The boat specs from the Flying Phantom website above:

The boat is not just a modified F18 but it is entirely designed to foil, the only common part is the shape of the hulls. The Flying Phantom is wider (3m) and lighter (165kg).

After an extensive of different foils and rudders configurations, we came up with a combination of "L" shaped foils and "T" shaped rudders, providing pitch and heave stability in full flight but also being competitive in light winds.

The carbon / honeycomb / epoxy hulls in combination with a carbon tapered mast built in an autoclave result in significant weight reduction, the increased total beam improves the stability while foiling.



Foiling cats are the future of our sport and offer new sensations and previously unknown performance levels, foiling from 7 knots of wind and able to reach more than 30 knots above the water.

The revolution is on, realize your dream, fly above the water !

Specifications;

Design team: Martin Fischer

Development team: Alex Udin, Franck Cammas and Groupama sailing team

Class: One Design

Lenght: 5,52m / 18"

Width: 3,00m

Weight: 165kg

Mast: Tapered / Carbon autoclaved / 9,5m

Appendices: T-foil rudders +L-shape foiling dagger boards carbon autoclaved

Hulls construction: Carbon fiber / honeycomb sandwich / epoxy

Main: SI VXM Carbon Technora membrane / 18sqm with mast

Jib: SI VXM Carbon Technora membrane/ 5,5sqm

Gennaker: SI Polyester / 24sqm

Max speed: + 30 knots



Price: 28 260 Euros ex tax

Seems they did build it out of carbon, and the mast is carbon, and they widened it too, no wonder the price went wayyyy up, but $38K?? Ouch!

If you really wanted to "Fly above the water", you could be flying aerobatics in a nice airplane or going 200 knots for that kind of money!

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