Flying Cherubs

It is much more likely that foil-assist, verging on low flying will be tried in the near future. This might be far more significant longer term because if such a development is successful many future dinghy designs could adopt it. 

It is unlikely that full foiling would ever become the norm for sailing dinghies in the UK because most inland water is not suited to it. 

Foil assist however could see shorter waterline boats equalling or outperforming bigger boats. The current rules Cherubs are close to doing just that but lack upwind speed, particularly in lighter conditions, though huge progress has been made with the very latest designs and the use of T-foils. If the Cherubs crack this one the class could take off and/or spawn a very interested one-design because i. They are easier to sail than their reputation ii. They are cheaper to build than commonly thought and much cheaper than boats they may soon be competing with for speed and handling 

You can build a competitive Cherub for the price of a new RS200 (£8,000), add the cost of a suit of sails to that (£1,500?) and you can assemble a professionally built boat. Soon that boat could have 2 foils, not just one (yet have little or no launching issues), be very suited to the bigger ponds and (manageable) dynamite on open water.

...some of them even have halyards so you can take the sails down!