I cannot believe I am typing these words: I successfully competed sailing in the 2021 Moth Worlds on Lake Garda. I completed all the races, didn’t have any breakdowns physical or mental (!), and beat some boats – I think five or six. I was the oldest competitor in the regatta 🙂 and likely, had the most fun. 100% of the time I was thinking, “this is SO awesome, how did I get here?”
I will confess, today was challenging; the wind was light, and I was not able to foil much of the time. Lowriding a Moth is not fun. But so be it.
Today I decided not to mount my GoPro, instead, I took out my iPhone! Yep, for the last race I sailed in, got it, and sailed back out, testing the supposed watertight qualities of the iPhone 12. Yep, it worked, and it’s waterproof:
waiting for wind
It’s not often you are sailing a Moth and can take out a cellphone to take pictures, but there was no wind …
Here’s a little video shot while waiting:
When the wind finally came up and the Committee ran a race, it was a crummy race; I was not able to foil, and a lot of other people weren’t either. Marginal foiling is yuk conditions for Mothing.
And so that was it! The 2021 Moth Worlds is in the books. Here is a photo of all the winners:
Tom Slingsby dominated, winning nearly every race, to repeat as World Champion.
And then there’s this guy:
I think I win “most fun had” or some such award. Cannot wait to do it again. Let’s see, next year the 2022 Moth Worlds are in Buenos Aires, Argentina …
Mothing Malcesine 