of West Coast hydrofoiling day proving his speed and
pioneers thought that it boat handling prowess and
would be great to try to foreshadowing things to
keep momentum going by come.
hosting the Moth Worlds in During the fi rst race of
2009 with Cascade Locks, the regatta I was happily
Oregon, being the perfect surprised to be in second
venue. The event, organized place behind Bora and even
by Nigel Cochran, Charlie more surprised when he
McKee and the Columbia capsized a few boat lengths
Gorge Racing Association, from the fi nish giving me
was wildly successful the win. Throughout the
with a turnout of 46 boats rest of the regatta Bora
(mostly arriving in small showed his agility and
shipping boxes) from 10 speed by taking first in
countries and an ideal half the races to win by
12-20 knots all week. The solid margin, over Nathan
technically and physically Outridge from Australia,
challenging boats regularly and Arnaud Psarofaghis
saw upwind boat speeds in from Switzerland. Bora was
the teens and downwind speeds in the
spectacular carves and crashes of the
the fi rst American to win the moth world
low to mid 20’s.
event from onshore. I was involved in
title since 1963. I had good speed with
The week-long moth extravaganza
one of the few boat on boat crashes of
a custom sail from local sail designer,
started off with a Velocitek speed
the day with old rival Tim Wadlow (to
Dan Kaseler, and fi nished a solid 4th
challenge and a North Sails slalom dash
whom I’ve fi nished second to at the
place. Other Americans in the top of the
for cash. The top speed in the speed
49er Olympic Trials) with his rudder
fl eet included Brad Funk, Kevin Hall
challenge was a mere 25.3 knots due
punching through my sail as we capsized
and Charlie McKee who (sailed the last
to unusually light winds, while the
into each other. Bora Gulari from Detroit,
day of the regatta with a broken hand).
dash for cash was a hit due to the fact
MI (another old 49er comrade) won
Lindsay Bergen was the only female at
that spectators could easily watch the
both events taking home $2000 for the
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