Posted By: Tony_F18 More foiling madness... - 08/30/10 09:37 AM
Came across this foiling cat on
FB, it looks awesome...
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?
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
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...