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Great production done by a local TV crew for Nacra of the BA clinic done by Fer van West. Check sequence with 3 crews onboard passing close to the rib.
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The level of satisfaction or achievement on flying an A-class on current foil conf has no par.
Good video to see how dynamic is to sail , and handle foiling while learning, have already better rides than today, but this one is good to see the work involved.
Best sequence at 1:50.
FP ? F20FCS? Those stable flyers out of the box are for ‘rookies’! Don´t waste time and try to learn foiling one of these in current state of development, Historic times and I feel lucky to be a part of it.
Cheers,
Martin
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It was an informal test after 1 day of launching the FP, no swap of crews for instance. We just tested like 5-6 times during the day upwind and downwind matchups.Video above is unedited 2:18 of upwind which represents the day perfectly.
EDIT: As my good friends crewing the Nacra thought the report was assigning responsibility to them (all the contrary, they had the best handling and best speed of the day as reported) I will simply put that in an informal first test upwind, 12-.14 knots, gusty conditions and some chop, the FP with Gurvan Bontemps as crew won first round.
Full racing coverage of the 2015 Bangin’ The Corners Cup, hosted by Randy Cunningham, Loïck Peyron & Tom Spithill.
Here are some statistics of the calibre of the fleet:
20 competitors
7 nations
7 Olympic medalists
10 America’s Cup sailors
4 Moth World Champions
About: Bangin’ The Corners shows sailing in a different way, poking harmless fun at the best sailors in the world. Here you will find the latest sailing news, interviews with America’s Cup & Olympic sailors and hilarious skits centered around making fun of these guys and girls.
The Oracle Team USA comeback from 1-8 down in the America’s Cup depended on learning to tack the boat faster. Highlights of the AC72s on the upwind legs in San Francisco.
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.
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 …
