The "banana boards" continue to show excellent speed in higher wind strength. At the "IDB Warnemünde" Bob Baier, which sails a "Nikita" with banana boards, had the scores 1, 1, 3, 1, 4.

But one thing is interesting, are the "banana boards" are hydrofoils or not? If they are the rule "hydrofoils are not permitted" are violated which means that the should have a DSQ.

The purpose of the "banana boards" are both to work as normal centerboards but also to lift and stabilize the boat a bit, and I would call such a device hydrofoil. It is hard to define how much lift a centerboard must give until you start to call it a hydrofoil but if you sail the "banana board" boat at 20 knots a bet the hulls are lifted!

The "banana boards" that the open 60 trimarans use actually lift the bow of the leeward hull at high speeds and that MUST be called hydrofoils or?

/hakan