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....
