Dinghy development: when is a sailing dinghy not a sailing dinghy

when is a sailing dinghy not a sailing dinghy

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Topic: when is a sailing dinghy not a sailing dinghy

Posted By: ifoxwell
Subject: when is a sailing dinghy not a sailing dinghy
Date Posted: 21 Nov 15 at 4:12pm

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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 21 Nov 15 at 4:14pm

Can't see it... apparently the plugin isn't supported on my tablet.

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Posted By: ventus
Date Posted: 21 Nov 15 at 4:34pm

Originally posted by Rupert

Can't see it... apparently the plugin isn't supported on my tablet.

Seems to be dinghy kitesurfing !!!!!

Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 21 Nov 15 at 4:50pm

When kite sailing first came out (mainly with multihulls) I was trying to organise borrowing a big traction kite to see what sort of performance we could get out of my Cherub, but soon the boards took over and it seemed kinda pointless.

Posted By: realnutter
Date Posted: 21 Nov 15 at 5:08pm

For the sailor with an aversion to tacking?

Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 21 Nov 15 at 10:17pm

http://www.nhuttonboatbuilders.co.uk/jacobs_ladder.html

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Posted By: Chris 249
Date Posted: 23 Nov 15 at 8:56am

I think it's a dinghy, but I can't work out why it's such a heavy dinghy given there's no shrouds or compression loads.

It was interesting to see that after many years of testing and development, Don Montague's 9m foiling kite trimaran raced against the foiling kites, windsurfers and 18 Foot Skiffs in the downwind race to the Golden Gate bridge - and was about 2/3 as fast as the 18s and 1/3 as fast as the foiling kites.

When it comes to day racing in open waters and at least moderate winds, the foiling kiteboard seem to make everything else look slow, at least up to the 45 foot foiling America's Cup boats - and some are saying that the kites are knots faster than the cats. It's wonderfully ironic that we may now be back in the situation we were in the '70s, when the cat sailors made much of the fact that their smaller boats could beat the AC yachts. The Moths are also arguably back in the '00s, when they could not compete with the boards.

But one would imagine that a foiling dinghy would be much slower than a board, yet lack the conventional dinghy's usability. More of a resort fun machine, if you can find a resort that would allow people to hire one, perhaps.

Personally I'm more tempted to get a foiling kiteboard than a foiling dinghy or kiting dinghy, but it's a big challenge to take on.

Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 23 Nov 15 at 9:30am

I think you should get a foiling kiteboard as well, it's really easy to pick up - no really

Er best buy a helmet, just for the first couple of hours..

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