After completion of the qualifing series Friday the 2025 Moth Worlds moved into the gold/silver fleet final series.
Ben Rosenburg of the USA won the first gold fleet race, ahead of Jack Ferguson of Australia and overall leader Enzo Balanger of France.
Tom Slingby AUS took fourth, Richard Schultheis GER fifth and Brad Funk USA sixth.
This confirmed Balanger as overall leader on 6 pts, with a four point advantage over Schultheis, and a six point advantage over third placed Funk.
In the women’s division, Malta’s Victoria Schultheis is the top-ranked female competitor, in 36th place overall.
After the first gold race, due to safety concerns related to the incoming storm, the Race Committee brought a halt to racing for the day.
Best placed Brits are Giles Scott in 13th and Paul Goodison 16th.
SAturday, four races are scheduled for both the Gold and Silver fleets, depending on weather conditions.
2025 Moth Worlds – Leaders after Day 4 provisional (137 entries)
1st FRA Enzo BALANGER – – -3 1 1 1 3 – – 6 pts
2nd GER Richard SCHULTHEIS – – 2 2 -10 1 5 – – 10 pts
3rd USA Brad FUNK – – 2 -8 2 2 6 – – 12 pts
4th USA Riley GIBBS – – 4 3 1 5 -10 – – 13 pts
5th AUS Ryan LITTLECHILD – – 5 4 3 3 -8 – – 15 pts
6th USA Ben ROSENBERG – – -10 3 8 6 1 – – 18 pts
7th NZL Jacob PYE – – 1 -49 5 4 9 – – 19 pts
8th AUS Tom SLINGSBY – – 3 -11 11 2 4 – – 20 pts
9th AUS Jack FERGUSON – – -9 7 3 9 2 – – 21 pts
10th NZL Mattias COUTTS – – 8 1 9 5 -24 – – 23 pts
11th ESP Diego BOTIN – – 5 9 -18 3 7 – – 24 pts
12th AUS Iain JENSEN – – 18 2 2 7 -22 – – 29 pts
13th GBR Giles SCOTT – – 9 6 6 8 -18 – – 29 pts
14th NZL Jack BENNETT – – 10 4 6 10 -25 – – 30 pts
15th USA Dylan DIMARCHI – – 8 6 7 11 -16 – – 32 pts
16th GBR Paul GOODISON – – 1 -25 11 7 14 – – 33 pts
17th USA Richard DIDHAM – – 15 -23 4 10 11 – – 40 pts
18th SUI Sebastien SCHNEITER – – 12 8 -70 8 13 – – 41 pts
19th SUI Nick ZELTNER – – -22 13 5 4 21 – – 43 pts
20th ARG Massimo CONTESSI – – 17 5 14 9 -35 – – 45 pts
