Day 2 at the ACO MUSTO Skiff World Championships dawned with little wind and plenty of sun. This led to a postponement by the race team which allowed the class to host a skippers meeting.
Day 1 of the World Championships started with a 10am briefing and a postponement to allow the breeze to build and settle. At 11am the postponement was dropped and the fleet set out to begin racing.
Day 2 of the Pre-worlds started well before the race time with a training briefing for the worlds first timers with coach Rus Clark who's presence at the regatta has been sponsored by ACO.
Following a short postponement Jérome Nutte the event principal race officer sent the fleet out onto the Bay of Quiberon for races 1 and 2 of the ACO MUSTO Skiff Pre-World Championships. Conditions were light with just enough wind to wire at times.
Five boats travelled to Stokes Bay to join the ten locals for the Noble Marine Sponsored MUSTO Skiff Coaching at Stokes Bay with Ben Schooling ably assisted by Mike Palfreman.
There’s been some discussion on the forum recently regarding the possibility of a new-look sail for the MUSTO, and a “square top” sail has been suggested as one possibility. This seems to have been driven by a number of factors, including the desire to make the boat more modern looking, but also to make the sail more efficient.
Press Release: 16th March, 2016 - MUSTO and Ovington Boats have signed a renewed contract securing MUSTO as the title sponsor of the class for the next 5 years. The…
