Sailing on Foils? - America's Cup Thread

[garysanfran]

Originally Posted by Par Four

Is that picture for real? Geeze, I guess that guy really needed to hold that course? Was there contact?

Great photo though... I wonder if the sailing helmsman lifted the port side as an avoidance maneuver, or was he was already up on one side...

Would love to know 'the rest of the story'

If you notice the port rudder of the cat is about 1' below and in front of the starboard bow rail of the committee boat. However the starboard hull seems to be further forward. There would have been a collision if this photo is real. Unless the cat could fly 1' higher on its starboard hull very quickly.