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There’s a change on the way for the next Mothing season.

I’ve owned 4 boats in my time, a Lazich II, a Thorpe HT, a Thorpe HT2 Foiler, and a Bladerider.

Now I’m ordering a Prowler v5 from Fastacraft.

The Bladerider experience has been fun. I wouldn’t have been able to compete in the Garda Worlds, let alone finish 2nd without Rohan getting me priority treatment. I’m thankful for that.

But 2008 is another year.

And if the last year has shown anything, it’s that you can’t stand still in the Moth World. ‘06 Champion Simon showed that when his World Champ winning boat proved slow compared to the fast improving Bladerider.

I’m sure the Bladerider still has a way to develop, but the conflicting goals of commercialising a product and developing something better are going to crunch eventually. This year, next year, a couple of years down the track, it’s going to happen.

Being shifted out of the official Bladerider team for ‘08 was a bit unexpected, but since I hadn’t committed to ordering another boat, that’s understandable. But that wasn’t the reason for leaving.

It’s going to be a challenge to catch up, let alone overtake the Bladerider.

That challenge could be fun though.

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