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The new FOILSZ makes foiling on a Laser simple (and great fun!)

Laser + FOILSZ = Foiling

Fit the FOILSZ kit in 10 minutes, rig your Laser and you´re away!

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Turn Your Laser Into A Foiling Machine

If you have ever dreamed about foiling on your own boat but thought it would cost too much, this is what you need. The FOILSZ kit attaches easily to a standard Laser dinghy. Fit the foiling kit in 10 minutes, rig your Laser and off you go. It really is that simple. FOILSZ comes from the designer of the MACH2 Moth and WASZP so you know it´s going to work and work well.

Simple To Fit

Precision engineered to fit onto a standard Laser in just 10 minutes

No Modifications Required

Just rig your Laser as normally would

Easy To Launch

Launch from your beach trolley with foils in place

Thrilling To Sail

Laser sailing has never been so much fun

Affordable Foiling

Go foiling without breaking the bank.

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What wind strength is need to foil?

Generally speaking, you should be up and foiling in around 10-12 knots of wind speed

Is there ride height adjustment?

How difficult is it to foil on a laser using foilsz, do i have to change my rig, can i use the 4.7, radial or full laser rig, are there any special rigging requirements, how much does a foilsz kit cost, how can i buy a foilsz kit.

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Do you ship world wide?

Will it fit all lasers, are there any modifications required.

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Cutting edge design.

His designs dominate the world of dinghy foiling and FOILSZ are his latest design creation

Very Affordable

The FOILSZ kit is surprisingly affordable and makes foiling within reach of the average sailor. You don´t even need a recent Laser.

Brilliant Performance

FOILSZ just works. Foiling on a Laser is easier then you might think and performs brilliantly in a variety of wind and wave conditions.

Just For Fun

Because it´s just magnificent fun foiling on a Laser. You´ll love it from the first time you have ´lift off´ on your FOILSZ Laser.

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Experience the thrill of foiling your Laser at up to 23kts with your Glide Free Foils.

​You already own your boat, simply clip on our foiling kit and fly!

​The kit has been specifically designed for Laser dinghies.

Making the seemingly impossible practical!

• Experience the thrill of foiling on your own dinghy!!
• No need to invest in an expensive new boat, these foils retrofit to your existing dinghy, just clip on and go!
• Fully integrated sensor wand, no special attachments, cables or modifications to your existing boat
• Fully retractable foils - launch & retrieve in knee deep water
• Lifts out and glides free of the water in 10-12kts of wind
• Robust one-design construction, suited to all ages, weights and skill levels.
• More stable than a standard Laser dinghy
• Foil in up to 25kts with a 4.7 rig when others can't!

The kit contains:

• Glide Free Foils - includes: Centrecase insert & retaining hook, gear block & toggle pin, Centreboard with integral wand, Main lifting foil, Rudder, Rudder lifting foil.
• Carry bags - includes a set of three high quality padded carry bags for Centreboard foils, Rudder foils and Centrecase Insert.
• Rudder stock - high strength rudder stock fits the standard Laser fittings, essential for foiling - includes, thrust washer, height adjusting washers, locking pin, retaining clip and quick tighten wing nut.
• Tiller - fits the high strength rudder stock and allows the blade to fully retract. Includes cleat and standard tiller extension fitting.

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A key part of learning to foil is good instruction right from the beginning. We recommend the RYA Foiling Courses conduced at RYA centres.

You can also visit the Andrew Simpson Foundation coaching centres such as Lake Garda where you can test sail a foiling Laser, Aero. Melges 14 or Bic today, all using our Glide Free Foiling kits.

Glide Free Foiling kits enable your dinghy to fly!

If you are interested to use our Glide Free kits, please give us a call to discuss.

Glide Free was started to develop sailing kits to allow existing sailing dingy to foil. Many lightweight high-performance sailing boats exist that foil.

