Hydrofoiling upwind! Oracle Team USA grinders went into Beast Mode to trim the wing – one of the big factors in the comeback in San Francisco in September 2013.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
by John Casey.
Look at the speed on the top right corner
Source: CNN
Mainsail’s Shirley Robertson looks at how “foiling” has changed the sport of sailing.
take a look to the CNN Mainsail footage
by John Navas
Commentary from catsailingnews.com:
If the 45s were already one of the best designs ever made, the AC teams are transforming them in even better boats, right now there is not major weapon around in the sailing World than these modified ex floating cats.
The low freeboard design (but mixed with with appropriate width volume) have shown excellent margin in the AC series in +25 knots racing in UK and other windy venues, beyond I thought they wouldn´t pass the test when first launched.
Current beachcat foiler designs like FP & Nacra are not 100% foiling targeted designs, as both comes from floating mode camps (F18 & Nacra 20 flaoting version) , so without a doubt new foilers arise with refined hulls with less volume / aero drag optimized.
The AC45 looks like already designed in this regard, and continue to confirm what a great boat Oracle past technical team lead by Mike Drummond has delivered.
The Foilkite seems untouchable …
From catsailingnews.com
I’ve been informed that the Youth RB Series Foiling Generation will be only for youths living in the countries where the events are going to be held.
I really don´t get this decision and it is quite far away from …
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Phantom International is proud to announce that the Flying Phantom has been chosen by Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher for the Red Bull Foiling Generation 2015. A global sailing series that kicks off in Japan in April 2015. Below the Double Olympic champions and Red Bull Foiling Generation Sports Directors explain how they search for the world’s best talents and the format of this new sailing series.
“We are looking for the world’s best talents”
If you mix the experience and skills of double Olympic champions Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher, four brand-new Flying Phantom, regattas in seven countries and the world’s best young sailors then you have Red Bull Foiling Generation, a sailing series that kicks off in Japan in April 2015.
The global sailing series is open to talented sailors aged 16-20 who will be racing the Flying Phantom class innovative catamarans, a spectacular two-person vessel, capable of reaching speeds of up to 35 knots.
“We are looking for the world’s best talents”, said Red Bull Foiling Generation sports director Hans Peter Steinacher, inviting the new generation of sailors to take a step forward.
“To fly above the water with such an 18-foot catamaran gives you a good impression of what it is like to compete in a full-sized America’s Cup catamaran,” said Roman Hagara, double Olympic champion and sports director of the Red Bull Foiling Generation.
The Red Bull Foiling Generation starts in 2015 with seven events in Japan, the UK, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and France.
The races will usher in a new sailing knockout format with four boats at the start of every race, each distinctly marked with a colour, either, red, yellow, blue or grey.
The top two teams automatically advance to the next round, while the losing pair get another shot at qualifying with a lucky loser round. The draw will be further reduced in the quarter-finals and the last four, with the winner in the final crowned national competition winner.
The winners of their respective national will be invited to the inaugural world final of the Red Bull Foiling Generation in 2016 to compete but not merely for glory and honor.
Right before every event, sailing heroes Hagara and Steinacher will introduce the young sailors to the art of foiling and coach them.
“We are offering outstanding young sailors a unique career path starting on foiling catamarans in the Red Bull Foiling Generation, the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup and the Red Bull Sailing Team competing in the Extreme Sailing Series”, said Hans Peter Steinacher of the fantastic opportunities offered by the new series.
Red Bull Foiling Generation race calendar 2015
17. – 19. April Wakayama / Japan
26. – 28. June Weymouth / United Kingdom
10. – 12. July Malcesine/ Italy
07. – 09. August Malmö / Sweden
04. – 06. September Aarhus / Denmark
25. – 27. September St. Petersburg / Russia
19. – 21. October TBA / France
Session avec le Stunt 9 volant! Prêté par Cata Pro Race
From Ben Ainslie Racing
Without cutting edge design and engineering, no one wins the America’s Cup. In pursuit of their goal, the British team has developed their own sophisticated 3D sailing simulator, modelled on those used by the world of motorsport. The virtual flying machine will support the vital link between sailors and designers, creating an important feedback mechanism between the two core parts of the performance team. It also provides an equally important feedback loop within the design team’s optimisation process. The man leading the team behind BAR’s (virtual) flying machine is Dr. James Roche, formerly of McLaren Applied Technologies, where he had worked on the design of the skeleton sled that Lizzy Yarnold used to slide to gold at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Dr. James Roche – The man behind the Virtual Flying Machine
By Mark Chisnell
The ground floor of Ben Ainslie Racing’s temporary headquarters has been through several lives in the short time that the team has been there. It started as a boatshed, but the boat-building quickly outgrew the available space and was moved to another facility. Once the dust had been cleared, a sealed, air-conditioned room was built to house the computer servers that power the design team’s thinking and research. Two areas were partitioned off for meeting rooms, as the growing team swallowed the desk space on the first floor. A gym was built, so the sailing team could fit training sessions into busy days, and in one corner…
The simulator links the Sailing Team – who use it for training – and the Design Team
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From windward-islands.net
No kidding, forget about your old Donuts, Banana, Seabob, Kayak and Jetski ! The future of water toys is here : The Quadrofoil Watercraft. This electric hydrofoiling watercraft will take your yacht charter vacations to the next level, and will provide you with a brand new thrilling water experience. The luxury water toy Quadrofoil, comes with a futuristic aerodynamic design plus a hydrofoil steering system. And is capable of reaching a cruising speed of 21 knots.
The Quadrofoil Watercraft will be available in two versions :
1The Q2S Electric Limited Edition
(Available only for the first 100 requests, so act fast !)
From 22.500 €, shipping March 201
*Specs :
Height 1213 mm
Seats 2
Length 2990 mm
Speed up to 40 km/h (21 knots)
Width (without foils) 1500 mm
Range up to 100 km
Total width 2500 mm
Batteries 10 KWh
Weight 100 kg
Motor QE 5,5 KW
The Q2A Electric
From 15.000 €, shipping in the second quarter of 2015
Specs :
Height 1213 mm
Seats 2
Length 2990 mm
Speed up to 30 km/h (16 knots)
Width (without foils) 1500 mm
Range up to 50 km
Total width 2500 mm
Batteries 4,5 KWh
Weight 100 kg
Motor QE 3,7 KW
