehensive report on the Nationals on his blog.
Overall results. Mike Parsons in his Mistral took home the overall trophy.
Worth re-posting one of my favorite videos from the E-City Nationals, this one from 2010.
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