Dinghy foiling - is it something you'd do?

If what I wanted was just speed, then I'd get a windsurfer, cat or kiteboard.
Although an RS800 or B14 at full chat seems pretty fast.
The last race I sailed where foiling moths were entered, they stayed ashore because it was only F2.
I think foiling does not fit in with racing aganst anything else, so you need critical mass of enough of them to race against.

The idea of a foiling cat that could cover big distances is interesting though, does it open the possibility of a sailing cruiser routinely doing 25 knots?
 
If they were about £1k instead of £3k+, I would probably buy one for my laser, just to turn a few heads.
 
If I had a Laser I'd absolutely have to have a set of these just for fun / the experience, I don't care much about racing anyway but always wanted to try foils long before the current easier generation.
 
andygc said:
You didn't watch the videos, then? The ones on the YouTube channel you can go to from the link in the OP.
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Yes I did, and it shows a laser on a beam reach in 15kts+ of breeze, which is about the only situation it would work in.
 
Not that I'm planning to waste my money on this, but you don't seem to have found all the videos. There's one with much less than 15 kts of wind, on a close reach, and a normal Laser left standing.
 
andygc said:
Not that I'm planning to waste my money on this, but you don't seem to have found all the videos. There's one with much less than 15 kts of wind, on a close reach, and a normal Laser left standing.
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If you think so
 
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