Actually seriously thinking about getting a foil for summer.
Anyone have one? Do you like it?
How much are they? I know Horue, what others should I look at?
Sorry, serious question for those who know about the comparison.
If a windsurfer with a foil is running a six meter sail and the kite foiler is running an eighteen meter foil kite. What's the point?
Can the windsurfer benefit from this? that is, could a windsurfer replace a long board with a more efficient 12m or 6m rig to foil v the kitefoil? No idea, just asking 
Seems like we're all heading in a "Go Fast" direction, just wondering whether it would be worth putting the attitude to aside and come up with a versatile solution
What I know about foils is from reading about them.
You might need to reinforce a deep tuttle box to take a hydrofoil.
The race kite foils are designed to go fast and are smaller and higher aspect ratio. Slightly larger versions are used by kiters in low wind with very powerful 18m ram-air kites. Race foils can be pumped onto a plane to help them start earlier - as you can see in this video - and that should apply to light wind freeride foils too.
A lot of discussion already on Seabreeze re the same topic about 3 months ago:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Foiling/
iFoil hydrofoil windsurf board test in latest Boards magazine flatwater annual 2015 and also online:
boards.co.uk/equipment-tests/tested-equipment/the-ifoil-tested.html
More discussion on the iWindsurf forum here:
Hydrofoiling:
www.iwindsurf.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30144&sid=d1115e38b6cc1480cb248762a5eead85
Reasonable prices for Hydrofoils:
www.iwindsurf.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30155&sid=d1115e38b6cc1480cb248762a5eead85
Also, the AHD AFS is on display on the Sunshine Coast Sailboards site, as they are the AHD distributor for Oz.
http://www.sunshinecoastsailboards.com.au/shop/sailboards/ahd/ahd-afs-1-sailboard-detail
put some links about the iFoil on my blog ... not from Apple 
joewindsurfer.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-ifoil-2015.html
Looking at the prices - seem to be about $2400+ and then postage from Europe. Is it worth it? I could get a new board for that. And then they seem to requite a tuttle fin box, do they come in powerbox?
Horue?
Makofoil?
Select to expand quoteSputnik11 said..
Looking at the prices - seem to be about $2400+ and then postage from Europe. Is it worth it? I could get a new board for that. And then they seem to requite a tuttle fin box, do they come in powerbox?
Horue?
Makofoil?
Horue seem to reckon that even a deep tuttle box might need reinforcing.
Select to expand quoteBSN101 said..
Would you trust all that extra leverage on a 1 bolt power box?
Yeah - fair point.
Select to expand quoteseanhogan said..
one thing we noticed is that you really need a top notch sail !!
Too funny with the old (Dufour?) sail.
And I guess that once you are planning/flying the board isn't important anymore ?
Or is a large surface area allows you to fly better ?