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February 16, 2022 by Sail1Design Editor 2 Comments

We have lift-off! S1D is pleased to announce that we are the North American dealer for FOILSZ, an Australian company focused on foiling at all levels and with a great deal of success doing it. These foiling kits will have your ILCA/Laser up and foiling in no time! Interested? We have kits on the way right now, and plan to rig up soon with 2 Lasers dedicated to foiling at our sailing center. These kits are completely compatible with your ILCA/Laser as it is; no modification needed to boat or rig, prices are reasonable and vary with exchange rates and shipping!

Contact us at:  [email protected] to learn more and order yours!!

The development of FOILSZ didn´t just happen over night. It has been the culmination of over 20 years of sail, hull and foil development from the people behind KA Sail, the Bladerider & MACH2 Moths and the recently released WASPZ foiling dinghy. Everything learnt over these years in making the world´s fastest and most reliable foiling dinghies has been used to create the FOILSZ kit for Lasers. So when you buy a set of FOILSZ, you know you have many years of successful foiling pedigree backing the performance of your foiling Laser.

The essential design elements were –

• simple fitting to a standard Laser with no modifications to the boat or rig
• high performance foiling in all sailable weather conditions
• the ability to launch in shallow water from a standard Laser beach trolley
• foils that can be fully raised or lowered from within the boat
• an inexpensive foiling solution for all sailors
• precision engineering and high quality components

The foiling kit had to be ready to go “straight out of the box” so that users can go foiling as soon as the kit is fitted. Everything is just right, from the foils that are designed at exactly the right angle, to the sophisticated wand system.

The design brief was also to make a kit of great quality that would give owners many years of pleasure. It had to dependable and as a result great care has been taken over the tooling, material selection and method of construction of the various FOILSZ components.

If you have ever dreamed about foiling on your own boat but thought it would cost too much, the FOILSZ foiling kit is what you need. The FOILSZ kit attachs easily to a standard Laser dinghy. Fit the foiling kit in 10 minutes, rig your Laser and off you go. It really is that simple.

The development of FOILSZ follows a natural progression from what AMAC has learned over 10 years designing and building the MACH2 Moth and WASZP foiling dinghies. Countless hours of computer aided design and real life testing of foils and the foiling systems has resulted in the best solution to enable a standard Laser to foil. When you buy a FOILSZ kit for your Laser, you are benefiting from everything AMAC has learnt creating the championship winning MACH2 Moth and the multi award winning WASZP foiler.

Main Features

• fits to any Laser in 10 minutes
• no modifications to hull or rig required to go foiling
• dynamic sensor wand for automatic ride height adjustment
• rig and launch using a standard Laser beach trolley
• fully retractable foils for ease of launch and retrieval
• fine trim adjustment through rudder trim
• go foiling in just 10-12kts of wind
• premium grade aluminium vertical and horizontal foils for durability and long life
• inexpensive entry to the world of foiling – maximum fun, minimum cost

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VIDEO: Foiling Laser

Published on August 7th, 2013 by Editor -->

No, this is not a Moth but the world´s best-selling dinghy, a Laser, with speeds of 20 knots, fitted with a foiling kit that requires zero modification to the Laser; just a few minutes and no tools to fit.

Foiling Moths are quite expensive beasts, while a foiling Laser has the potential to bring foiling to huge numbers of sailors.

Who is behind this development?

First up Ian Ward, 10 years the President of the International Moth Class who designed and sailed the first centreline foiling moth in 1999. Ward certainly has the qualifications and engineering background, he has a Doctorate in Metallurgy.

Peter Stephinson, Grandmaster Laser and NS 14 development class sailor and toolmaker friend challenged Ward to put foils on a Laser and together the two sailors worked through the issues and the solutions.

They launched their first ever foiling Laser in 2009, not just any Laser, it was Michael Blackburn’s boat from the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Then the real work started.

Four years later the Glide Free duo are ready to bring the fully developed retrofitting kit to market, with PSA.

Ward explains “Our new Glide Free kit is simple to rig and easy to launch in shallow water, has automatic control with no need to ‘tweak’ the settings on the water, easy to clip on without altering the existing boat and robust construction at a reasonable cost.

“To make foiling simple, practical and fun in a Laser, we needed to address the many limitations of today’s foiling dinghies. We have not just copied what has been used before, but have developed a completely new foiling system with flapless foils and integral wand which utilizes many unique design features. These features enable easy launching in shallow water, safe efficient and fast foiling, along with good displacement sailing performance in light winds.

