Bladerider X8 for Sale

I m selling my old boat.. it's a Bladerider X8.. only use 6 durint the 2008 season.. the boat's in a really good shape.

She's coming ready to sail and still fast you can race in the high level whit this's boat. straight away..

Sold!!!!

Swiss Moth Cup

2 Week ends ago we had the Swiss Moth Cup...

This was i really nice event. we had great wind and we spend a good time all together..the wind was blowing from 5-25knots during the event.. i had some bad luck in the first race my mast start to split at the Boom pin.. i went back inshore to change rig... after missing the first race and start in a bad way.. i did not have anymore pressure on me.. as many people was waiting to see how i was going to do.. i did win every race..but we had some nice and tight races.. whit Jean-Pierre Ziegert and Mathias Renker.. 

The Racing season is actually over for now on the Moth but we are starting now the developement season .. try new thing and do some tuning...but i can't tell you more about it now.. you will have to wait until the World next year in Dubai... 

Cascade Locks

The Moth World is around the corner for Mikis and myself.

we arrive on Thursday around 1pm. After having to find a Driver to take us to Cascade Locks about 60km away from the airport. We finally got to our small motel.. The temperature outside was around 40°...This's not usual normally here.. But something that is for sure is that the wind is always present in Cascade Locks around 15-20knots from the West. in the Evening we when for a Boat trip on the Colombia River that was really nice.. see some Pics below...

Friday the Boats finally arrive to the club house were we can't leave them until Monday Morning so we had to take them to the parking of our motel. that was must better that wait until Monday to be able to open the Box. In the Afternoon we went for a Shopping session in Portland and also get our Rental car from the Airport. Having a car here is really usefull otherwise you can't go anywhere.. Cascade Locks must have about 3'000 people even we think 1'000 it's a maximum.

Saturday. We spend the all morning working on the boat to get ready.. on the parking. In the afternoon we when up to Hood River about 25km away this's probably the spot#1 for Kiteboarding and Windsurfing in the World about 200 people on the water in the same place.. the wind is perfect 25-30knots no wave and a sand bank...

Tomorrow we are going to Portland in the Morning to check out some Shopping center. and we will finish our Boat work...

Moth For Sale...

Looking for a moth foils.

I'm actually selling my Bladerider X8. Hull 88 SUI 3252..January 08 it's one of the fastest boat in the world.. i Finish 4th in Weymouth last year ... the Speed record of the boat is 27.8 peak and 27.4 average.. this is on of  the 3th fastest boat on the planet..

The boat is coming with a Std X8 and a MSL13. also come with the boat a  full set of covers(Boom; Mast; Foils; and boat..) The Boat's ready to race and win...

I have a lots of spare stuff if your are interest and also a spare CST 353 mast.. and a MSL 10b use only once at the World for the last race..

i'm looking for 11'000 euro... available right now boat's in Geneva..

Let me know if you are interest in the Boat.  arnaudpsaro@gmail.com

Looking for a Training Sails

You are looking for a training Sails. I have 2 Prototype Sails in Geneva.

The First one is the MNv7(MH) it's the same design as the Sails, who won the Australian National in January with Nathan.

The other Sail is a MNv6(LM) in Cuben Fiber. it's a good powerfull sail for light wind sailing...

                                                               Photo by: Christian Pfahl

Let me know if you are interest. arnaudp@ch.northsails.com

Sail Model Guide from Chris Williams

Overlay of the V6, V8 & V10 mainsail designs, note similar mold shape

In the latest Mothcast Bruce McLeod and Luka Damic raised the point that the new North Sails V-Series of models is a bit confusing (Thanks for pointing this out!). Obviously our intention was not to confuse the market, so I have tried to clarify things for potential customers. (By the way, if anyone ever has questions, please feel free to send me an email: chris at design dot northsails dot com.)

Concept- As stated before our concept and North Sail's philosophy is always to offer only the highest quality and fastest sails possible. After months of research and testing, we concluded that due to the range in rig stiffness and sailor sizes that a single sail design will never be able to compete against sails which are more optimized for a specific mast. Furthermore we we did not want to force our clients to buy a mast to match our sail design (Similar to what is done with windsurf sails).

Therefore we identified a range of luff curves for the various moth masts and then modified the sail designs to suite these masts. The V6 design therefore has 10mm more luff curve than the V8 and the V8 has 10mm more luff curve than the V10 design.

By tailoring a design to a specific range of mast stiffness we can then adjust the head width and sail shape. For example, a stiffer mast can support more girth in the top easier- which is easy to accomplish with the area saved by taking out a little luff curve.

See the image below to understand the effect of luff curve on the head width:

Similarly a sail design optimized for a softer mast needs to be slightly finer in the molded shape in the front to prevent the sail from being too draft forward in lighter conditions. This effect can be seen in the image below:

Further optimization- In a perfect world our lighter clients will sail with slightly softer masts than our heavier clients. Therefore lighter sailors would end up using the V6 design and heavier sailors using the V10 design. However, as one can see in the images, the sails are not radically different from each other. A rider who wants to have a more customized quiver of designs may end up with a V10 design for lighter conditions and a V8 sail or stronger winds. This would allow the V10 sail to setup with less downhaul in light winds for a given sail depth. We will continue testing these concepts as time goes by and can help our clients decide what is the best designs for their needs.

Over the next couple weeks we will be testing different mast/sail combos and we will give our suggested setup once we have more data.

North Sails V8

North Sails and Bladerider are offering a sail sale to introduce the North V8 Moth mainsail. Buy two mainsails with the carbon batten upgrade and receive 20% off retail (Team up with a buddy and save some cash)! Contact your nearest North Sails loft.


The big question lately is, "What is the different about the North mainsail?" The original concept of the North Sail was to have a powerful design which made tacking, gybeing, starting, etc easier. However, over the last several iterations of the design, the shape has evolved to a sail which has greater top end speed potential through flatter sections and good takeoff power with an improved twist profile. As you can see in the image below, the sail is straighter in the back for low drag when foiling and has a tight mid leech for improved upwind pointing and early foiling.

North Sails philosophy has been simple for the past 50 years. Build the highest quality, best engineered and fastest sail shapes available- no shortcuts and no compromises. The V8 mainsail design is no exception to the North Sails philosophy with only the best material used on the body of the sail (1mil Dimension Polyant Technora Scrim), low friction Dimension Polyant Square Weave Dacron bias cut luff sleeve, RBS Epoxy or Tapered Carbon Fiber battens, shroud chafe protection, internal downhaul webs, adjustable head loop, tell tales, etc. The result is a very light, sail which is easy to use and has incredible top end speeds.


We also have a list of about 10 early test sails which are for sale for anyone who is interested. Mostly deeper sails which would be suitable for heavier sailors or lighter venues when just getting up is the key to winning and high top ends speeds are not necessary. E-mail me if interested arnaudp@ch.northsails.com