Moth on Foils: 35.9 knots(41.29 mph)

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From Scuttlebutt Europe today:
Moth Regatta In Works For Bermuda

Bermuda could host a regatta featuring America's Cup sailors competing in the foiling International Moth dinghy.

The Royal Gazette has learned that the groundwork for the regatta has already been laid with invitations sent out to sailors, while various other plans regarding the logistics of the event have also been put in place.

Finer details of the event such as date and venue remain a mystery, however, with organizers declining to comment.

There are presently five International Moths owned by local sailors.

The single handed Moth is the most technically advanced racing dinghy in the world and is designed and built to fly on hyrdofoils at high speeds like the America's Cup Class wing-sail catamarans.

It is why the high performance dinghy has become an integral part of training for America's Cup teams.

"Sailing Moths is a big part of our preparations," Rome Kirby, of Oracle Team USA, said. "We are sailing Moths at this point on our own to kind of stay current.

Peter Burling, who replaced Dean Barker as helmsman of Emirates Team New Zealand this year, is the International Moth World Champion. -- Colin Thompson

www.royalgazette.com
 
Moth on Foils!

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Moth on Foils!

New video from The Foiling Week:
At about 1:31 in you can see one of the classic Moth crashes as the boat goes over a powerboat wake. As it crosses the wake nose high the wand loses contact with the water and springs forward. What happens when the wand does that is that the back end of the flap goes max up and the foil all of a sudden develops max downforce and the result is a crash. If the wand could be stopped from moving in anticipation of such a wave or better yet if the main foil was manually controlled, that kind of crash would be very unlikely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHkPfnhLoZY
 
"At about 1:31 in you can see one of the classic Moth crashes as the boat goes over a powerboat wake. As it crosses the wake nose high the wand loses contact with the water and springs forward. What happens when the wand does that is that the back end of the flap goes max up and the foil all of a sudden develops max downforce and the result is a crash. If the wand could be stopped from moving in anticipation of such a wave or better yet if the main foil was manually controlled, that kind of crash would be very unlikely."

Not likely. The horizontal foil ventilates as it exits the powerboat wake. The flap position would make little difference under this condition. You are just seeing what you want to see in order to justify reposting your views on manual control.
 
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