“This has been achieved without any alteration to the standard Laser hull. We use a simple, toggle pin to attach the foils, which are strong, stiff and robust, employing standard materials at a reasonable cost. Connect and detach in minutes!

“Double the weight, with 12% less sail area, the foiling Laser is not as fast as the Moth but it’s a more stable foiling dinghy, easier to sail and right after a capsize, with a much more pleasant, lighter helm and an impressive turn of speed.”

As Peter Stephinson explains “The secret to the success, now protected internationally is the fully articulated foil, which provides less drag and at the same time is both detachable and retractable. All the control mechanism is encapsulated within the centreboard. A lot of tooling and a significant investment has been needed to bring this foiling kit to market.”

So does it fly?

Chris Caldecoat, the 96 kg Finn and F18 sailor and General Manager of Performance Sailcraft Australia,(PSA) a company that’s been building Lasers since 1973, was blasting around Lake Macquarie for three hours in his first ever attempt at foiling.

“Call me a heavyweight test pilot. I’m 96kg Finn and F18 sailor and I don’t hold back. But I knew from all the engineering, the Finite Element Analysis and the three years of hard testing that this rig would outlast me.

“I’ve never sailed a foiling moth, so this was my first ever foiling experience. I must say I was very surprised, the foils actual unload the boat from it’s natural displacement loads. I had a few swimming moments mainly in backwards as I was learning and the boat had a sensation of softening the landing, I have had many more damaging wipeouts sailing a Laser normally.

“The good fit sailors will have this sailing on the foils at all angles in no time at all, just a matter of hiking hard upwind, typical Laser, nothing has changed.

“Overall I was pretty blown away. In 18-20 knots on the reach I was hitting the same numbers in the foiling Laser, just about the same as the F18 Capricorn.

“It’s clear that upwind the top sailors like the Moth 2012 World Champion Josh McKnight will be able to tell us the limits of the foils and offer changes if needed.”

Just for the moment Caldecoat might have the record for being the faster Laser sailor ever, but with the Glide Free Laser and Kirby Sailing boat foiling kit expected to hit the market, ex PSA very soon that his record will not last.

If you would like to be kept updated on this new product, with vision and lots more images to come please register here www.lasersailing.com.au/SailingboatFoilingKit.cfm

From the Facebook page of Chris Caldecoat of Performance Sailcaft Australia on August 5: “Gives you an idea of what we are playing with, will have new video and multiple boats on the water over coming weeks and will let loose a few hotshot foilers for there opinion on what can really be achieved. We can assure that it is simple for any age sailor to have a go. Ian Ward sailing in this test, the designer and ex Moth guru.”

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Seeing is believing: Foiling a Laser

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The majority of sailors may think that foiling a Laser is an impossible task, but a bolt-on kit offers sailors the chance to fly on water

RYA trainer Shaun Priestly using the foils on Lake Garda, Italy

Few sailing fans will forget the exhilarating sight of watching Sir Ben Ainslie flying above the water to claim victory on Team Oracle’s AC45 during the 34th America’s Cup . Outside of the world of professional racing, a foiling Moth is the closest leisure sailing craft has ever gotten to the added speed and adrenaline of lifting off the surface. But the invention of a new bolt-on foiling kit means the experience is open to more sailors than ever before.

After four years of product and design testing, Peter Stephinson and Ian Ward launched the Glide Free Foil kit for Lasers in 2013. The key element of the kit is a horizontal lifting foil that’s controlled by a surface-sensing wand, which is built into the centerboard. A special insert is fitted into the Laser centrecase, which accepts the foil and locks it in position, with no need for fastenings or any alterations to a standard Laser dinghy at all. The system is also unique in the sense that it can be rotated for and aft and retracted for ease of launching.

Centreboard raised

It initially takes half an hour to set up the centrecase insert and no more than five minutes to change between foiling and standard displacement mode.

Designed off the back of Ian Ward’s foiling Moth, the duo is hoping their invention will encourage more people into the sport.

