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    Posted: 13 Oct 14 at 4:57pm
Originally posted by iiitick

Apparently when using one of these devices radial sail is used because of lower drag.....so put foils on a Byte C2.

Well I believe the rudder should just go straight on?......I could be wrong though!
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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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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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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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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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Anyone know how many have been sold? Significant price drop in the offing?


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Originally posted by overturned

How about a new class of boat?

Say a development class,
using just the laser hull, but everything else is up to the sailors.

Carbon mast,
Radial cut sails,
Foils,
Bigger rudders,
Stays???

What about it?
 
You mean the Laser B*stard!
 
 
 
 
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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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Originally posted by tgruitt

Stick some foils on this!




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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