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Joshua McKnight wins 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championships
dimanche 26 août 2012 –
Quotes of the day
Joshua McKnight (AUS) : “I’m pretty relieved because a lot of effort and money has been going into this program. I sailed a little bit more consistently when there was less breeze and Scott was a bit more unfortunate in one race where he got a 16th but that’s sailing. It’s really unfortunate for him. He probably put more time into this regatta than anybody else. I feel kind of bad taking it away from him but at the same time I’m happy and relieved I did it. It wasn’t all easy today. Scott was ahead in the first mark but I had a two-point lead coming into the day so I knew I had to take a lot less risk than he did in order to win. I tried to sail safely and even if he did beat me in the second race on the finish line, I figured it was just one point. Scott and I train a lot in this type of conditions and he’s the one that usually gets away and waits for me. So, for me to win in these conditions is really surprising. ”
Scott Babbage (AUS) : “I’m pretty disappointed although I’m happy for Josh because he sailed very well. As I said before, we have been training together all winter and it’s good to see that training paid off. The start of the week was good, I had a very good qualifying series but I had a bad day in the final that cost me.”
Rob Goough (AUS) : “The last day of the worlds was fantastic with very good breeze and good waves. I had a good day, I sailed around pretty comfortably and I could watch the battle between Josh and Scott. When I came to the worlds my goal was to make the top three. I was eighth coming this morning, so I’m pretty happy. ”
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Final Top 10 results after 9 races (1 discard) and qualifying rank
1. Joshua McKnight (AUS), 2+2+(4)+1+2+4+1+1+3+1=17 2. Scott Babbage (AUS), 1+1+1+2+(16)+5+4+2+2+2=20 3. Rob Gough (AUS), 12+4+3+5+(11)+10+10+3+1+3=51 4. Anthony Kotoun (ISV), 4+3+2+10+(33)+1+2+7+16+8=53 5. Andrew McDougall (AUS), 7+7+12+8+7+(34)+3+5+7+5=61 6. Bora Gulari (USA), 3+5+11+3+8+2+8+(36)+20+6=66 7. Chris Rashley (GBR), 5+12+9+11+13+9+(61 DSQ)+4+4+7=74 8. Julian Salter (AUS), 8+9+6+7+(38)+3+7+16+13+16=85 9. Simon Payne (GBR), 11+(31)+16+12+4+11+14+10+8+11=97 10. Brad Funk(USA), 18+6+10+4+1+8+5+(61 DNC)+14+33=99
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