Mach 2 Essentials
Exciting Stuff!
The Mach2 complies with the International Moth class rules. The International Moth has a history going back to 1928. It has a strong association with well organized world, regional and national championships in many countries. The International Moth Class is a development class that has been able to evolve over time into one of the most exciting classes in the world. The Moth Class encourages forward thinking with its simple rules and has been able to develop dramatically over time. Read more...
Evolution/Revolution of Foils
While many developments within the International Moth class have made the boat go faster, nothing compares to the revolution that foils brought to the class. It started with a bunch of guys in Perth playing around, and has resulted in almost doubling the speed of the class. The International Moth now easily beats an 18 foot skiff, an A Class cat and just about any other around the buoys high performance boat. Trying to describe to someone what foiling Moth is seems almost impossible without showing one in the flesh. At least you, with the pictures and videos on this website, may get an idea of what this revolution means.
The Mach2The Designer/EngineerAndrew McDougall won his first Australian Moth Title in 1983 and has since gone on to establish himself as the premier Moth designer, both with his KA Sail Brand and his Moth designs, starting with the Bladerider and now the revolutionary Mach2. Read about McDougall's achievements - Click hereThe BuilderMcConaghy Boats: A Rich History.Built on a Tradition of Innovation, McConaghy boats was founded by John McConaghy in 1967, building 12, 16, and 18 foot skiffs, Tornado and A - class catamarans, Moths and other high performance dinghies. Read more The SailmakerKA Sail started in the windsurfing arena 20 years ago making high performance sails and built a solid brand. Not only does it develop sails the and supply the soft goods, it brings the experience of distribution and support to the Mach2. Read more about how the KA Sail range developed - Click here Check out the current designs - Click here
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2011 World Champion Nathan Outteridge in the 2012 Australian National Titles at Mornington |
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The Design Brief
Read more about the Design Brief that laid the foundation for the Mach2 success - Click here
Birth Of The Mach2
For the full story on the birth of Mach2 and where the boats are built - Click here
Sailor Testimonials"I have sailed all sorts of high performance boats all over the world and without question the Mach 2 is the best. It is a complete package, the fastest design that has been carefully thought out and beautifully executed. The Mach2 is perfect, whether you want to win a Moth World Championship or simply have the most fun on a sailing boat that it is possible to have"
- John Harris: 2008 Moth World Champion and 2001 18 Ft Skiff World Champion
"The Mach 2 is an amazing piece of engineering, I have sailed many boats over the last few years and my Mach2 is by far my favorite boat to sail or should I say fly! With out a doubt this is the future of sailing."
- Nathan Outteridge: 2011 Moth World Champion and 2012 Olympic 49er Gold Medallist |
At 58kg Jack Sherring showing how it's done - 2012 Australian National Titles. Jack's Mach2 was purchased through an online auction. McConaghy kindly donated the funds to charity. Photographer: Cherrie Owen-Smith |
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Recent World Championship Results
2012 Moth World Titles - Campione Del Garda: Italy
2011 Moth World Titles- Belmont: Australia
2010 Moth World Titles - Dubai
2009 Moth World Titles - Cascade Locks: USA
Warranty
Details of the Mach2 warranty - Click here
Support
Mach2 recognises the need to have an extensive support network around the world allowing each and every Mach2 sailor access to spare parts or upgrades should they need them. Mach2 also ensures they have an extensive range of spare parts at all major championships. Find your nearest dealer - Click here
Price
For a quote on a ready to sail Mach2 - Click here
Mach2 Latest & Quicklinks
The New Mach2.2!- Sailing rock stars and their Mach2's
- Mach2.2 Ride Height Adjuster kit
- Mach 2.2 Gearing Adjuster
- We Now Stock Bladerider Spare Parts
- Mach2's Dominate At Garda
- Mach2 Sailors Shine At The Olympics
- Glen Ashby - Why I bought a Mach2
- KA Sail's Latest Design - MSL16
- Nathan Outteridge Says
We’ve done some development! Yes the Mach2 (we call it the 2.2) has got even better.
But wait, hang on!
