foiling seems to be growing and growing in many different forms of water sports lately.
I have this ever growing itch to get into sailing as I get closer to my mid 30's and see it as a future sport for myself that I also see my three year old growing up on the water learning to sail.sup.surf.kite etc.
I started looking at moths and waszps but as a novice they look like an extreme learning curve.
I recently come across the different version of the foiling moth. A foiling cat. The UFO. These are literally just starting to go into production and at $7600US complete kit ready to sail and I was told by the team making these boxed and shipped to Aus from them in Rhode Island is only $620US. This is looking like a likely purchase for me within the next 18 months.
Anyone had any experience sail foiling anything??
The ufo looks like an easier easier learning curve as when not onfoil you are simply sailing at low speed and not capsizing as you would in a moth. https://>
Moths are relatively easy to foil in a straight line but bloody hard to tack/gybe on foils.
Most natural dinghy sailing reactions need to be reversed to sail a foiling moth
Saying that it's an amazingly weird and wonderful thing to foil. Akin to the feeling of planing a sinker windsurf board, on top of already planing
I''ve had short goes at foiling a Moth and Laser. Foiling's fun and the guys behind the UFO are excellent. The boat has some very good ideas. They seem to have performed poorly in light winds in their first regatta, finishing behind a 1940s or 1950s 12 foot singlehander and other rather slow boats.
A good dinghy sailor in a decent breeze can hop on a foiler and get it up straight away, but they do tend to require very fast reactions and some intensive steering, weight movement and mainsheet work. Not a beginner's boat.
