Mach2 Sailors Enjoy Success At London

The 2012 London Olympics has seen some incredible competition amongst all the sailing classes, with Mach2 sailors dominating in the 49er and Laser classes.

2011 Moth World Champion Nathan Outteridge came so close to gold in the 49er class at Bejing, only to capsize within sight of the finish line and miss out on a medal in the windy final race. Nathan teamed up with his childhood friend, and fellow Mach2 sailor, Iain (Goobs) Jensen for their 2012 campaign. Their aim was to have enough of a buffer coming into the final race so they wouldn't repeat the horror of Bejing. After one of their most successful regatta's the Australian duo only had to start the medal race and they were guaranteed gold!

The silver medal in the 49er class was won by New Zealand Mach2 sailor, Peter Burling. Like Nathan and Iain, Peter and his crew Blair Tuke secured their medal prior to the final race, allowing both boats from down under (who are all great mates) the chance to really enjoy the experience.

Tom Slingsby, who has also enjoyed success in his Mach2 during his Olympic Campaign, won gold in the Laser class at Weymouth. Leading into the Bejing Games Slingsby was the current World Champion in the Laser class, but finished in a disappointing 22nd place. This time Tom won gold, almost having first place sewn up coming into the final race, only having to finish in the top seven (from ten boats) to win overall and take the gold medal.

All of the sailors had a great deal of expectation both on themselves and by others coming into the Olympics and when the time came, they delivered.

Hopefully we can see similar success in Rio, but tearing it up on their Mach2's in the mean time of course!

2012 UK International Moth National Championships

The 2012 Enliven UK Moth National Titles where held at Stone Sailing Club.  Competitors came from far and wide to compete with entrants from across the UK, Belgium, France, Holland, Sweden and Switzerland.  

Day one saw the fleet racing in a moderate breeze of 15knots, however by the end of race three the fleet drifted through the finish line.  At the end of day one Simon Payne and Chris Rashley where neck and neck for the lead, with Ricky Tagg in third.  Day two was cancelled due to strong winds.

Day three saw similar conditions to day two until the breeze died down late in the afternoon, allowing the fleet to get two more races.  Race four was sailed in 15-20knots with Chris Rashely taking the win.  Race five saw the wind increase to 20-25knots with higher gusts, making the sea state particularly challenging.  Again it was Chris Rashley from Simon Payne.

Day four was unsailable reducing the series to five races.  Chris Rashley was the overall winner from Simon Payne and Peter Barton in third.

For the full results - Click Here

Fro some great pictures - Click Here

Moth Spring Series Regatta 2012- Gamagori, Japan

The foiling season has just kicked off again in Japan with eight boats entering the 2012 Moth Spring Regatta at Gamagori.  Day one saw a typical 'Banuki', with 30 knots from the south west.  Hiroki Goto went for a sail just to make sure the wind reading was correct.  One broken boom later and Hirokoi agreed that the race committee made the right call.  The rest of the fleet spent the day comparing systems, gearing ratio's and the like, all the things moth sailors do best.   

To read the full report and see the results - Click Here

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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...
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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...
MACH2.2 RHA EXPLODE-500 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  
MACH2.2 GEARING-500
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    
roktab heroBWe 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              











roktab heroBThe 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
For the full story, click here
roktab heroBProbably 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."

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