What are some good resources for information on centerboard foil shapes and total area for a catamaran?
The boat is 2/3 the weight and 1/4 the downwind sail area as the Gunboat 66, how does it compare the gunboat in terms of interior space? I'm...
I'm looking at cats in the 40' range for cruising, and I'm wondering how important the dagger boards are to the fixed keel. I prefer a Spartan...
The F25c can beat the G32 in heavy air. In light air, a well sailed G32 has an advantage - especially with Russel's carbon mast and pedal drive.
I get it. Is there an advantage to using the welbourn foils vs. uptip foils on the amas other than the ability to retract them completely?...
So, the Q23 foils would be reaching outward from the ama, or would the setup look more like Steve Clark's C class?
I love the Sharpie idea! Simple, fast, and relatively cheap. One of my favorite mono hulls is the Admiralty 30. The biggest reason I never bought...
I'm not actually arguing against you Doug, I have been thinking about putting Q23 foils on a trimaran for a while now....
does the q23 foil setup require a ballasted keel to work? a trimaran, without ballast, wouldn't have the counterweight of the keel to offset the...
Is it realistic to believe the Stiletto will easily foil? I thought the boats had to be very light in order for the boat to take off in anything...
Corley, I couldn't agree more with your statement. My point is that we have seen videos of both small and large trimarans with J foils, and C...
The first time I saw the Quant 23 I thought about applying the foil design to a trimaran. However, I'm beginning to wonder if balancing the...
I appreciate what you are saying. Wharram designs have many positive aspects, but I suspect that is you have to ask the question, then a wharram...
Good point about weeds and an ocean tri. I was thinking more of applying the tech to a 25' to 30' racing tri. I noticed that hugh mentioned adding...
Is there a reason why the lifting foils on the center hull couldn't be like the ones found on the quant 23 scow? That way, the center foils could...
I wonder if such an arrangement would require a great deal of structural modification to a MOD 70 when compared to adding a foil to the Ama, as...
I got the pic from the daily sail article, but there wasn't much info available without a subscription. Apparently he was trying to raise funds...
[IMG] Anyone have any info on Loick's maxi-foiler record breaker trimaran design? Looks interesting.
I finally got around to reading Marchaj's research into the crab claw sail, and it was really interesting. I have heard people tried to duplicate...
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