Archive for the ‘Rider Profiles’ Category

Richard Edwards

Richard Edwards

Club: Parkstone Yacht Club
Boat: ‘Mad Max’ GBR 3621
Highest speed: 21.3 knots(but forgot to take photo, too knackered) at Parkstone Open.
Profile: I have spent the last 2 years designing and building my ‘Spitfire’ moth which is the first of three that have been built. I have got some Ninja foils. Slowly tweaking it to make it [...]

Phillippe Oligario

Phillippe Oligario

Phillippe Oligario
Club: Worthing Sailing Club
Boat Sailed: Ninjario (Hybrid MK1 & MK2 Ninja) GBR 3764
Previous boat: Supermistress GBR 4061
Results: 12th Hayling Island Tide Ride 2009, 14th Parkstone Open 2010, 30th Overall UK Nationals 2010
Personal Blog: http://www.mothflyers.co.uk
Profile: Having spent the winter building Ninjario in the garage, his sailing skills were out the window for the UK nationals! [...]

Tom Altmann

Tom Altmann

Club: Oxford SC
Boat Sailed: Ninja-Mistress 1 Conversion “Daedalus”  GBR 3080
Results: Youth National Match Racing Champion ‘08, Equal point score with Si Payne in Saundersfoot ’09!!
Profile: Student studying Medicine at Newcastle. Nights out need to be replaced with more time on the water. Loves sailing these boats in any conditions until something falls off. Never cares too much about results [...]

James Roche

James Roche

Club: HISC
Current boat: Prowler zero (probably) – Aircooled
Previous boat: Prowler – Flying Lime
Best Result: 3rd 2008 Nationals
Profile: The most on and off moth sailor of recent years, followed up the third in Weymouth by only finishing 1 race in Saundersfoot. About to hit the water again in a way that only a PhD student in [...]

James Phare

James Phare

Club: Queen Mary S.C, London
Boat: Mach 2
Previous boat: Bladerider
Club Blog: http://queenmarymoths.blogspot.com/
Profile:  Just coming to the end of rookie year in the moth.  Recently upgraded to a Mach 2 and is hoping to improve on results in the US at the upcoming worlds in Dubai.  A relative ’fatboy’ in the Moth class at 80kgs….

Helen Rollinson

Helen Rollinson

Photo © Tania Samus – http://www.photoblink.co.uk/
Club: Castle Cove SC, Weymouth
Boat: Road Runner -3366 Mistress 3.1
Previous boats:

Converted Hungry Tiger – Tigger Too 3017
Aussie Axeman 4021 – Tigger

Best Results: No comment!
Profile: Brought a low rider when I went to uni with the great excuse it was needed for my degree. Always planned to convert it but after [...]

Katherine Knight

Katherine Knight

Photo © Adam May
Club: WPNSA, Weymouth
Boat: Carbon Footprint, converted from a low rider last year (with a bit of magic from Adam May). She is now a fully fledged foiler, member of the 20kt club, oh and she’s pink.
Home break: Not so much a break more the lovely ‘flat water playpen’ of Weymouth Harbour.
What I [...]

Tom Whicher

Tom Whicher

Photo © Adam May
Club: Hayling Island SC
Boat: Temporarily boatless so currently the tea boy!
Previous boats: Bladerider X8, Axiom, AxemanMistress 7.
Best Results: To be confirmed…..
Profile: Well practised at bimbling, often late for starts even when people tell him it’s several hours earlier than it actually is! However 2009 showed a turnaround, being one of the few to complete [...]

Tim Penfold

Tim Penfold

Photo © Will Tremlett – www.h2ophotos.org.uk
Club: Hayling Island SC
Boat: Mach 2
Profile: Ex 18 foot skiff sailor who has been sailing Moths at Hayling Island for 2 years. The worlds in Dubai will be my first major Moth event, a young family has limited any travelling to events in the last couple of years. The only [...]

