In this episode, we talk about the new boats that are being built for the worlds, plus the rulings from the worlds AGM.

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Dave and Lea have been working hard with Marrco Lanulfi to develop what they hope will be a new benchmark for quality and performance in the fleet. The Monstro is the “pagani zonda” of the fleet to the point where everything on the boat has been moulded, right down to all the internal frames.

The shots below shows the first “monster” during the final stages of construction.

The CNC machine is a bit better than our home built one that I used to make my foils and is capable of cutting our full size car or truck!

This monster certainly won’t be wearing a little black dress.

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Here is taste of the logos.

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Well the states have come and gone and I can honestly say that if the worlds are anything like that it will be the best regatta ever. The states provided excellent sailing conditions and the competition even down the back half was fast and furious.

I had a couple of DNFs through gear breakage, and the were both rudder related. The first occurred when my gantry sheared off in a gybe with the 6mm carbon plates crying enough. The 1/2 hour wait for a rescue was disappointing, and will need to improve with 100 boats on the course. The gantry Was repaired thanks to Matt Day’s magic toolbox and a quick trip to the local chandlery. Back on the water for the first race on Sunday and the tiller adjuster screw broke. This really pissed me off as I had replaced the uni rubber 2 days before the regatta as it looked dodgy. The act of replacing the rubber was probably the last straw for the adjuster. At least I had finished 2 laps so I got a result even though I didn’t sail through the line.

A quick trip to the shore steering with my foot and some rope and I was about 2 mins late for the start, but not the last foiler at the first mark So I sailed the rest of the day with no rudder adjustment and I am leaving it like that for the rest of the season as I haven’t missed it yet.

Overall I was very happy with my boat speed especially downwind but was let down by my upwind and my tacks and gybes. I have already made some changes since the states which have improved things significantly in this area but more practice is still needed.

So it looks like, if things go to plan that was the last regatta for me and “Teknologika” as work on the next boat starts when the season ends in a few weeks.

So whilst all the attention is focused on Dubai, some “mice” are busy going full steam ahead preparing for Belmont in 2011.

Whilst I am embargoed on a number of details I can confirm the following:

- One of these boats is destined for St. George
- The outer skin is a 300gm UNI pre-preg layup, done with 2 layers of 150 UNI’s on the 45º bias
- One of the shells trimmed (after these photos were taken) weighs 3.88kg

I have to say, the finish and build quality on these hulls is excellent. The out of the mould finish is 99% ready to go straight to the paint shop.

One other thing I noticed, apparently aussie boats get built when worlds are on overseas, it was this exact time back in 2007 when I was putting Teknologika together …