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AC45 on foils!

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Posted : June 25, 2012 8:26 am
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So what are they saying? Anything about speed?


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 8:59 am
Jake Kohl
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oh lord. That's insane. Assuming it increases the speed, it's going to add a whole new dimension to racing these as they will now slow down so much in the turn (or...I assume they will).

The C-class experience to date didn't show much promise with lifting foils on a catamaran - but their horsepower is limited. Maybe with the additional headsails and such, this will make sense. That looks wicked fast.


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 9:09 am
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Does the board have enough volume to build in controls, like on an airplane?


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 9:12 am
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sexy


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 9:26 am
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Impressive!!!


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by Jake
oh lord. That's insane. Assuming it increases the speed, it's going to add a whole new dimension to racing these as they will now slow down so much in the turn (or...I assume they will).

The C-class experience to date didn't show much promise with lifting foils on a catamaran - but their horsepower is limited. Maybe with the additional headsails and such, this will make sense. That looks wicked fast.

Willing to bet they manage to figure out how to tack it without coming off of foils.


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 11:13 am
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Find a moth driver and get to training!


 
Posted : June 25, 2012 11:25 am
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