Simon, a member of the Hayling Island Sailing Club, winner of the 2006 International Moth Worlds series, and runner-up in 2007, sails 'Size Zero', the latest 'Prowler' design of International Moth, built by John Ilett. Often referred to as the "king", John is the owner of Fastacraft, a quality carbon fibre products company based in Perth, Australia.

ACG's VTM®264 prepreg was chosen for the project because of its low weight. With 'Size Zero' weighing in at less than 9kg, and Simon, who only weighs 67kg, it's no surprise that it takes no time before the hull is out of the water and skipping across the crests on its hydrofoils.

A combination of ACG's materials, Simon's vision and determination, and John Ilett's expertise in hydrofoil development, we will see Simon compete at the highest level in his attempt to take the 2008 'Worlds' title and trophy.

Playing its part in reducing the weight of the sleek, white painted hull is ACG's VTM264 (proven pedigree with America's Cup/Volvo wins), one of a number of prepregs in the VTM®260 series of epoxy resin matrices. These products, which offer long out life and flexible cure temperature formulations, can be applied to a wide range of reinforcements and adapted to a number of low-cost, vacuum bag pressure, composite processes.

VTM264 offers outstanding vacuum-only processing capability, with intermediate viscosity and a level of tack that makes it suitable for full impregnation of light and medium weight unidirectional and fabric reinforcements.

John Ilett has expertly applied ACG's VTM264 to manufacture the hull, deck, wings, hydrofoils and the rudder.

Simon Payne said: "What can I say? The new flapless rudder is great, so much more effective than the old one. Both my old boats 'hummed' when they went fast; this one is as silent as the breeze. The new hull is very stiff, and feels together and solid." Moreover, "The new foil sections were sensational, with no ventilation of any sort and, although this boat looks similar to the old Prowler, it's very different to sail. There's also the new mast and new foil sections. The new rudder mechanism is effective - with no free-play. The wing frames are lighter, the boat is three inches smaller in the bow and this particular sweetie is extremely light - courtesy of Advanced Composites Group."