The future is now
The boat that will revolutionize the 18′ skiff fleet and save the World has been launched in Switzerland.
Or at least it’s been test sailed (not exactly in foiling form).
And there’s even photos…
The boat that will revolutionize the 18′ skiff fleet and save the World has been launched in Switzerland.
Or at least it’s been test sailed (not exactly in foiling form).
And there’s even photos…
April 30th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Looks like the lovechild from a drunken union between Carl William’s amphetamines cook and a plumber.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Which bit is 18ft long?
May 1st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hang on…. Instead of a spiderweb of tubes that would be at least 1.5mm thick each, why don’t they build a shell of 0.3mm carbon put in a layer of really light nomex, followed by another layer of 0.3mm carbon. You could stiffen this with a couple of really light carbon nomex frames. You could then put a light deck on it so that you don’t fall through it or break your ankle when you tack. This structure would also ‘float’ on it’s own and not explode/ fall apart when it inevitably comes crashing down to the water.
I’ll call this radical invention a “HULL”
there’s a vid too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfsIgb8iIqk
May 1st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Anyone else think the windage/air drag on this thing would be horrendous??
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Give me a pair of flippers and and air tank any day.