Who says foiling is just for AC cats?

www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/toby-hodges-blog/watch-the-worlds-first-foiling-cruiser-take-flight-at-30-knots-first-video-of-gunboats-g4-63363

It looks to me like there is a little more potential for heeling when under foil (compared to a displacement cat).
The motion at anchor, on the other hand, seems similar to other cruising cats, i.e., a little bit of hobby-horsing about the anchor bridle.

I love the idea of being able to zip around at those speeds though. It would transform sailing in places like SA where every interesting destination is 60 nautical miles away - or further (excepting Yorke Peninsula).

I wonder how the foil would work in 3m seas though...

looks about ready to dig in and pitchpole at any second. i would love to see it off the breeze in some swell.

Hardly what I call a cruiser, maybe useful for coastal hopping or a very glorified day sailer. Everyone should keep a bar of soap handy as those wave piercing bows will ensure that everyone gets a good drenching.

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

so no comments on the actual capsize in Ramona's vid above?

From the first vid, if someone had said this cat is going to go over, I would have thought a pitchpole would have been most likely.
With pretty fine bows and it's motion on the foils, I could imaging burying the bows into the next wave as is comes down and tripping up.

Watching the above though, it looks simply like the main wasn't able to be dumped in time, and she sailed over quite conventionally, almost AC45 style.

Glad no one was seriously hurt

Did the keel boat pass that cat eventually

crustysailor said..
so no comments on the actual capsize in Ramona's vid above?

From the first vid, if someone had said this cat is going to go over, I would have thought a pitchpole would have been most likely.
With pretty fine bows and it's motion on the foils, I could imaging burying the bows into the next wave as is comes down and tripping up.

Watching the above though, it looks simply like the main wasn't able to be dumped in time, and she sailed over quite conventionally, almost AC45 style.

Glad no one was seriously hurt

The cat was broad reaching when she capsized. The boat is traveling that fast that the relative wind is well forward so it is effectively sailing upwind as it sails downwind! Much like an iceboat. That's why the main is cleated in fairly tight. Dumping the main might not have helped much. When I raced cats the theory was to drive further offwind in this situation, rounding up and dumping the main was to be avoided. Regular cat sailors might be able to make more accurate assessments.

yes and there was also the suggestion on other forums that it may have been an 'encouraged' capsize, whether as part of the normal testing or for publicity.
eg: builder seems ok with it in the vid

not sure if I'm buying this theory but given it was apparently a gun crew charged with testing the boat to the limit, I'd also expect the helmsman would have the experience to drive as required, or yes maybe the blades did stall.

of course easy for all of the above speculation.
Still an amazing boat that would be great to see in action.