In a day of absolute carnage, team Bladerider have defiantly taken first blood at the Garda moth worlds. They say to finish first, first you have to finish and only 24 out of 63 starters managed to not record a DNF on day 1.

At the end of the day, Rohan Veal is leading from Scott Babbage, then Sam Pascoe, Adam May with Les Thorpe showing that there is life in the Thorpe-Stevenson package yet and is currently 5th.

Best of the St.George crew currently is James “Doink” McKenzie in 11th. Luca and Marty have both used all their drops already, with Luca’s rudder deciding that it wanted a divorce and parting company from the hull, apparently taking some of the transom with it!

Simon Payne suffered the same fate, highlighting that this is defiantly a weak point on the Prowlers. (Note to self, add more reinforcing on the transom …)

So (as far I can tell from here in Australia), the total carnage total stands as follows:

- 4 Prowler gantries (plus a transom or two …)

- 1 Prowler tiller

- 7 Bladerider main foils

- 1 Bladerider rudder

- 1 Bladerider foredeck

- 1 Prowler wand attachment

- Adam May’s wings

At this early stage, it looks like Rohan’s claims were pretty accurate (and a lot of people were hoping they weren’t), and he will probably win if his boat stays together. That said, there is a long way to go yet.

Oh well back to boatbuilding for me …