Hey guys not sure if this has already been posted but
just incase its not check it out...

www.dailymotion.com/video/49742

formula mmmm...... nurse......no 3's have occurred.................

no white caps, max speed, gotta love formula.....

I dont think that the link is broken, it seems to work for me

Yeah i know that the tri is reefed but still shows just how
fast a little windsurfer can be in such light wind. Just think
about how cool it would be to pull up next to scandia on the
bay then just blast past it.

Geez that hobie video is pretty narly, as an occasional tornado with
spiniker cat sailer that thing would clearly whoop the ass of the
tornado, imaging that hobie with some spinikers :)

junk IE get a decent browser, try firefox

I heard another name for the tri-foiler is the cheese-grater, cos thats what happens when you stack it.

try updating your media player

If your using firefox you need to right click the link to the
video and then click save link as... then it will come up as
a file to download.

the future looks bright!

so many avenues.

thats awesome too what happens when u hit a plastic shopping bag?

Sorry about the incoherent typing before, what i ment to say was i wonder if it will be able to get enough speed out of the sail upwind to make the foils to work properly or weather it will just sit in the water and go like a slug :( also i was watching beond tomorrow the a couple of months ago and someone has also invented a hydofoil flatwater kayak. Its single man and can go faster than a four man.
video can be found here: www.foilkayak.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=2

Formulaboy, the Moth DOES get on the foils upwind and goes phreakin' fast. Rohan(world champ in Moths) reckons he is as quick as the Formula boards in Melbourne upwind (but I have not heard the FW boys confirm it) and about 49er pace all-round in a breeze. It is only slow under 7-8 knots of wind, when it drops off the wind and is only Laser/Laser Radial pace.

The Trifoiler was apparently quick at times, but some people felt that it was a bit boring to sail (it went fast but with little sensation) and it was a complete dog in light winds and therefore slow all-round - there are 3 foiler tris available and all of them are rated on handicap about as fast as a Hobie 16, way way slower than a Tornado or Taipan.

(a) it's not a "theory" about the trifoiler handicap, it's fact.

http://www.ussailing.org/portsmouth/tables06/tables06mh.htm

(b) no, Portsmouth yardsticks from the US (or UK, nor Australia AFAIK) are NOT set like you say. In fact the US scheme gives different handicaps for 4 different windstrengths, and has information about performance over 6 different windstrengths so handicappers can adjust for conditions.