The 2015 Classic Moth Nationals at E-City this past weekend had two glorious sunny days with winds mostly under ten knots. Jamey Rabbit repeated as National Champ with an even more dominating performance than he had last year. As usual, the Gen II Mistral or modified Mistral designs filled the top four positions. Rod Mincher returned to the Nationals after a several year layoff to take the Gen I division in his Maser. Gary Gowans, who won Gen I last year, copped another victory this year, in the Vintage division.
The fleet was split almost evenly among the divisions with 6 Gen II, 5 Gen I, and 6 Vintage to make a total of 17 Classic Moths.
I was able to wander around and take some yard shots of a few of the Classic Moth fraternity/sorority.
Usually the Classic Moth Greybeard Society doesnt have a quorum at the Nationals but this year they did. Dan Mallott, Gary Gowans, and Jahn.
Bill Boyle, who was the lead builder on the
Tweezer project, has built or restored a bunch of Classic Moths. Here he is with his restored Ventnor.
Joe Courter, who puts on the great pre-race party at the Brigantine Regatta, got the Old Goat award (hes well into his 70s).
National Champion for the second year in a row, Jamey Rabbit,
John Zsecleczky finished third overall.
Mike Parsons finished second overall.
Top Twelve Results of the 2015 Classic Moth Nationals.The Gen II and National Championship winner is marked with yellow, the Gen I winner is marked with green, the Vintage is marked with orange.
| Skipper | Races | Hull Design |
| Jamey Rabbit | 1,1,1,1,1,1,[2],1,1,1] | Mistral/Mousetrap |
| Mike Parsons | 2,3,2,2,2,[4],3,2,2,2 | Mistral |
| John Zseleczky | 4,4,3,3,[4],3,1,4,3,4 | Mistral/Collins |
| Joe Bousquet | 3,2,4,4,3,2,4,3,[5],5 | Mistral |
| Rod Mincher | 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,[6] | Stark Maser (Gen 1) |
| John Pugh | 6,7,7,6,7,7,7,[9],7,3 | Olympic Europe (Gen 1) |
| Greg Duncan | 8,6,[13],7,6,9,9,8,8,8 | Olympic Europe (Gen 1) |
| Zach Balluzzo | 11,[12],8,8,9,8,6,6,9,7 | Mistral |
| Gary Gowans | 9,10,9,9,[11],6,8,7,6,9 | Tennis Bracelet (Vintage) |
| Carol Terryberry | 10,11,11,10,[12]10,10,10,12,11 | Ventnor (Vintage) |
| Erik Albaugh | 13,13,[14],13,8,11,12,12,11,10 | Mistral/Savannah |
| Bill Boyle | [14],14,12,14,14,12,11,11,10,12 | Ventnor (Vintage) |
George Albaugh over at
Mid-Atlantic Musings blog has put more photos up in his 2015 Nationals photo album.
