Only one race completed for each fleet on Day 3 of the 2026 International Moth Worlds in Perth Australia.
Reports of Enzo Balanger being bested in the stronger conditions of Monday were unfounded, but not without a close call that went down to the line.
Kiwi Sam Street traded places with Balanger right to the finish, where when leading he buried it, and Balanger swooped in to take his fifth win. Tim Howse finished second with Aussie Ryan Littlechild third. Street recovered to take fourth.
Balanger now has a 16 point lead, with Ryan Littlechild second, Richard Didham USA third and Jack Bennett NZL fourth, locked in a three point battle for the podium places.
Britain’s Henry Wetherell is 11th after a best 8th place score, and Hattie Rogers 20th with a DNC.
In the Low Rider Global Championship, Paul Hignett GBR now has five wins to lead.
Event hosted by Mounts Bay SC in Perth, Western Australia. Images Down Under Sail
International Moth Worlds 2026 – Foilers (45 entries)
Leaders after 7 races, 1 discard
1st FRA Enzo Balanger – – 6, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1 – – 7 pts
2nd AUS Ryan Littlechild – – 7, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4, 3 – – 23 pts
3rd USA Richard Didham – – 1, 2, 5, 7, 7, 2, 46 – – 24 pts
4th NZL Jack Bennett – – 2, 7, 11, 6, 2, 3, 5 – – 25 pts
5th AUS Jack Ferguson – – 11, 8, 3, 1, 5, 10, 6 – – 33 pts
6th AUS John Harris – – 5, 9, 8, 5, 8, 6, 7 – – 39 pts
7th NZL Tim Hawse – – 9, 10 , 9, 4, 9, 9, 2 – – 42 pts
8th AUS Otto Henry – – 12, 4, 4, 8, 14, 5, 12 – – 45 pts
9th NZL Sam Street – – 16, 11, 16, 10, 3, 8, 4 – – 52 pts
10th CRO Sime Fantela – – 8, 6, 14, 9, 12, 7, 21 – – 56 pts
11th GBR Henry Wetherell – – 10, 14, 7, 14, 4, 14, 8 – – 57 pts
12th IRL Charles Cullen – – 3, 12, 10, 40, 13, 22, 9 – – 69 pts
Other GBR:
20th GBR Hattie Rogers – – 112 pts
Full Foiler results available here . . .
International Moth Worlds 2026 – Low Riders (28 entries)
Leaders after 5 races, 1 discard
1st GBR 9322 Paul Hignett – – 1, 1 , 1, 1, 1 – – 5 pts