Doug Lord
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If you've had any reason to lose confidence in the youth today here is a reason to rebuild that confidence. This 19 year old has designed and built an A class Cat that flies on legal foils! That is a big deal.
More here: http://www.catsailingnews.com/2013/03/raphael-censier-19-yrs-old-designer.html
From the catsailing article-click on the url above more more of the article:
Last Thursday I asked "Guess Who is Flying?" and published a great still of a legal A-Class airborne. The sailor Flying in that image is Raphael Censier, a French young kid, 19yrs old.
Flying is no novelty now a days with the Americas Cup AC72s plus several hydroptere like project with huge foils outside any racing class I posted in the past.
I think what people could relate more with this image was seeing a -racing- beachcat elevated in mid air, wondering "how about me?" All beyond the flighting concept being proven while racing...phrase that it seems I have to repeat to infinite loop...
But this is just a detail on Raphael's work. He is a prolific Carbon Master by now. And it is great to see how the A-Class encourage home builds, it was a key factor for him to chose over other classes.
Expect to see him in more great projects in the future, right now his present is brilliant.
Raphael is a committed student aiming High. With kids like him, the future and progression of our craft assisted sport is guaranteed. Keep pushing the limits kid.
More images, videos
Go to his site and use the translate box on the left-very interesting stuff!
http://raphael-censier.jimdo.com
click:
More here: http://www.catsailingnews.com/2013/03/raphael-censier-19-yrs-old-designer.html
From the catsailing article-click on the url above more more of the article:
Last Thursday I asked "Guess Who is Flying?" and published a great still of a legal A-Class airborne. The sailor Flying in that image is Raphael Censier, a French young kid, 19yrs old.
Flying is no novelty now a days with the Americas Cup AC72s plus several hydroptere like project with huge foils outside any racing class I posted in the past.
I think what people could relate more with this image was seeing a -racing- beachcat elevated in mid air, wondering "how about me?" All beyond the flighting concept being proven while racing...phrase that it seems I have to repeat to infinite loop...
But this is just a detail on Raphael's work. He is a prolific Carbon Master by now. And it is great to see how the A-Class encourage home builds, it was a key factor for him to chose over other classes.
Expect to see him in more great projects in the future, right now his present is brilliant.
Raphael is a committed student aiming High. With kids like him, the future and progression of our craft assisted sport is guaranteed. Keep pushing the limits kid.
More images, videos
Go to his site and use the translate box on the left-very interesting stuff!
http://raphael-censier.jimdo.com
click:
