On the weekend of 1/2 June, Rohan Veal and Andrew McDougall went over to Perth for work, but arranged with the local mothies (who are all now back in Australia) for a group sail on the Swan River.

Brett's hydrofoiled 'Windrush' had recently been altered again so it was inevitable that Veal and McDougall were to give it a go. There was very little wind but a lot of rain earlier in the day, but around 2pm the wind picked up to 10/15 knots and here is the result.... (scroll down for some video too)

Andrew McDougall screaming along at about 15-20 knots.

Amac again smiling for the camera.

Rohan Veal with Garth Ilett in the background.

Rohan again with a nice shot from behind.

There was also some interest from a new prospective Mothie and it was also good to have Garth, Glen and Peter back on the water. All up we had 4 Moths on the water. Stay tuned as we have got some video as well from this day and it is well worth the look.

Moth Hydrofoil Video

Click here to see a 2 minute video of Andrew McDougall on a reach in about 12 knots of breeze. (Quicktime - 3.9Mb)
Click here to see a 1 minute video of Rohan Veal foiling on a reach in Perth. (Windows Media File - 1.5Mb) NEW

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For those that don't know, Brett's boat has 2 removable and adjustable wing mounted hydrofoils with a large t-foil on the rudder. The t-foil has a flap at the trailing edge of the foil that can adjusted by twisting the tiller extension. It has a cable that runs through the tiller to a pivoting arm. That arm is attached to a rod from a model airplane, which connects to the flap on the t-foil, which pulls the flap up or down. If you rotate it so that the flap comes up, it pushes the bow up out of the water, creating more lift over the foils, and therefore lifting the boat out of the water easier. It is quite easy to sail considering the hull is only about 25 cms wide, and it only needs about 10 knots to get the boat out of the water.