Moths really fly
OzOne wrote:
Yep, an interesting little toy.
My feeling is that it will bebanned by the Int Moth Assn in the near
future though they've always been on the cutting edge of development.
I hope they're not banned, it's really cool and definitely a lot faster.
I like the twin foils with a bit of dihedral, seems like it would be
easier to translate into a more normal sailing boat, but they will not
have the advantage the single T-foil has.
I raced Moths in my last years in high school...late '60's and one of
my good friends is a twice World Champ and 5 other friends have also
been World Champs.
Great boat.
Don't you think the new super narrow ones are kind of freakish? I have
had a few friends who built & raced Moths but they were a bit more
conventional (and probably a LOT slower). In fact the first time I ever
heard of carbon fiber was from an old retired NA whose hobby was
building Moths. He also made his own sails.
Fresh Breezes- Doug King
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