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Andrew "Amac" McDougall's nine point lead evaporated today in the difficult patchy Dubai breeze of the third day of the PUMA International Moth World Championship.

The first race of the day, race five of the prestigious event, was a carbon copy of the final race yesterday, with US Laser sailor Brad Funk scoring a bullet. European Moth Champ Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI) scored a second on the same race, and at the end of the day Psarofaghis moved into third place. "Today I lost a few positions I shouldn't have, but overall I was going pretty fast in some difficult conditions," the Swiss racer said. Simon Payne captured third in the race.

Seattle, USA skiff sailor Dalton Bergan pulled off the move of the regatta at the exciting start of race six, when he port-tacked the entire fleet – a sailor's dream at a World Championship. The manoeuvre payed off and guaranteed victory for Bergan. Australian Scott Babbage grabbed second place, with Funk again scoring big with a third. Payne continued his strong performance with a fourth and 2009 World Champ Bora Gulari rounded out the top five.

The last race of the day started in a lighter and dying breeze, with Psarofaghis edging out Brad Funk for the race win after Funk broke his boom vang. Funk also lost a sail control called a camber inducer, greatly reducing the power in his rig. The gear failure cost Brad one point, leaving his just two points from race leader Payne, whose consistency has proved his biggest advantage. "I was good but not great today, not quite as fast as yesterday just before I broke my mast, but then the conditions weren't quite the same so you have to take that into account," explained Payne.

Pos	Sail No	Nat	Helm	Type	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	GBR5	UK	Simon Payne	Mach 2	5	2	1	41	3	4	3	18
2	USA3451	USA	Brad Funk	Mach 2	3	11	10	1	1	3	2	20
3	SUI3	SUI	Arnaud Psarofaghis	Mach 2	17	9	3	3	2	6	1	24
4	USA4	USA	Dalton Bergan	Mach 2	10	20	4	4	4	1	4	27
5	AUS3380	AUS	Andrew McDougall	Mach 2	1	1	11	2	13	8	11	34
6	USA1	USA	Bora Gulari	Mach 2	12	10	2	7	6	5	5	35
7	AUS7	AUS	Scott Babbage	Mach 2	8	4	9	5	10	2	9	37
8	UAE3679	UAE	Chris Graham	Mach2	4	7	7	10	5	7	7	37
9	GBR3708	GBR	Michael Lennon	Mach 2	2	8	8	6	8	9	10	41
10	GBR3604	GBR	Adam May	Mach 2	6	5	6	16	9	14	18	56
11	SIN3700	SGP	Mark Robinson	Mach 2	16	23	5	14	11	15	6	67
12	AUS9	AUS	Rob Gough	Mach 2	11	18	12	12	12	12	8	67
13	SLO3712	SVN	Tomaz Copi	Mach 2	7	3	41	11	19	10	19	69
14	GBR3594	GBR	Ricky Tagg	Mach 2	9	17	15	13	14	11	13	75
15	SUI3392	SUI	Jean-Pierre Ziegert	Mach 2	19	16	13	9	7	19	15	79
16	SWE3666	SWE	Martin Gravare	Mach 2	13	19	44	8	18	13	12	83
17	USA3683	USA	Zack Maxam	Mach 2	14	15	14	15	16	17	14	88
18	SUI3623	SUI	Mikis Psarofaghis	Mach 2	15	28	20	19	15	16	16	101
19	USA3615	USA	George Peet	Mach 2	23	14	16	18	17	18	26	106
20	SIN3711	AUS	James Cole	Bladerider	21	6	21	20	25	21	21	110
21	GBR4082	GBR	Alex Adams	Full Force	18	24	17	17	21	20	17	110
22	UAE3231	UAE	Marcel Herrera	Bladerider	24	13	26	22	26	23	20	128
23	UAE3276	UAE	Alex Buerger	Bladerider	22	12	24	28	23	27	22	130
24	GBR3713	GBR	James Phare	Mach 2	26	21	41	23	24	24	24	142
25	GBR3632	GBR	Paul Hayden	Mach 2	20	22	23	24	27	30	29	145
26	UAE3680	UAE	Glenn Raphael	Mach 2	35	35	18	21	22	29	25	150
27	GBR3607		Tim Penfold	Mach 2	38	42	19	33	20	22	27	159
28	SWE3125	SWE	Emma Aspington	Bladerider	29	30	28	27	33	25	23	162
29	UAE3300	UAE	Kerstin Sommer	Bladerider	28	25	29	30	30	26	28	166
30	AUS3262	AUS	Ben Crocker	Prowler Zero	32	27	25	29	28	28	31	168
31	GBR3335	GBR	Dougie Imrie	Bladerider	27	26	41	26	31	34	33	177
32	UAE3357	UAE	Simon Savage	Bladerider	33	36	22	25	34	31	34	179
33	UAE3647	UAE	Rob Fordyce	Assassin	30	29	31	35	35	32	32	189
34	SWE3279	SWE	Magnus Gravare	Bladerider	36	33	30	32	29	36	37	196
35	HKG3672	HKG	Dion Houghton	Mach 2	34	32	27	31	36	37	38	197
36	SUI3250	SUI	Philip Kasermann	Bladerider	37	31	32	39	32	33	36	201
37	GBR3431	UK	Richard Davies	Bladerider X8	39	34	34	37	37	35	35	212
38	UAE3665	UAE	Marc Bruegger	Fastacraft	31	37	33	34	39	39	39	213
39	SWE3140	SWE	Per Eskilson	Bladerider X8	40	42	36	36	38	38	30	218
40	CHN3637	CHN	Dirk Weiblen	Mach 2	42	38	37	38	41	41	41	236
41	GBR3495	GBR	Jonathan Peats	Bladerider	41	42	35	44	40	40	40	238
42	USA3592	USA	Lindsey Bergan	Mach 2	25	44	44	44	44	44	44	245
43	UAE3278	UAE	Jeroen Leenen	Bladerider	44	44	44	44	43	44	44	263