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Originally Posted by trfour
I was only trying to support a long time friend out here in, "Don Hughes."
Where are you going?
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Apparently in circles ....
Not being a sailor I was wondering what that wierd watercraft I saw last Sun was and bam ! .... D.H. puts up a post w/a pic of said boat. Reading the Mac26 articles made me wonder if there was a another way to achieve the principle behind the boat, light weight for power-boating (and trailering) while still retaining "sailability". Instead of taking on ballast to counteract healing I wondered if something more modern could be done and of course it's been done (tabs on centerboard = my under water foil musing).
My interest in 'foils comes about as part enginerdness plus part cheapness (foil efficiency = less $$ spent on gas)
I often wonder if it's an old (as your pics show) idea whose time as come (given modern, cheap control systems). Imagine faster boats using less gas, indifferent to the chop and leaving little to no wake. If only I was; a) smart and b) had degrees in aeronautical engineering instead EE. Oh well
