Adventures

McKnight dominates Aussie Moth Nationals

12 January 2019
McKnight dominated the Australian Moth National Championship sailed from Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron last week, dropping two sixes from 14 races, with a nett score of 20 points. He raced a home built boat, with the new “deck-sweeper” mainsail configuration, which definitely proved to be more than on the pace. Second place was Luka Damic (34), on one of the oldest boats in…
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Moth Worlds 2016 - Hayama Japan - Day 3!

26 May 2016
Wow. What a day of racing here in Hayama for day 3 of the Moth Worlds! Goodison was boat of the day with a 1, 1, 3 moving into the lead over Chris Rashley. All is still to play for, with a lay day tomorrow and lighter winds forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Once a second drop comes in, it is going to be very tight amongst Goodison, Rashley and Greenhalgh. Today I interviewed Josh McKnight and Rob…
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Moth Worlds 2016 - Hayama Japan - Day 2!

26 May 2016
I made it for race 4 of the Moth Worlds in Japan thanks to an awesome bunch of sailors from Keio University! Some tricky racing on day 2, with GBR sailors taking three from three race wins. I caught up with Rashley (current leader) on why he thinks the GBR sailors have been dominating so far, Brad Funk on his breakages, Ben (#Patonator) Paton on his jaw issues, Scott Babbage on his improving…
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