[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=klozhald]The Flying Phantom from Phantom International in France is not a [b][i]beachcat [/i][/b]in the truest sense.
You cannot beach those foils.
You have to hold the cat in the breakers and await the catrax.[/quote]
They are used off a beach so I think they are beach cats. Fact is, NONE of the new generation racing boats are usually "beached" in the traditional Hobie 16 sense, and even a lot of serious Hobie 16 racers are prone to stop in the water and use cat trax.
Most owners of new F18's, F16's, N17's, Carbon 20's etc. never intentionally let their boats drag across the sand, even using stern pads while resting on the cat trax (with cradles) while on land.
So while the Foils are a new level of complication, mainly because they have to be inserted from underneath the hulls, the owners experience won't be that different from other new models of beachcats. Even putting in the foils from underneath isn't that bad since the boat is light enough to lift by pulling on the opposite trap wire.
That's my take, what does everyone else think?[/quote]
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