MOTHING THE ARABIAN GULF

Righto, I know there will be others that enter but whateva, I’m doin a form guide because I need a healthy dose of tinternet mothage as it was 53 degree’s the other day and I have had a rubbish week. Do you ever have one of those weeks where nothing seems to go as you would like… I just had one… It was topped by me going to see Karate kid, which one of my mates said Jackie Chan should get a oscar for….. what was he smoking when he watched that piece of garbage. Anyway, the film started and they forgot to turn the lights off in the cinema and we were sat next to some moron who was talking on the phone to his mate in the same cinema…. why pretend to be mates if you can’t even go to the cinema together eh?? Its not what I would call a kung fu movie… there was only one bit of kung fu in it from the old master…. plus…. he did not even do his wall run!! Vintage Jackie would have scaled a 70 foot wall to kick some other bad ass in the head in the good old days. Wow, that turned into a bit of a rant. So to the form guide from the current entry listage.

1) Arnaud Phs…..his: The Euro master and its kind of on his home patch. Is running some new funky looking sail that he says is a weapon. The only question mark over his mental state is if he runs the nets or not, which he should be demoted for just for spending 30 hours making each one.

2) Simon Payne: Current World Champ. Reminds me a little Rodger Federer or Tiger Woods. Not interested in the small events but has the killer instinct in the big ones. If its light he will win it, if its windy (which is apparentley the forecast) then I think Arnaud has the advantage.

3) Rob Gough: Mr 30 knots. Mr I like big air. Mr I go sailing when its almost freezing. Maybe he is Swiss in disguise?!

4) Mike Cooke : British National Champ, has not done a lot of sailing but the sounds of it but is very confident in his own boat and design. British Nationals will be a good marker. I have only ever seen one Ninja so no idea on reliability and speed. Can’t see them matching the top mach two boys though.

5) Chris Rast : He blogs fast. He went to the Olympics. He’s gotta be pretty fast right? Brad Funk gives him big ups so thats enough for me. Unless Brad put his boat together….

6) Adam May: Always there or there abouts regardless of how much sailing he says he has done. Suffers from lack of sailing against others on a regular basis. Is now main stream after his stint on CNN.

7) Tomaz Copi : The quiet achiever in Dubai, alwasys seemed to get to the first mark in a good spot no matter where he started. Pretty good talent to have in a big fleet sailing race I think.

JPZ : Cracking pace in practice, just needs to send that into the racing. Will be a bit more at home on the flatter water of a lake. Will have some wicked gizmo going on that looks like it came from outer space.

9) Eelco Boers : Famously went past Si Payne like he was anchored in Weymouth. I think he will be the first BR. Sailing on the BR will hold him back downwind in any sort of breeze.

10) Olivier Vidal : Don’t know a lot about Olivier, but I sailed against him in 29er’s a couple of times when I was younger, he was good then and for lack of knowing anyone else thats going I thought I’d chuck him in here. Some peeps say he sails balls to the wall, good way to sail a moth!

I cannot see the Assassin’s being on the pace no matter how much gusto they have been given from NZ. I will be pleasantly suprised if one is on the pace for an entire race. I just cannot see one getting through 16 races without a major breakage. Im turning up with my boat on my back as I cannot afford the airfreight, hve not done a lot of sailing and have been boozing way too much. I’m gonna enjoy it and use it for some big fleet experience. Would like to do well obviously, but want a holiday from the heat more than anything else.