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Chris Rashley won the 2011 Moth Europeans with a C-Tech mast
Photo courtesy: Mottenfieber / Anja Rupp
C-Tech Moth products
C-Tech's Moth masts are available with different diameters and stiffness. Masts are supplied in 2 pieces, with the tip pre-fitted and ready to join on arrival. All C-Tech Moth components are manufactured from pre-preg carbon fibre.
Moth Europeans 2011 won with a C-Tech mast
Congratulations to British Sailor Chris Rashley who has won the 2011 Moth European Championship in Germany with a C-Tech mast. "His scorecard was a near perfect set of bullets. he definitely has more power in the lighter winds and we attribute this to the mast, so you can add that to your list of accolades" Phillipe Oligario, July 2011 Atomik UK
2011 UK Moth Nationals
Chris Rashley also placed 3rd at the 2011 UK Moth Nationals "The C-Tech mast designed by Alex Vallings/Kevin Ellway was really quick and performed well across the range of conditions" Chris Rashley 2011
What is a Moth?
Moths deliver high performance sailing and are a development class that have been evolving for over 75 years. Once sailed with a hull that was a heavy, blunt nosed skiff, weighing about 50 kg, today they have remarkable foilers with hull weights of under 10 kg.
The sail plan has evolved from cotton sails on wooden spars, through to the fully battened Dacron sails on aluminium spars, to the windsurfer inspired sleeved film sails on carbon masts used today and manufactured by C-Tech. The Moth is one of the few development classes left in the world and has very few design rules including no weight limit.
Hydrofoil Moths
The first hydrofoil Moths appeared in competition less than 10 years ago. The first commercially available Moth showed up in competition in 2004, the first year a hydrofoiling Moth won the Moth World Championships. Since then, other manufacturers have produced similar designs and the craft have grown in popularity. The scene is biggest in Australia, but it has been catching on in the United States.
These hydrofoiling Moth's are unique as they hover above the water by way of a hydrofoil. Since there is no drag and the boat in so incredibly light, they hit speeds over twenty-knots with relative ease.
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"delighted with the mast & boom, I will certainly buy again" Chris Cochrane
Please see our links page for relevant Moth links or visit the following websites:
Australian Moth
UK Moth
Swiss Moth
International Moth Class Association
Fastacraft - Moth Hulls, Australia
