The Foiling 101

"Foiling for everyone"

Knee-jerk response...

Not at that price
Not on my small lake
Not if I want some proper competitive racing

Another niche craft, in a niche market, with not very many niches left.

But mildly interesting.

Originally posted by iGRF ....] They'r talking about it on facebook on the sailing jihad group where there's the same number of luddites throwing cold water on the subject as you might expect here, lots of tooth sucking at fifteen grand, but other than that I think everyone would love a go on one.

I'd love a go, but fifteen grand is real money.
It's the old critical mass thing again, you need similar things to race against.
I note their website talks of the perception of the foiling moth as being very hard.
I've not sailed one myself, but I've heard that the most difficult thing is persuading someone to let you have a go! Trouble is of course, all the cheap foiling moths tend to be early ones which maybe don't work so well.
And no one in their right mind is going to lend a good one to someone like me who is blatantly too heavy and not the most agile.

Why is a tri a better platform than a cat? Are there any cats with 'proper' wand controlled foils as opposed to curved boards?

"Why is a tri a better platform than a cat?"

Not sure, probably more stable, but at a guess three hulls are going to have more drag in the water or thro the air, than two hulls. So can't see any advantage in terms of efficiency.

Tri or cat if it only has one supporting foil then the structure above the water is irrelevant.
The tri doesn't look much different to a Moth with foam swimming sausages in the wing tips.
Foiling for the masses must be good thing, albeit only for some.

Alright then, foiling for all those the right weight, quick enough, sufficient ability and sufficient disposable, and who regularly sail on a suitable piece of water.
Sounds a bit like windsurfing to me.