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Watched a leg of the Sail GP race recently. Crazy the speed and different sailing techniques used for thos huge foil boats. Saw a Moth design that used a foil to fly. Really fast. Anybody seen a foil boat design available to build at home? Thinking the folks at CLC will rig up a jimmy skiff or other eventually (hint, hint), but was wondering what was out there. Stay well.
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RE: Foil Boat
Oh, I can imagine this on many CLC type boats with dagger boards. Essentially, instead of a straight dagger board that is inserted from the top, one would have a T shaped dagger board that is inserted from the bottom. The wings would have to be shaped for lift and somehow secured to the boat - pined through the daggerboard trunk - possibly. While I can dream of this in my head, in reality all I can picture are capsizes and instability and sturctural failure. Good luck!.
Everyone always wants to go faster, but I think this guy has it right...https://youtu.be/xlqbrgoGXsg
RE: Foil Boat
» Submitted by spclark - Sun, 7/3/22 » 9:13 PM
https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-sailboats-homebuilt-no-hiking-out/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55vYu4wZuwE
https://www.sail-world.com/news/229181/How-to-home-build-a-Moth
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/753297475142305103/
https://smalltrimarans.com/blog/diy-foiling-trimaran-video/
Then there's the IMOCA bunch taking it to extremes:
https://www.imoca.org/en/races/imoca-globe-series/vendee-globe