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#149651 07/16/08 12:34 AM 07/16/08 12:34 AM |
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Posts: 196 Arkansas, USA | This is Peter Cogan's hull shape- the "prototypes" were sailed by he and Ben Hall (w/ the wing of course!) at the World's. I believe this venture is out of St. Louis?? There's more on the A cat list-
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#149656 07/18/08 09:06 AM 07/18/08 09:06 AM |
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Posts: 1,307 Asuncion, Paraguay | I dont see how a curved foil would add any cost over a straight foil on a new boat. Once you have a mold, its the same amount of material. A pair of symetrical foils can be made out of one mold, while a pair of asymetrical foils requires two molds.
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#149657 07/18/08 09:17 AM 07/18/08 09:17 AM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | I dont see how a curved foil would add any cost over a straight foil on a new boat. Once you have a mold, its the same amount of material. A pair of symetrical foils can be made out of one mold, while a pair of asymetrical foils requires two molds. Are you talking about one mold with two halves?
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#149659 07/18/08 12:49 PM 07/18/08 12:49 PM |
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Posts: 1,226 Atlanta | A pair of symetrical foils can be made out of one mold, while a pair of asymetrical foils requires two molds. Not necessarily, if you had boards that were the same on each end you could have one mold (with two halves) and flip the board end for end to insert in port vs starboard hull. Assuming the curve was continuous. You can make a straight board with one mold - two halves if you have a "shark fin" end, or with one mold - one half if you have square ends. Bill | | |
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