There are more or less 20 pictures worth seeing and the best ones are in the first posts. This one is Rio seen from aboard, returning from a day sail cruise we like to do.



I'll say more about the boat after we test her in Buzios with stronger winds. With about 15 knots she sailed at 18 knots, but the big genoa wasn't ready yet, so we had only the main and jib up. I tried to fly two hulls but there wasn't enough wind and sail area.

Besides that, I can say that Tom Speer is right: hydrofoils don't make a boat faster, they make a fast boat more seaworthy - without ballast, multihulls pitch, roll, etc. differently from monohulls. They move fast but only once or twice, not like a pendulum that oscilates many times after each perturbation. Add hydrofoils and those sharp movements are damped, making for a really smooth ride. We could have a glass of water on the table all the time and it would not spill.

Another picture

looks great!

anyone ever tried succesfully to add those frontfoils/daggerboards to a beachcat...?

The C Class guys in Canada gave it a try.

congrats Luiz, I'm very jealous of your Catri but not the struggle you had to get this far...
May you have years of enjoyment, you deserve it!!!

Rob White fitted extra front boards to a F20 I think, for extra lift and I think a German company too on an eagle ??

Aclass were using canted boards for extra lift but think they outlawed it ?????

I'm pretty sure the ARC 21 has the dagger boards forward of the front beam!!!

It does. They are vertical, like in most boats. My boards have asymetrical sections and are inclined, so they lift part of the weight and increase stability. They are also comfortable, as you can see...