Before we tell you all about it let’s just talk about Moth development. It may come as a bit of a surprise for those new to Moth sailing, but Moths have been going for nearly 85 years! Yes that’s right, and in the old days, when you needed a new boat every year development was rife! Moth sailors used to emerge from their cellar or garage, blinking in the light, ashen grey and possibly newly single.
Still, they were quite possibly clutching the key to the next chapter in Moth evolution. Some of course weren’t but they were pioneering times. And with the shiny polished hydrofoiling boats you see now, an onlooker would be forgiven for thinking that the development is quite stable, and compared to those big leaps, has almost stopped.
But it hasn’t. Read more...
Most of our customers are Mach2 sailors like you and me - dinghy sailors from all over the world who sail as much as they can in the free time they have, and enjoy it immensely! A number of our customers however are well known professional sailing heroes who have won medals, broken records and achieved accolades the world over, and are now choosing the Mach2 as their weapon of choice. You can probably understand how pleased and honoured we are that the world’s best have chosen to sail a Mach2, and we thought you would be curious to know their names. Of course many of these sailors span sailing categories, often from the Olympic Games to the Cup, and part of the problem is - where to start with such a glittering line up? Read more...
After a year of prototyping we have worked out a much better way of controlling your height abovethe waves. This custom titanium / brass system provides lightweight, high strength and low friction- no slip system to prevent jamming and rope tangling to increase ease of use even in the hairiest top mark rounding.
The system is the same length as the current Ride Height Adjuster allowing you to just fit the new system to any existing Mach2. Like the current RHA, it has fine adjustment (0.8mm per turn) keeping the pulley system simple. More info here
From very early in the development of the Mach2, the intention was to have the gearing at the front of the boat adjustable from the wings. (This is why all Mach2’s have a utility tube.) We wanted to adjust at the front as this also adjusts the angle of the wand due to the offset of the adjuster nut.
This new system not only reduces slop, flex and the possibility of the adjuster screw bending, it also is easily adjustable on the fly from the wings! The low friction.............
Click HERE to read more
We scoured the world for stocks of Bladerider parts and bought them to one place. Not only do we have stocks of original BR parts, but we have some refurbished parts too. More importantly we have some items that are made to an improved design, or with better material than the original parts. Now you can keep your BR going for more years of enjoyment.
Mach2 is our main business, but we believe keeping old BR's in a race ready state will help grow the class.
Bladerider spares - Click HERE
Mach2 won it's fourth consecutive World Championship, whilst KA Sail secured it's eighth. We were very pleased to see 92 of the 117 competitors chose to sail Mach2's at the event, whilst 96 chose to use a sail from the KA range!
Congratulations to Josh McKnight on winning a hard fought battle at the top of the leaderboard
Check out all the results, reports and footage - Click HERE
The 2012 London Olympics has seen some incredible competition amongst all the sailing classes, with Mach2 sailors dominating. Australian's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen won Gold at Weymouth in the 49er Class from second place and fellow Mach2 sailor, New Zealander, Peter Burling. Australian Laser sailor Tom Slingsby won Gold with an impressive regatta, where he had the event all but won coming into the medal race.
To read more - Click HERE 
'It has been something that I really wanted to have a go at. The lure of sailing a flying machine that looks like so much fun to sail upwind and downwind, that offers so many new challenges along with supreme efficiency and performance, has really interested me for quite a while now.
'The opportunity to purchase a Mach2 foiling moth and have a new personal sailing challenge has been an exciting thought and one that I am sure will make me re-think all that I have learnt in the past. To read the full story - Click HERE
Check out the brand new MSL16 which features include:
- Complete redesign from the previous MSL10 and 13
- Wider luff pocket
- Combination of soft and light materials for the pocket
- Shape moved forward and down to reduce drag /increase power
- Gap between sail and boom closed.
- Extra cam and batten in at the bottom of sail
- Suits medium mast/soft with high forestay for improved response to the vang and Cunningham.
- Brand new cams for better entry profile
Probably the very best skiff sailor on the planet, current Moth and 49er World Champion Nathan Outteridge has this to say about his Mach2
"The Mach 2 is an amazing piece of engineering, I have sailed many boats over the last few years and my Mach2 is by far my favorite boat to sail or should I say fly! With out a doubt this is the future of sailing." 
