Introducing Foiling 101
by The Foiling 101 Team 18 Nov 2016 09:22 GMT
18 November 2016
The F101 foiling trimaran © Sportsboatworld.com
Foiling for everyone...
The all carbon F101 is an all new foiling trimaran, aimed specifically at those sailors who, for whatever reason, thought foiling was too difficult for them!
The F101 concept originates from the experience of teaching many people to foil in the international Moth class, and addressing the main barriers they faced. So we set about creating a new boat without the design restrictions of a box rule - in this way foiling could be made easier.
Our ethos is simple; to create a foiling boat that anyone can sail.
Technical stuff...
- Long central hull gets the rudder and main foil further apart, removing some of the limitations and bad habits that other foiling boats suffer from.
- All carbon construction: main hull, foils, floats, beams, 2 piece mast.
- Very simple, well thought out control systems.
- All up weight: 80 kg
- Sail area: 8.5m2 main + 7m2 gennaker
- Target crew weight range: 70-120 kg
- Take off wind speed: 8 kts
- Target boat speed range: 10-25 kts
Who's behind the project?
The F101 is collaboration of some of the major brands within the marine industry:
- Sportsboatworld.com - worldwide distributors for the SB20 one design Sportsboat.
- Pro-Vela.com - the world's first foiling school, and teaching foiling since 2009.
- Whiteformula.com, one of worlds leading brands for small racing multihulls, also the builder of the SB20 and the Whisper foiling catamaran.
- Ron Price of Solent University - designer of the Whisper Foiling catamaran.
- Hyde Sails, Selden Masts and Harken have all been an integral part of the design group.
- A new company, Foiling World Ltd has been incorporated that will be the trading company for the F101.