ASSASSIN HOLROYD FOILS

Foil Comparison (that would be the Assassin one bottom of pic)

The moulds for the new Holroyd main foils have finally arrived, and look great. We excitedly preped them up and laid up our first main foil. Out of the mould the sharp sleekness is sure to impress as there are no other foils like it. Designed and engineered by two of the worlds best, Nick Holroyd and Giovanni Belgrano, there have been huge advancements not only in the shape of the foils but also in how they are put together. Our end result is something really special. We will be completing our on the water testing this weekend, after which they will go into full production. All new boats from now on will come with the new Holroyd foils and all other Assassin owners will be receiving their new foils over the next few months.

NZs ASSASSIN Fleet growing

Fifteen year old Sam Schofield spent his school holidays working in the Assassin factory. After a lot of hard work and dedication the final result was his own Assassin, ripe and ready to hit the water. He will be training for the Dubai worlds with the rest of the NZ team out of Wakatere Yacht Club on Aucklands North Shore. A very happy Sam can now push the Laser back into the shed and start sailing a real boat....

ASSASSIN NEWS

The Dubai 2010 worlds are silently creeping up on us and time is flying by. We anticipate having several Assassins attending the worlds with several top sailors aiming for a podium finish. Olympian Andrew Brown is kicking off his campaign by putting an unofficial entry into an endurance race up the coast of New Zealand. Known as the Coastal Classic, the race starts in Auckland and ends 119miles up the coast in Russel, Bay of Islands. A team of three will be sailing the Assassin during the race, Andrew Brown, Chris Steele and 15yr old Sam Schofield. It will be a gruelling race and hopefully the weather will be kind enough to get a record finish. Andrew is our main on the water tester here in NZ, and has helped the Assassin evolve.

Over in Europe we have the current Olympic 49er Gold Medallist,Jonas Warrer, waiting patiently for his Assassin so to begin his training for the Dubai Worlds. There are also also several other world/Olympic and top mothies aiming to make a showing at the next worlds.
The delivery times for a new Assassin has been pushed out into early next year, so if your thinking about ordering a Assassin for the worlds it would pay to get in soon. At the moment there are 10 build spots available before the 2010 worlds.

Out Of The Mould

The first Holroyd rudders are out of the mould and ready for on the water testing. It is an very exciting time for us. We are happy with the results so far and can't wait to get our full set of Holroyd foils out there. See photos of the first rudder straight out of the mould.

Moth Worlds 2009 Underway

The 2009 International Moth worlds have started with practice races completed and the real racing underway. With a smallish fleet of only 47 boats, it still has cast a large audience with people watching the events from all over the world. The fleet consists of top level sailors, with many olympians and world champions entered. Racing in the gorge has proved to be difficult, with strong currents and high winds and many many gear breakages all though the fleet. Its going to be a interesting regatta. In the Assassin we have Chris Steele, a previous optimist world champion, who is getting it all together very quickly (having only sailed the moth a couple of weeks before leaving for the worlds). He suffered some gear failure in the US nationals week but luckily many people have been helping him and the others out. Thanks to Devin Bader, Kevin Hall, and John Barlett for all your help. Its verification of what a great class the international moth is with sailors helping other sailors. Also sailing the Assassin is Devin Bader and Anthony Boscolo both from the US. Good luck to everyone competing at the 2009 Moth Worlds.

Oops

Not quite ready but we are there. 26.3 knot peak (25.8 10 sec average) against the gorge current there was a little oops. With a brand new boat straight of the box, our Darren special temporary rudder foil had some issues, dislocated itself. Impressed by the speed, but are a little afraid of our soon to be released Holroyd foils - Rudder foils are currently being built and the main foil is about to have the mould machined. Rudder mould looks great, see the sneak preview below.

Waiting...waiting...

Almost there with our newly designed Holroyd foils. The rudder mould is due tonight and the centreboard mould is about to be machined. We were lucky enough to get Giovanni Belgrano, legendary composite engineer, to sort that side out.

We have three boats at the worlds this year, currently with our temporary foils but are hoping to get some rudders over there before the worlds start. We will see.

Its been a long winded process with several holdups out of our control but we are happy with the end result, they are looking spectacular and was well worth the wait...