So, Martin, are your rudders (hull appendages) movable and retractable. I would suggest that they are. If they are, they need to be inserted from...
Martin I have to agree with you about the wording to do with rudders being badly phrased. I believe the real question is whether they are even...
Fine Doug. Whatever you say. I hadn't realised that you had now become the expert on A class performance as well as all things foiling. You...
I see that you still would rather try to be a smart arse rthare than try to contribute to the conversation. Anybody with any sense knows that the...
When am I going to learn. Repeat after me. Never get involved with an argument with Doug Lord.......but anyway, here goes...... Let's start...
Doug Cotton sails and wooden spars were used sucessfully in the past and even metal mast and woven sails more recently. However, that isn't a...
Your own words explain why manual control is not the way to go. If you were building a boat you were trying to get the highest top speed out of...
And why do you think that Ilett went away from manual control and why everybody who has tried it on a bi-foiler has also given up? I presume it is...
As usual, Doug, you look at raw data without understanding what the hell is going on. Scott has spelt it out for you. In previous years, either...
Really great project and I ish you all the best with it. As some have said, don't let the negativity of others get you down. Here are a few "real...
I think you are right and this is why Sean didn't take it further. In the end, it might just be too difficult. Maybe, if I can find a rig, I will...
I honestly don't know. It was sean Langman who looked at it. However, I have been thinking of my own "challenges list". As we have just sold our...
Sorry for the hijack. Back to the topic at hand. A few years ago, one of the 18' skiff skippers looked very seriously at using a Tornado rig on...
Doug Yet again, you are talking ********. Thomas is a civil engineer. How can you expect anybody to take you seriously when you so regularly...
FC One of the fathers of modern small boat design, Uffa Fox, famously said that the only only place that weight was OK was in a road roller! It...
Doug, Doug, Doug. You persist in stating irrelevent information. The physics don't take into account just the weight of the boat. To calculate...
You clearly grasp the issues well! Surely the question that needs answering is what windstrength a foiler should be designed to take off in. I...
Doug Why focus on the race that Sam didn't finish. What is quantifiable about "behind but close"? Why not focus on the race he did finish, in...
But, Doug, I do get it and I will say to you agian, you try to distort the data to support your arguements. You still haven't explained some of...
Sorry, I forgot to add that the I14 that Doug posted a picture of might have foiled but it was actually slowere around a course than a standard...