“We took one of Ian’s original Moth foils and adapted it to a light weight 14ft skiff to do our testing. Based on this success, we adapted the system to fit the Laser and nine months later got it to work. We then spent three years making sure we were covered with an international patent protection”, says Peter.

“A surreal feeling is experienced as you lift silently above the water and race down the bay at high speed, comparable with high speed catamarans.”

Centrecase insert and gearblock

High tech stainless steel materials have been used in the key areas where exceptional strength is required, while the rest is constructed of durable, corrosion resistant engineering plastics and heat-treated aluminum in order to keep the kit affordable.

Rudder retracted

This revolutionary piece of kit is said to give a Laser a 200 to 300 percent increase in speed, compared to sailing in displacement mode. And one man who can verify the claims is Sea Sure’s technical sales manager Dan Henderson who is an International Moth sailor himself. He is one of the few people in the UK who’ve had the privilege of trying out the Glide Free Foils kit and was impressed at the Laser’s increased performance.

“Everyone I’ve seen jump in it has come off the water with a smiling face and absolutely loved it,” he said, speaking to YBW.com.

Sea Sure were involved in the design and manufacture of the rudder stock that’s fitted to the foils, which led to him taking them out for a test run in Stokes Bay.

“The price is around £2,200, which some people might think is expensive but when you compare it to the cost of a Moth which is £16k plus, it’s quite a cheap way of getting into foiling and going quite quickly.

“The guys that have invented it have done a really good job on the finish of the actual product. When we got the kit over here, what they’d put together was really well made and thought out.

“All the people out there that want to get into foiling but don’t necessarily think they’re good enough or have the money to go Moth foiling, it’s definitely a product to look at.”

So far, just under 100 units have been sold across the globe since launching in 2013, with some of the kits heading to Manchester and Stokes Bay here in the UK.

Phil Bookallil from Middle Harbour Amateur Sailing Club in Sydney couldn’t rate the foil kit highly enough.

“It’s everyone’s dream to go faster and faster and a Laser certainly can give some thrills. But once you are on the foil it is a whole different ball game,” said Phil.

“Taking off is like being on a plane where you go faster, then super-fast and smooth. The sound of the water disappears and you then glide above the water at top speed.”

The kit has also already won and been nominated for several awards and Peter is hoping their continued success will see hundreds more making the most of foiling Lasers in the coming years.

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• the foiling dinghy is an affordable, purpose built, dual foil, light weight, easy to launch and easy to foil sailing dinghy. • stable and forgiving in flight, yet exciting to sail, and aimed at the adept club sailor. • complexity is reduced to a minimum, with dual foils that are self-adjusting and self-tacking. • the foiling dinghy has the ease of sailing as a laser, the lightness of an rs aero, and enables safe and fun foiling performance..

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• Very stable and controlled flights
• Reduced complexity, as easy to sail as a Laser 
• Fully self adjusting foils
• Very forgiving, no hard crashes
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• Extremely light with a 30kg hull  
• No potential dangers from standing rigging or foils to crash into
• Wide hull for great stability,  also enabling easy launching and stable low riding 
• Mast track to lower the sail on the water if needed
• Excellent grip from DECKIT to make sure you stay where you are 
• Strong foils you can even stand on for capsize recovery 
• Robust strong construction which allows you to step everywhere
• Shock absorbing foil and rudder bearings
• Easy to maintain 

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Electrostal History and Art Museum

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Electrostal History and Art Museum - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

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For the first time Rosatom Fuel Division supplied fresh nuclear fuel to the world’s only floating nuclear cogeneration plant in the Arctic

The fuel was supplied to the northernmost town of Russia along the Northern Sea Route.

The first in the history of the power plant refueling, that is, the replacement of spent nuclear fuel with fresh one, is planned to begin before 2024. The manufacturer of nuclear fuel for all Russian nuclear icebreakers, as well as the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, is Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC), a company of Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL that is based in Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

The FNPP includes two KLT-40S reactors of the icebreaking type. Unlike convenient ground-based large reactors (that require partial replacement of fuel rods once every 12-18 months), in the case of these reactors, the refueling takes place once every few years and includes unloading of the entire reactor core and loading of fresh fuel into the reactor.

