That's a great video! At times it looks like maybe they need more lift off the low side ama/foil. Sometimes it looks like a normal Formula 60 tri flying two hulls, with the low ama in the water. It seems they could put more foils, or larger foils on the ama's, and get the floats out of the water sooner and keep them out longer. Of course that would lead to more drag and ultimately a bit slower, but perhaps more in control.

The Hobie 18 project I saw pictures of once had two v type foils added at the forward crossbar, I never saw the rudders and I never saw it foiling, just a picture on land. It seems to me if you put some V type foils at the front of a light, fast cat (A cat?) and some T foils on the rudders, you could foil it easily, much easier and with better balance than that 18 foot skiff we saw.

I like the looks of the V type foils much better than that big wide T foil. The T looks like a crab pot or sea weed catcher.

Last edited by Timbo; 10/27/06 01:28 PM.

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