Today fastcraft ltd the company behind the Assassin moth send out a press release announcing a new development of foils. The foils will be designed by Nick Holroyd , technical director of Team New Zealand. I actually knew this already 4 weeks ago but didn’t want to spoil the news. I am quite excited about this as Darren has agreed to sell the foils separately after the worlds. So finally home builders like me can get foils other than the aardvark ones. I am quite curious how those foils will turn out and what the price tag will be.
All the best from Los Angeles to all of you 
(it is the ugliest town in the world except Seoul)
Here is the press relaese:
Team Assassin is pleased to announce the worst best kept secret. Technical Director at Emirates Team NZ, Nick Holroyd, has come onboard and agreed to design a full set of ‘Assassin’ foils. Nick comes exceptionally highly qualified and has given the Assassin a special edge with highly advanced technology that is undeniably fast. There really is no need for introduction to Nick as I’m sure anyone in the know will know who Nick Holroyd is..
Nick is currently in his forth consecutive campaign with ETNZ. In the 2007 campaign he was a senior Naval Architect and was the design liason in the ‘Balance and Tuning’ group that was responsible for recording and optimising there sailing modes on the yacht. He was primarily responsible for the appendage design and general application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the 2000 and 2003 Americas Cup defences.
We are very excited about this latest development. The foil design is an integral part of the international moth and we believe there is no better person for the job. Assassin has stepped up and is arguably the most highly spec’d hydrofoiling moth available in the world, with an unbeatable price tag. We thank Nick for coming onboard and supporting Assassin, proudly New Zealand designed and built.
Felix stop bashing LA – some of us live here. Or I’ll come to your town and tell everyone how pathetic it is. But actually I wouldn’t do that, because every town has something to offer – you just have to find it. The Santa Monica mountains are a good example, and they are practically right in Los Angeles, so perhaps you should go for a walk there. Griffith observatory, the Getty museum, the Disney music hall – these are all right here and have had excellent exhibits and performances while you have been in town. The views from Griffith and Getty are quite spectacular, as are the views from various trails. Alamitos Bay is pretty nice also. Email me if you are bored: atypicalguy at gmail
Felix,Both John Ilett and Mach 2 are now also selling foils to home builders. So the only ones who aren’t directly are bladerider, but you can buy them from sailingbits.com
@ Karl – sorry for the bashing. It is just that I am more of a Northern West Coast Guy and obviously I don’t know all the right places everywhere I go. I just didn’t care at all for the traffic that made it pretty difficult to go places in between business meetings.@ Bruce – I think it is really exciting to have more possibilities to choose from. How many foils is John going to be able to produce? Or asked differently: will his foils hit the masses?