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page updated (sp) 31-8-08

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Foil technology is taking the Moth into new speed territory. While the class is most interested in competitive fleet racing, there's a natural fascination with top speeds. Cheap GPS devices mean we can now, for the first time, begin to record the inexorable rise of the international Moth up the speed curve. Add your GPS pic to this page by emailing me here.

the 20 knot club...now numbers 34... newest member Franco Ferluga at 24.6 knots

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27.9 knots
Rohan Veal 11-06-06:
'I was told later on that there was steam coming off the foils as we were sailing on a heated lake and the rooster tail was throwing up hot water in cold air. Quite a site apparantly BTW - the 10 second average on this run was 23.3 knots in about 20-22 knots.' prowler 4 / fastacraft foils / KA MSL 11 ? sail
27.1 knots
1st US member
Bora Gulari 21-8-08, Cacsade Lockes, The Gorge?, Bladerider.
26.8 knots
Chris Williams 2-06-08:
Conditions - Stock Bladerider in 15-18kt Southwester on Long Island Sound, flat water inside the New Haven breakwater.
26.3 knots
Sam Pascoe 2-5-06: in portland harbour 20 to 25 knots of wind and flat water. mistress 3 / fullforce foils / rmw sail.
24.6 knots
Franco Ferluga, 11/05/08, gulf of Trieste, Italy, standard bladerider, wave mast,wind was 20-22 knots.
24.6 knots
1st Africa member
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Stephen du Toit Monday 28th April 2008 on a standard Bladerider at Zeekoevlei in Cape Town, South Africa. Wind was a gentle ( by Cape Town standards ) 22 to 25 knots South East and the 10 second average was 22.9 knots

 

24.6 knots
Si Payne 8-4-06: at hayling prowler 4/fastacraft foils. wind was 15-17knots North Westerly, Flat water

224.3 knots
Arnaud Psarofaghis Standard Bladerider, wind 15-20knots, Flater water, Geneva Switzerland Sunday 01.03.2008

24.0 knots
fastest Moth girl
Florence Béal 23/7/08 Bladerider SUI 3168 here on the Lake of Geneva by 18/20 knts of wind on flat water.
23.9 knots
Adam May 18-07-05: weymouth 15 to 20 knots wind mistress 2/fastacraft foils
23.4 knots
Mark Robinson 3-1-07 Lake Cootharaba Australian Nationals,15kts of wind from south east, 10 sec average: 22.6 kts, Prowler 4, Fastacraft Foils, Burvill Rig, MSL12
23.3 knots
Jean-Pierre Ziegert, 3-10-06, Prowler 4, Fastacraft foils, KA MSL11, 12 to 22 knots, flat water on Lake Geneva, Switzerland.
23.1 knots
Mike Cooke 30-09-07 Axiom 3, Aardvark foils

22.8 knots
Nige Oswald 13-05-05 san francisco bay prowler 2/fastacraft foils
22.7 knots
Christian Kirchner, August 21 around 19:30, Queen Mother Reservoir, Datchet, Berkshire Mistress 3 KA Mk 11 sail
22.4 knots
Andy Howes 21-05-05 queen mary sc london hungry tiger/fullforce foils
22.1 knots
Simon Propper 25-09-05 grafham water sc 15 knots of wind hungry tiger/fastacraft foils
21.8 knots
Burkhard Staabs 4-07-05, lake templiner see, near potsdam, germany, wind approx 18 knots
21.8 knots
Simon Nelson,Balmoral, Sydney Harbour 14/11/07 2.30 pm 16-18 knots Nor’easter (Classic Sydney sea breeze) slight chop MSL 10 (12h) standard Bladerider.
21.7 knots
Martin Fear, Axeman 7 riding Aardvark foils

21.6 knots
Tom Tanaka, Japan,16-8-2006, Prowler-2 KA-Sail MSL9 Furuya-mast. Wind: 7 to 9m/sec

21.5 knots
James, Doink, McKenzie at the Australian nationals Jan 2007, Lake Cootharaba, Prowler, Fastacraft foils, KA sail
21.4 knots
Yasu Watanabe, 3-9-2006, Prowler-2, Foils Fastacraft Sail MSL-11, Wind 15-16 knots
21.4 knots
Peter Stuffer, ITA 262, 09.09.2007 Prowler, Torbole Lago di Garda
with the North Wind
21.0 knots
Matt McMurtry, Mistress 1, Fullforce foils, Ka mk 9 sail, blowing @ 20knts, .3m sea, at Ballyholme Bay, Northern Ireland @ start of December 2006.
20.9 knots
Jason Belben 9-8-05, during the euros at garda mistress 1/fullforce foils
20.6 knots
John Mursell Fourth time out on my Bladerider 3224, 26-4-08 at Bewl Valley in approx 8 – 14 kts of variable, gusty breeze and flat water
0 second average.

20.5 knots
Naomi Tachibana 17-6-06 with prowler 2 in 6 to 8m wind FastaCraft Foil, KA sail MSL10, Windrush Mast & Boom
20.5 knots
Alex Adams mistress 1/fullforce foils. details unknown
20.4 knots
Pete Horn 29-3-06 mistress 1 grafham water
20.3 knots
Koos
Winnips 25-11-07 We don't have any details except that looks like a Prowler and Koos said he wants to be the first dutch guy in here - and so he is.
20.2 knots
James Roche Southampton water in about 12-14 knots breeze and scary chop from the motor cruisers. I also have a feeling that this makes Flying Lime the first boat to have entered the 20 knot club 3 times with 3 different owners (nige oswald, doink and myself).
20.1 knots
Ian Forsdike 25-09-05 grafham water sc wind 15 knots hungry tiger/fullforce foils
20.0 knots
Dave Chisholm May 2007 23 mph = 20.0 knots. M3V (adams boat from the worlds in garda. Foils: Fastacraft. Sail: KA M10
Conditions. 18knots Southerly. Alton Water, Suffolk.
 
 


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