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There was a company out of San Francisco some years back that built several versions of an auto-foiling kite powered trimaran. It looked really cool. https://y
by semi-extrinsic 7y ago
There was a company out of San Francisco some years back that built several versions of an auto-foiling kite powered trimaran. It looked really cool.
https://youtu.be/1QzT_PBLSXo https://youtu.be/1QzT_PBLSXo
- contingencies 7y ago37knots 12-18 knots of wind Wow. I couldn't get over how flat the thing sat in the water... no heeling at all. I guess that is a joint property of removing the mast (ie. reducing unnecessary vertical offset prior to thrust distribution across the hull) plus curved foils / mini-keels visible a the start and end of the video. Impressive stability given the low profile in the water.
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoYeah, I'm curious why these are not more widespread. Maybe it's not as "cool" when it doesn't heel? And probably not possible to run in any regattas with that kite.