Sailing on Foils? - America's Cup Thread

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Disappointed in the showing of Sweden's Artemis, the editors of Sweden's Search magazine decided on their kind of "winter fun" by putting their Hobie on foils.

"We put foils on a Hobie Tiger F18 and started to try foiling in late November, with 2 degrees Celsius and 16-18 knots of wind. On the second test session we manage to get some good foiling and the top speed reached 32.1 knots. [39.1-MPH]

"We started with foils on daggerboard and rudder originally designed for a lighter boat, eventually the rudder foil broke but the boat continued to fly. After 30 minutes of sweet flying around feeling like the Kiwis the daggerboard foil broke as well and the fun was over.

"Repairs and reinforcements of the foils are already started and if the ice doesn’t prevent us from sailing, we will try to go flying again during the winter."

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