Foiling RS600

A couple of weeks ago we had 29er Squad training down at Weymouth, on the saterday as well as the usually foiling moth thats always out, there was a foiling rs600. It looked great fun, it seemed like he couldnt get it going until he bore off a bit then he could bring it back up to go upwind but he was going very quick. It also looked quite stable trapezing and foiling at the same time but tacking and gybing the boat seemed to backflip everytime.

Has anyone else seen this and got any pictures, looks like an interesting concept.

I would love to have a go.  The RS 600 seems to have quite a lot going for it as the basis of a foiling singlehander-

1. Powerful responsive rig.

2. Light (although nowhere near as light as a Moth);

3. Cheap ( 2nd hand they are fantastic value).

I can see a few disadvantages too such as the rudder and centreboard being  close together and a long way aft as well as the inherent disadvantages of trying to foil and trapeze at the same time.  Having looked at videos of the foiling moths the stall, stoof, recover seems to be a fairly common manouevre which the sailors sitting securely on the wings routinely survive, however, if done on a trapeze boat I am sure it would result in a fast trip round or into the forestay.

I would definitely wear a crash helmet.

It would be interesting to see some photos of how it the foiling 600 has been put together as I imagine it would be difficult to position and route the control systems without cutting holes in the boat. Perhaps this would be an suitable topic for a Y&Y article? 

has anyone tryed a B14,

1.cheap second hand

2.powerfull rig

3.if you stall your firmly fixed to the racks, therfore avoiding a quick trip around the forstay!

if they got a 49er doin it.............