Sailing the latest Marstrom A-class with banana center boards and gennaker can be quite a ride! Normal sailing level is with the lee bow just touching the water, but if you stand a bit too far back it will quickly take off with the bow in the air. It will slow the boat down so to go fast this is not the way!
Without gennaker you can get the boat to fly a bit on the center boards in waves but it's a bit more tricky.


The "flying" sequency of around 6 seconds.


Close up of the boat during "flying"

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/hakan

Looks like you are ready for take-off.
Many years ago I was sailing a Portsmith run for G-Cat in Tampa Bay. A nasty overnight squall came through the beach that damaged a few boats. Boats were hung on the fence not a pretty sight. I had a chance to sail with Randy and the owner Herb on a SuperCat 20 tall rig after we bent the mast back in shape from getting piled into the sand from the storm. We came behind a Maxi Yacht with a very large head sail - right up in the slot and the Super Cat leaped right out of the water at about the same angle and went airborne. The flight time was not very long and it headed back into the water at about the same angle now bow first. We managed to hold onto it. I was running the main sheet and got rope burns through my gloves, Randy was” hanging ten” off the rudder housing taking a picture, and Herb resembled a trolling lure. Who said sailing is not like flying?

Fast or not, still looks fun to do.

Next thing you know they will be moving the daggerboards in front of the main beam and putting banana rudders on to get the whole boat flying...yes you heard it here first...banana rudders...talk about some spectacular wipe outs...it will take pitch poles to a "whole nother level" when they loose dynamic lift at the daggerboards and the rudders keep lifting...LOL...

Excellent.

Just put them on Arbo's ARC21, it already hasthe daggerboard wells in front of the main beam.

"Just put them on Arbo's ARC21, it already hasthe daggerboard wells in front of the main beam."

That would ratchet Bill Roberts "Shared Lift" concept up a few notches. Pictures...Pictures..

What they really need to do is steal a couple Moth T foil rudders whith the variable pitch controls!

Going UP!

The scarry part would be "Sticking the Landing"!