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jeffers ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048 |
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Well I believe the rudder should just go straight on?......I could be wrong though!
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iiitick ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 04 Jun 14 Location: gb Online Status: Offline Posts: 478 |
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Apparently when using one of these devices radial sail is used because of lower drag.....so put foils on a Byte C2.
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Chris 249 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2041 |
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It doesn't foil upwind. The boat feels very different upwind with the foils on, though. You can really feel the way the foils "grip" the water and restrict the boat's rise and fall with the waves.
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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It looked like a great idea until one looked at 1 the price tag and 2 the video of it foiling - never upwind. Shame really - I like the idea of a more stable hull form to sit on while not foiling, and a smaller pricetag. Scow moth as a foiler was tried, which would tick the boxes.
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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well at over 3 grand just for the foils you really have to ask why you wouldn't just get an older moth instead....
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robinft ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 18 Jun 04 Location: Thorpe Bay YC Online Status: Offline Posts: 252 |
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Anyone know how many have been sold? Significant price drop in the offing?
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mongrel ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 27 Aug 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 304 |
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You mean the Laser B*stard!
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jeffers ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048 |
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Kites, trapezes, racks and foils have all been done using a Laser as a base before. As long as you can take them all off should you wish to go class racing then I don;t see a problem.....
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And these are the foils Bethwaite might recommend...
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Laser's very own Franken-Laser! Mind, being a Bethwaite design, there must be more differences than at first meet the eye. |
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