foiling

Hello everyone, I’d like to share a foiling concept we’ve been developing, currently under patent, which might open an interesting alternative design path for the Mini 6.50 class. CAFAR – Canting Foil Arm System The basic idea is fairly simple in principle: partially decouple hull form...

Any thoughts of what would happen with the overall drag of a very fine hullform (e.g., rowing shell, racing kayak), if one placed a small lifting foil below the craft’s centre of gravity, (or perhaps a little behind it to account for hull squat)? So this foil size and attack angle would not be...

I'd like to introduce WingHopper.com to the BoatDesign community! WingHopper is a parametric wing design web app that allows anyone to create a beautiful, efficient, and accurate wing model. Initially I developed WingHopper for my naval architecture and hydrofoil design consulting, using it as...

These are more pictures of the boat with no writing superimposed on the picture. These were taken on her first day of full flying foiling-only her fourth day of sailing-with only about 2 hours testing before foiling! Much more to come... These pictures were taken in a wind measured at 5mph(not...

These are more pictures of the boat with no writing superimposed on the picture. These were taken on her first day of full flying foiling-only her fourth day of sailing-with only about 2 hours testing before foiling! Much more to come... These pictures were taken in a wind measured at 5mph(not...

These are more pictures of the boat with no writing superimposed on the picture. These were taken on her first day of full flying foiling-only her fourth day of sailing-with only about 2 hours testing before foiling! Much more to come... These pictures were taken in a wind measured at 5mph(not...

You know, its often said, that a boat floating right on its waterline is well designed. Well, the little red line you see on the main foil was put there to mark the anticipated design flight waterline well before she ever foiled......

Here are shots of the boat foiling and a couple showing Dan Burke and me with the boat after sailing.

This shows the tip of the UptiP ama foil with the i-flap breaching the surface.

The explanation for what you see here is in the thread in post 1414-a dynamic pitch-up caused by an abrupt rudder movement. I think it's a cool picture of the hulls jumping clear of the water...

This picture was taken as part of a dress rehersal to check that everything fit before the first sail which happened 6/17/14-see the thread for video and analysis. This picture shows the lite air Code Zero.

This picture was taken as part of a dress rehersal to check that everything fit before the first sail which happened 6/17/14-see the thread for video and analysis.

This picture was taken as part of a dress rehersal to check that everything fit before the first sail which happened 6/17/14-see the thread for video and analysis.