maybe the first moth at lake silvaplana

early european championship 2010 statistics

Hi everybody, just wanted to know how the boats are mixed at comming european championship at lake silvaplana. And here is the List:

• 80 entries with 20 nations


• 29 Mach2


• 20 Bladerider


• 7 Ninja


• 5 Assassin


• 4 Fastacraft Prowler


• 2 Homebuild


• 2 Duvoisin


• 1 Flashheard


• 1 Swissmoth, Tony, Velociraptor, Mistress, Axeman, Axiom

If anyone needs help or support with his Assassin, he can ask me, I also try to get a box of spares to the euros (from NZL - becouse I have no spares at home :-)) - if anyone needs something or wants to store it as standby, please email me or direct to Holly Farmer! I am happy to see 5 Assassin at the euros but think there could and should be more than Bladerider!? So where are you (think most of it in NZL) and what you are doing while the great euros are? Register the best regatta this year!

Super nice location, super nice wind conditions and super nice warm water.

Ok last was a bit a lie :-)

See you all there!

fart plug - if you want you can order!

The fart plug test is over, and for my assassin it was a great thing to have!

Now it is time to get more and more people testing them. So if you want one please mail me (nikolaus_liebscher@hotmail.com) and tell me your kind of drain plug and number of fart plugs you wana have! The plugs will cost something like €29,-- each! - puls shipping costs! I will wait for some orders to do them all at once, but will leave you all a message when it is on the way!

I can NOT give any garantee for them becouse I am not the manufacturer of the valves!

Can also bring them to euros!

It is nice to know when I forget to open the plug and sun is comming or from the sun to the water- there will be no broblem! Also the open plug on the assassin - let all rain water in the hull and one time it was so heavy that I had problems to line up the boat! This is past now - and I will never have these problems again!

If there is some interest you could also find it at www.alendra.de soon!

I am very pry of your experience with them and hope of some feedback after your tests!

never sail a Moth without kicker - north V8 experience

This weekend we had some hard conditions - wind between 10 and 25 knots - very gusty!

After sone minutes my kicker was killed and than I tried to keep sailing (without it) ...

... as I had learned - not a very good idea! I had many problems to controll the boat and jumpt out on downwind course with about more than 20 knots of speed! This was a other way of flying (without boat)!!!

So at the end of this day, I can tell: The Assassin works fine - flys very stable if all settings are well done - if not - sail home!

The North V8! I have changed to the carbon battens. The sail is much more flat now and (so I think) excuses less mistakes for the sailer now - so I will change back to the original battens! Also I think the V8 is much flatter as the KA or the hyde sails are. Not shure about it, but I think in high winds it shoud be better. In very low winds the sail does not make the best looking for me! Also I have some problems with my cambers (secound from the top is turning down and comming out very often), with much of water in the sail after capsizing (OK my mistake that I am too much in water right now) and some little problems with quality of cloth, so I need to go to sailmaker ebfore the euros!

Over all I am quite happy with my assassin, but need to find the best settings for me!

It is time to say a big thanks to DOUG CULNANE for all of his help! And just to show how happy I am about this - I will donate this with a foretec gps as a present! THANKS

fart plug

the gas could go in and out - but no water will pass thru!