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More foiling madness...

Posted By: Tony_F18

More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 09:37 AM

Came across this foiling cat on FB, it looks awesome...

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Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 11:47 AM

See the pic with the bowsprit...... I want one. But with a wing on it off course.
Posted By: ThunderMuffin

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 12:26 PM

Moth? We don't need no stinkin moth!
Posted By: erice

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 12:40 PM

4mtr x5.5mtr

wide enough ain't it

nice smooth looking water it's on

wonder what the lift-off speed is...

so he comes screaming up the beach

folds the foils up, rounds up and jumps in

other pics seem to show folding



Posted By: Karl_Brogger

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 12:41 PM

Way frickin' cool.

Doesn't look like much wind either!
Posted By: Timbo

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 12:43 PM

How do they ballance that thing when it's up on the foils? Looks like a very narrow base.
Posted By: Karl_Brogger

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 12:45 PM

Its still got the rudders out at the edges. I'd bet its more stable side to side than you'd think
Posted By: Karl_Brogger

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 12:48 PM

Check out how the daggers/foils fold underneath. How cool is that?

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Posted By: Timbo

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 01:01 PM

Is that a modified A cat? Looks like an A with 10' beams?
Posted By: Karl_Brogger

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 02:36 PM

One of the pics on tge FB page it looks like its at least 12' maybe even 14'. Hard to tell though, there's no sense of scale.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
One of the pics on tge FB page it looks like its at least 12' maybe even 14'. Hard to tell though, there's no sense of scale.

lunghezza (length) 5.5 m
larghezza (width) 4.O m
Posted By: waterbug_wpb

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 04:06 PM

that looks like hydoptere's foil setup...
Posted By: taipanfc

Re: More foiling madness... - 08/31/10 01:28 AM

Wonder if they got a tow-in to build up the apparant for these shots?

But looks great. Will be very stable when on the foils if kept horizontal, but i think any heel could lead to ventilation issues.

And about time cats started going fast! Bit embarassing when a 11ft moth with only 8m of sail goes past a 20ft boat with 5x the sail area...
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