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Rupert View Drop Down
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    Posted: 20 Oct 19 at 6:27am
Cotswit was a painful process, especially the years of argument as to where the boundaries actually are.

These foils look great for an amateur builder of floating boats, but a bit heavy to fly?
Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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tink View Drop Down
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Posts: 789 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Oct 19 at 6:09am
VERY VERY basic sketch but, just showing the configuration.

Trapeze so can quickly adjust trim



Edited by tink - 20 Oct 19 at 6:10am
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tink View Drop Down
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Clearly they have relocated to the U.K. since I made the post 
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Originally posted by tink

Nice if something like this was available in the U.K. http://www.windknife.com/



http://www.windknife.com/full-foil/5-inquiry-form

Is the Cotswolds not in the UK anymore? Did I miss COTSWEXIT?  Confused
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Posts: 3401 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Sam.Spoons Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Oct 19 at 10:02pm
Maybe a bit more slowly?  LOL

(Instant gratification is quick mind you)


Edited by Sam.Spoons - 19 Oct 19 at 10:06pm
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Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish"
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tink View Drop Down
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Posts: 789 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Oct 19 at 7:50pm
Funniest thing I have read in years. If you capsized your dinghy as you launch it and take it for a swim you get the whole experience.
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ian.r.mcdonald View Drop Down
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Stand up in a conventional dinghy. You get the same height above the water as if you are foiling, and you need to concentrate on your balance.

No money spent. And you can sit down and have a proper sail when the wind gets up?
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tink View Drop Down
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Posts: 789 		Post Options Post Options   Quote tink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Oct 19 at 7:11pm
Nice if something like this was available in the U.K. http://www.windknife.com/

For simple getting foiling dihedral foils have a lot of proven history, don’t require a control system and can be made with relatively cheap straight foils. Foilers from the 70s 80s simply worked without a lot of fuss. See Mayfly https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/foiling-forefront-vs-fakes/

The ideology of the UFO is spot on, focusing on more people foiling rather than going for ultimate speed. 
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tink View Drop Down
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Give this a go https://www.ayrs.org/repository/AYRS074.pdf
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