How many foils? mono foiler has one - like a unicycle ( OK you don't say monocycle) bi foiler has two - like a bicycle tri foiler has 3 - like...
I've done a few booms that were OK ( for int Moth ), but for the same weight as commercial booms were bendier, or for the same stiffness were...
top no-foiler was Sami from Finland in 10 yr old Axeman in 27th place.
The same way that sailboards with pintail sterns plane.... only they can plane at 40 knots - so it is possible.
In the moths in late 80's , the Uk sail shape was tending to go towards square heads / more roach , with AUS shapes more triangular - apparently...
In the real world, in a cherub, the kite does stabilise the boat ( ie it's easier to get downwind in a blow with the kite up - apart from the...
That's what the skiff type double spreader rig does - the rigging prebends the mast, so the mast bend is relatively constant up to a wind speed of...
I think ggguest asked : what happens if you let the asymmetric sheet flap? If whilst you are blatting along at high speed, crew well back in...
and very amusing!!
I've used a sailboard rig for testing purposes on my IC ( int Canoe ), but it's not really suited to the boat. The advantages are low drag, easy...
It's bit different in models to 'full size' dinghies - the crew in dinghies cam alter for/aft position to try and counteract the rig force that...
I mean that the weight is most critical, and that moths are just at the right point for low weight and enough righting moment and sail power....
So there's a bit of weed, and you go slow ( or even crash) - but moth foiler crashes are not unusual. It's no big deal. For daggerboard...
[IMG] So is this still the only actual wing sail boat?
here's my latest pics still some way from finishing, but the hull is nearly complete....
RCD can be found here http://www.icomia.com/technical-info/docs/Directive%202003-44-EC.pdf but the relevant bit : Products Excluded from...
The UK ( presumably EC ) RCD regulations specifically exclude stability etc for craft made for racing. Which is good news for the more...
Planing?.... I don't know either. It's going to be similar to moth in that it will go fast at 2-3 x hull speed displacement style, but is flat...
one wonky boat, and one wiggly boat! The deck will be made over the same mould as the hull, split at the mast position and flipped concave,...
Here's my take on the new IC proposed rules. Very different to the SHC boat. Similar to my axeman moth and cherub designs - fine entry, vertical...