The cores of KLT-40 reactors of the Akademik Lomonosov floating power unit have a number of advantages compared to the reference ones: a cassette core was used for the first time in the history of the unit, which made it possible to increase the fuel energy resource to 3-3.5 years between refuelings, and also reduce the fuel component of the electricity cost by one and a half times. The FNPP operating experience formed the basis for the designs of reactors for nuclear icebreakers of the newest series 22220. Three such icebreakers have been launched by now.

For the first time the power units of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant were connected to the grid in December 2019, and put into commercial operation in May 2020. The supply of nuclear fuel from Elektrostal to Pevek and its loading into the second reactor is planned for 2024. The total power of the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, supplied to the coastal grid of Pevek without thermal energy consumption on shore, is about 76 MW, being about 44 MW in the maximum thermal power supply mode. The FNPP generated 194 million kWh according to the results of 2023. The population of Pevek is just a little more than 4 thousand, while the FNPP has a potential for supplying electricity to a city with a population of up to 100 thousand people. After the FNPP commissioning two goals were achieved. These include first of all the replacement of the retiring capacities of the Bilibino NPP, which has been operating since 1974, as well as the Chaunskaya TPP, which has already been operating for more than 70 years. Secondly, energy is supplied to the main mining companies in western Chukotka in the Chaun-Bilibino energy hub a large ore and metal cluster, including gold mining companies and projects related to the development of the Baimsk ore zone. In September 2023, a 110 kilovolt power transmission line with a length of 490 kilometers was put into operation, connecting the towns of Pevek and Bilibino. The line increased the reliability of energy supply from the FNPP to both Bilibino consumers and mining companies, the largest of which is the Baimsky GOK. The comprehensive development of the Russian Arctic is a national strategic priority. To increase the NSR traffic is of paramount importance for accomplishment of the tasks set in the field of cargo shipping. This logistics corridor is being developed due regular freight voyages, construction of new nuclear-powered icebreakers and modernization of the relevant infrastructure. Rosatom companies are actively involved in this work. Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL (Rosatom Fuel Division) includes companies fabricating nuclear fuel, converting and enriching uranium, manufacturing gas centrifuges, conducting researches and producing designs. As the only nuclear fuel supplier to Russian NPPs, TVEL supplies fuel for a total of 75 power reactors in 15 countries, for research reactors in nine countries, as well as for propulsion reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world runs on TVEL fuel. Rosatom Fuel Division is the world’s largest producer of enriched uranium and the leader on the global stable isotope market. The Fuel Division is actively developing new businesses in chemistry, metallurgy, energy storage technologies, 3D printing, digital products, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. TVEL also includes Rosatom integrators for additive technologies and electricity storage systems. Rosenergoatom, Joint-Stock Company is part of Rosatom Electric Power Division and one of the largest companies in the industry acting as an operator of nuclear power plants. It includes, as its branches, 11 operating NPPs, including the FNPP, the Scientific and Technical Center for Emergency Operations at NPPs, Design and Engineering as well as Technological companies. In total, 37 power units with a total installed capacity of over 29.5 GW are in operation at 11 nuclear power plants in Russia. Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC, Elektrostal) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of fuel for nuclear power plants. The company produces fuel assemblies for VVER-440, VVER-1000, RBMK-1000, BN-600,800, VK-50, EGP-6; powders and fuel pellets intended for supply to foreign customers. It also produces nuclear fuel for research reactors. The plant belongs to the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom.

Rosatom obtained a license for the first land-based SMR in Russia

On April 21, Rosenergoatom obtained a license issued by Rostekhnadzor to construct the Yakutsk land-based SMR in the Ust-Yansky District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

ROSATOM and FEDC agree to cooperate in the construction of Russia's first onshore SNPP

ROSATOM and FEDC have signed a cooperation agreement to build Russia's first onshore SNPP in Yakutia.

Rosatom develops nuclear fuel for modernized floating power units

Rosatom has completed the development of nuclear fuel for the RITM-200S small modular reactor designed for the upgraded floating power units.