A return to Lake Macquarie
The Moth class Worlds were last in NSW and on Lake macquarie in 1995. That event at South Lake Macquarie ASC was a great success with about 95 entries from UK, Japan, NZ and Aust, That was a time when T foil rudders and Pocket Luff sails were the hit, and the regatta was won by Emmett Lazich.
The phenomenal growth in the class internationally in recent years indicates that the next few years will see a steady increase in numbers of sailors and countries involved in Mothing, and consequently we feel that by 2011 the numbers at Belmont may exceed those at SLMASC in 1995.
The Belmont club offers some of the best dinghy sailing facilities in the country and Belmont Bay is one of the classic sailing locations.
This year’s worlds are at Weymouth UK in July, there is interest in going to Japan or USA in August/September 2009. We need to have an 18 month gap to match northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere summers, hence our January 2011 proposal.
We hope to secure the committement of the world’s moth sailors in July, then work to securing sponsors and comitments to allow us to organise an exceptional event.
