Moth Worlds 2019: 12 Bullets & the Crown for Slingsby
All images by Martina Orsini , more at Moth Worlds fb. 12 bullets for Tom Slingsby, a 2nd and the luxury to miss the final two races as discards. Winning the Sail GP, now the Moth Worlds there is no doubt he is the top two Skipper out there right now along with Burling. Slingsby needs to do A-Cat Worlds at Tampa Bay next year. After that a Nacra 17 campaign for Paris 2024… finally someone in the Americas Cup should call him to join their team.
Final Results available here
Live stream above + report below sent by Harry Fisher / downundersail.com
Challenging conditions to finish off 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds
With much more interesting breeze conditions, the final day of the 2019 Chandler Macleod Moth Worlds saw a real shake up on the course.
The battle for second place was on between Kyle Langford and Tom Burton after Tom Slingsby took out the overall championship after yesterday with two races to spare.
The day’s racing was live streamed by Down Under Sail and supported by broadcast partners CST Composites and Mach2 Boats, with Slingsby keeping his Moth under cover and joining the media team in the commentary box for the day.
In the first race, Langford was slow off the start line and struggled in the lighter winds after deciding to sail with a bigger foil.
After the first upwind leg he was caught in no wind and was unable to get the boat foiling, leaving himself out the back and giving Burton the opportunity to strike.
But both sailors ended up dropping the race with Burton finishing in 14th, leaving the battle to be decided in the final race where Burton needed to win with Langford in sixth or worse to claim the runner up honours.
The day proved to be a better one for the Europeans with lighter conditions helping Italian Francesco Bruni to a 1-2 and moving into fifth position overall.
Full results can be found at https://bit.ly/MothWorldsResults
