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    Posted: 26 Jan 23 at 5:32pm
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/258024/First-look-at-boot-Peacoq-foiling-doublehander

Personally a dead end but other opinions undoubtedly differ.

For me sailing is at heart a simple pursuit and the more complicated it becomes the less it appeals. Sounds a bit plinky plunky but lots of extras are a distraction from the "mindfullness" of "doing sailing". 
edit add: it seems I'm not so do different as do what I like and ignore the latest must have.


 


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Looks like a foiling Fireball. Not my cup of tea either, doesn't appear to be any statistical evidence to suggest high tech boats are doing anything to reverse the decline in sailing.
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Dead end, but it’s just nice to have some thing to comment on  Smile
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Should help deter wild swimmers
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More accessible than what ? Prices seam closely guarded, doubt you will get change from 20K

Lifting the windward foil sounds very dangerous, they don’t have any pictures I can find on the website. 

140kg 14ft boat?

Sure it is a fantastic boat to sail but minimal market potential, Foiling is very old hat now and still not taken up by a major dinghy manufacturer. 
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cant see it foiling too well at 140kg. A GP14 is 133kg.
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Originally posted by Paramedic

cant see it foiling too well at 140kg. A GP14 is 133kg.

It’s does seem unnecessarily heavy for a modern boat . Is it a all in weight including foils and mast ?  Smile
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Their website says it weighs 130 'equipped' (which I take to mean ready to sail), about the same as an RS400, a GP hull only weighs 133kg, ready to sail it must be at least 170kg. FWIW the Sail World article on the Peacoq says the weight is 140kg and the base price is €28,000.  https://www.sail-world.com/news/244397/World-premiere-of-the-Peacoq-at-Boot-Düsseldorf

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Most clubs in the UK are in very limited waters, there are few places in the UK where , you get smooth water, steady air,and distance enough to stay on the plane. In my local waters you can be tacking every 30 seconds in a normal mono hull, all those fins would do is slow you down.

I think that will have and even more limited market here than the International Moths.
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I was going to say 28k  LOL then I thought better check a 49er, much the same money. I suppose high end dinghies have always been luxury money. 
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