Paul Hayden

Paul Hayden

Boat:  Mach2 GBR3632

Home Club:  Gurnard Sailing Club, Isle of Wight

Highest Recorded Speed:  24.07 knts

Nationals Result:   2009 Nationals Position:  #9

Profile:  Regularly in the rear view mirror of the podium runners, handbrake turns a specialty!

Adam May

Adam May

Photo © Katherine Knight
Club: WPNSA
Current Boat: Mach2     ‘Gill Race Team’  3604
Top recorded speed: 24.2k (10 sec average in Cascade Locks, Velocitek speed challenge.)
Best Moth results: 2nd in UK Nationals, 2nd in Europeans, 3rd in Worlds.
Personal Blog: www.foilborne.blogspot.com
Moth History:
1993       Magnum 5   3838
1994       Aussie Axeman   4021
2004       Mistress 1           4063
2005       Mistress 2           ‘Nemesis’ 4073
2007       Mistress [...]

Alex Adams

Alex Adams

Photo © Helena Darvelid
Current Boats - Goose GBR 4082 Mistress 3
Past Boats

Road Runner GBR 3366 Mistress 3.1
GBR 4004 Axeman 4.5
Penguin GBR 4061 Mistress 1

Club – Castle Cove Sailing Club
Top Moth Speed – 24.5
Personal Blog – http://www.foiltown.co.uk
Profile – Long time mothie having joined the class before the hydrofoil revolution. Possibly a little too interested in the geekier [...]

Colin Newman

Colin Newman

Boats Sailed: Velociraptor GBR 3368 in bright orange, previously sailed the first foiling Moth to race, ‘White Knuckle Express’ bought from Rohan Veal in 2004. Also sail International Canoe GBR 295, also in bright orange.
Clubs: Draycote Water Sailing Club and Saundersfoot Sailing Club
Life History!: Born 1942 in Kenya, arrived UK in 1962 for University of [...]

Ian Gotts

Ian Gotts

Club – Hayling Island
Boat – Assassin
Company: Nimbus Partners
OK Junior Champion, Southampton Uni team captain, 1984 Star Olympic campaign, 14’s (worlds, Euros, member of Crews Union), Laser4000 (Eurocup & Nationals), RS600FF and now Moth newbie. Chairman and CEO of software company, investor in several tech start-ups and on professional speaking circuit.

Ricky Tagg

Ricky Tagg

Photo © Tania Samus – http://www.photoblink.co.uk/
Boat Sailed: Mach 2 GBR 3594
Club – Hayling Island
Results: 5th 2009 UK Nationals, 1st Grafham Open 2009, 1st Christmas Cracker 2009, 3rd Holt Tide Ride 2009  (In summary – Close but no cigar!)
Top Recorded Speed 25.1 knots
Profile: Ageing racer with past victories from before many current mothies were born but given new lease [...]

Andrew Friend

Andrew Friend

Club – QMSC / Norfolk Punt Club
Occupation – Designer
Top 10 sec ave (recorded) – 24.3knts
Previous Norfolk Punt national champion…!
A mild mannered and thoroughly decent chap. Also highly understated. Up there with the top guys with impressive worlds results.
You’ll never hear a cross word from him on the race course as he is just so sporting!

Mike Cooke

Mike Cooke

Mike Cooke
Boat sailed: 2010 Ninja “Ninja Turtle” GBR3760 with silly airbrushing
Occupation: Boatbuilder
Results: 2009 National Champion and assorted near misses. 5th 2009 Europeans
Former Moths:
2010 GBR 3618, Ninja Tuna ‘10
2009 GBR3382, The Ninja,Ninja ‘09
2008 GBR3371, Secret Squirrel, Axiom v.4
2008 GBR3191 Jamming with Edward, Axiom v.4
2007 GBR4099 Silver Samurai, Axiom v.3
2006 GBR4083 Cardboard Tube Samurai, Axiom v.2
2005 GBR4075 [...]

Simon Payne

Simon Payne

Results to date:
Current world ranking 5
2006 World Champion
5 x European champion
not very often National Champion
Personal blog
Profile:
Sharp wit, sharp results. The UK’s finest moth export with many titles under his belt.