Maximum beam and number of allowed appendices will be key. Canting keel is standard on the Melges 40, and works well on a course. However, I am...
World Sailing needs to get their act together before any TV-ratings will get improved. Look at the latest world cup e.g. Almost only local sailors...
https://youtu.be/nfBumbfPpnM Old video, but it seems like the nacra fcs needs some breeze to start foiling
Not the same handicap for "carbon" and "carbon fcs" .I think Carbon has C foils. The winners in 2015 were quite decent sailors , as they...
Could be due to increased professionalism in the fleet, which led to less interest among the amateurs and eventually also among the top sailor,...
You wouldn't want to retract your foils in a race, if it slows you down, even a little. Maybe we'll just have to wait for the next quant23 one...
...and lastly "the future of sailing". I feel like it's often more used as a marketing term by people who're heavily invested in whatever the new...
...and wrt DSS-type foils. Although they might become a thing on offshore boats, I am a bit skeptical about the safety aspect of them on a tight...
i think the challenge with foilers in general is that there still is a lot of r&d to be done wrt control and shape of the boards. On moths and...
"The Olympics is currently part of the problem because it kills classes when it ditches them." ...then again, if a class is kept alive only...
Watched some old AC footage during the weekend and found it fairly entertaining. I think that match racing generally works better. Fleet racing...
1) a bit sceptical that it could reach sustained full foiling in 5 knots of wind. I think it was closer to 8. At least that was what I could find...
...and wrt foiling. To reach a bigger part of the masses, you would need a hybrid that is decent and safe to sail for sailors with different skill...
I think one problem is that in many countries there is too much focus on one design in dinghy racing. Yes, in junior, Olympic and other more high...
It's nice that they have improved the production, but building up a fan base requires determination and hard work. Although both Olympic- and...
