Final Round Of the KA Sail Vic Moth GP

The final round of the KA Sail Victorian Moth Grand Prix will be raced at Black Rock Yacht Club as part of the Black Rock Skiff Regatta on the 21st - 22nd April.

Aside from finding out the overall winner the KA Sail will be drawn at the presentation so don't miss it!

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2012 KA Sail Victorian Moth State Championship

Racing commenced on the second day of the 2012 KA Sail Victorian State Championship at Sorrento CSBC in moderate conditions, with flat water and very overcast.  

Race 5 was again sailed in a fantastic 10-15 knot breeze and was completely dominated by Richard Jackson, who made the port start on the pin end his own and from there was never challenged.  Series leader James Owen-Smith had issues with weed and finished the race in fifth position.

Kyle Ross - First placed Junior and best placed non Mach2

Races 6,7 and 8 were dominated by Andrew McDougall who took three bullets in a row, showing his fellow competitors how it's done and also proving that in the moderate wind range the MSL16 has blistering pace.

James Owen-Smith dominated Day 1 of racing (Photo- Russell Bates) 

Andrew McDougall won the series overall from James Owen-Smith in second and Richard Jackson in third.  Kyle Ross won the Junior trophy sailing his Bladerider exceptionally well at times and Sam England took home the women's trophy.

Overall Winner - Andrew McDougall (Photo- Russell Bates)

Thanks again to our major sponsor KA Sail for their wonderful support of the event!

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2012 KA Sail Victorian Moth State Champioship - To Be Continued...........

The 2012 KA Sail Victorian Moth State Championships started in a challenging fashion with the first four races sailed in 0-15knots, often varying from one extreme to the other within seconds, as well as having to deal with an outgoing tide. These unusual conditions saw leading boats going backwards with boats coming from hundreds of metres behind sailing past at speeds over 20 knots.

In recent years the Victorian Moth fleet has come a long way with the standard of competition.  Anyone of six boats out of the eleven boat fleet is capable of winning races and the justle for positions at the top of the leader board is very tight. 

Race 1 saw Andrew McDougall use his brand new design, KA MSL16 to good effect taking the win from Richard Jackson and James Owen-Smith. 

Race 2 provided wind that were extremely fickle and at times it was quite literally a lottery.  James Owen-Smith took the win from dark horse Kohie Kajimoto and Samantha England in third.

AMac: Always looking for a new edge
Photographer: Russell Bates

Kohie Kajimoto
Photographer: Russell Bates

After a lengthy postponement Race 3 started in more consistent conditions of 10-15 knots.  Richard Jackson came first with James Owen-Smith and Andrew McDougall following close behind.

Race 4 was also sailed in 10-15 knots and Andrew McDougall again took the win from James Owen-Smith and Kohei Kajimoto following through for third.

Racing was cancelled on Sunday due to lack of wind and the remainder of the series will be held later in March.

Leigh Dunstan
Photographer: Russell Bates

Lochy Byrne
Photographer: Russell Bates

Sam England: Something wrong with this photo?
Photographer: Russell Bates

Kyle Ross
Photographer: Russell Bates

Results can be found at HERE