Short but enjoyable

Well i managed to get out in the strong gusty NW. Fighting some lack of boat work as well as an emerging migrane, I stepped my new "HM" mast and new "HM" boom, which was pretty quick and easy. I did fight with the cams to suit the mast, struggling to keep them on. Not really sure if this was technique or incorrect setup???

After a bit of mucking around in the water, i finally managed to keep them on and got up and foiling straight away. I was pretty pumped to see what these things could do in some breeze. I had a great first reach down the bay and with a little rudder tweaking found it to be a completely different feeling to the 18 in that breeze.

I think the flat water definately made it easy, but it was amazing to feel the green machine just continue to accelerate. Unfortunately i started to run out of water and had to turn around and go upwind.

Man i need some fitness work.

As i packed up my boat and drove home i can see how people get hooked on these machines.
My brain was buzzing with a million ideas on how to make it faster and less drag, now just have to find the hours to really get into it.

Moth Passion

Well after only being involved with the moths for a short time it is great to see that that the class is passionate about the boats they are sailing. Everyone is keen to be competitive, which became very obvious when we released our new masts. BUT.... its not just all about winning. All the people i have met so far seem to be greatful that they are getting new members into the class and are super keen to encourage more to join. I think that alot of classes have manage to loose this passion over the years for whatever reason and the moths still seem to be thriving on it and it rubs off real quick.

I spoke with Marcus Hamilton today who just won his second Contender world championship in a row and did my best to convert him over to the moth fleet. He has just sold his boat and is looking to get intoa new class. He was talking about the Musto skiff but i think i may have persuaded him to at least demo a moth. He is in victoria so if your in the moth scene down there please help out and get him out for a trial.

He was a little worried about being to heavy. I told him about Dave Lister up her in sydney at about the 90kg mark and how quick he was, which seemed to prick his ears up. It would be great to get marcus into the fleet, just another top notch sailor to add to the list.

As you can tell i am feeling pretty good about my moth purchase and hope i can turn my high expectations into some good sailing results.

Good work fellow mothies, keep up the recruitment and keep the passion alive.

kicking off the high speed sail blog

Well its taken a while but have finally found time to kick off a blog. I have recently bought a foiling moth with fastacraft foils, have been for about 3 sails so far and have enjoyed every one so far. I have enlisted the help of Dave and Luka down at St George sailing club to get some quick tuning advice and hope to be competitive as quickly as possible.

Over the coming months i will share my thoughts on developments for the moth as well as the 18' skiffs.

See how tommorrow pans out for sailing prospects, good 30 knot breeze forecast, not 100% sure if i am physically ready for this one yet.

i will tap in again shortly.