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New UK designed and built foiling catamaran #274257
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Here are few video clips of an all new foiling catamaran prototype......it weighs in at 75kgs ready to sail and is 17'6" long with 8'beam....more info and spec coming soon .......the final production version will be around 65kgs!

Whisper catamaran

Whisper catamaran

Whisper catamaran

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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274269
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That's some of the most stable small-boat foiling I've seen in a long while. T-Foils with trailing wands. Interesting.


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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274272
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looks like an A-cat with Moth foils

Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: mikekrantz] #274273
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how far outboard do those T foils extend?

Wouldn't want to injure the crew when picking them up from the water... but as stable as that thing looked, maybe it's not an issue.


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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274281
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Wow, that's pretty fricking awesome looking, looks extremely stable. I still want to see how they work around the cans though.

Is the crew sheeting the main from the top block? What would be the reasoning on that? Looks too high to be mid-boom sheeting.


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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274282
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From the designer builder....

" the hull is carbon sandwich with kevlar carbon aramid in impact areas.
It has a 9.5m carbon wing mast with 16 square meters of sail and a roller furling gennaker the size of which is still to be determined. the rig loads are taken through the bowsprit. the production version is a single component monocoque with stress mapped fiber layup"

More info to follow.....

Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274283
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Latest video.....

Whisper catamaran


Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274284
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And here is a video of my business partner sailing the whisper (his very first attempt at foiling!)....in bugger all wind!

Whisper

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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274295
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Whisper is a custom built 17' 9" cat being developed by Southampton Solent University as part of its foil development research. Whisper has been so successful in providing a stable easy to control platform, and there has been so much interest in the boat, that a production version is currently being designed, which will incorporate a number of modifications which will make the Whisper truly remarkable

Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: sail7seas] #274302
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I beginning to think something like this might be mainstream enough to actually be in my future.


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I haven't watched all of the video, but do the foils retract? What's the price range?

Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: bacho] #274308
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did any of them indicate a price?

Do the rudder foils move, or just the main foils?

Looks super-cool


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Pricing and final production version spec coming very soon....

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given what I saw with the AC boats, do you even need a spinnaker with a foiling cat? Maybe just a screecher?

and does it matter that much if you trap out?

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Just to clarify....
1.Boards: Fully retract flush to the the hull surface so the boat can be launched in the same depth of water as a standard displacement catamaran and have both angle of attack and ride height 'on the fly' adjustment....
2.Rudders: Fully retractable and also have 'on the fly' trim adjustment similar to a moth....
3.Sail area: Jib, main and furling gennaker (which hasn't been required so far as it has such a early take of speed) final sail area is being finalised based on the current daily sea trials....
4.Platform construction:The hulls and beams will be a monocoque style construction on the final production boat....
5.Delivery: The first production boats will be ready for delivery in January 2015........
6.Pricing: The final retail price will be decided in the next 3 to 4 weeks but do believe interested parties will be very very pleasantly surprised.....

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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274314
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What about crew weight?

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Originally Posted by bacho
What about crew weight?


combined crew weight around 150/160kg

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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: NacramanUK] #274317
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singlehand? (I don't have any friends)


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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: Jake] #274318
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Originally Posted by Jake
I beginning to think something like this might be mainstream enough to actually be in my future.



Sweet baby jeebus, somebody go check on whether the Nile has turned to blood or if any other Biblical plagues have popped up! laugh


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Re: New UK designed and built foiling catamaran [Re: Karl_Brogger] #274320
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Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
singlehand? (I don't have any friends)


You will if you buy that.


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