tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post2611275621185115270..comments2024-03-28T19:22:15.683+00:00Comments on Interesting Sailboats: THE INCREDIBLE NEW AMERICA'S CUP MONOHULL!!!Paulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910018730823789405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-17782192141040335892017-11-23T16:16:06.478+00:002017-11-23T16:16:06.478+00:00It seems like shark pectoral finsIt seems like shark pectoral finsGonçalo Soareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994765509650013809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-91288821638253552692017-11-22T19:47:09.432+00:002017-11-22T19:47:09.432+00:00Such an amazing but interesting concept....wonder ...Such an amazing but interesting concept....wonder if it will be ever working! Thx Paulo for your competent description! Learned a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-50264272603853301552017-11-22T17:34:37.899+00:002017-11-22T17:34:37.899+00:00I don't think you should call it just a foil. ...I don't think you should call it just a foil. Maybe two canting keels that work also as foils is a better description. <br /><br />Anyway a keel is a foil and the ballast bulb has a lifting effect working in some way as a foil.<br /><br />There are already sailing boats with canting keels that can rise the ballast above water and also that configuration in what regards a double keel with a Paulohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910018730823789405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994070224761667321.post-57607940432466864432017-11-21T23:36:11.281+00:002017-11-21T23:36:11.281+00:00me think this is just a concept...foiling and ball...me think this is just a concept...foiling and ballasting are almost a contradiction in term...it would be incredibly difficult, expensive and inefficient to raise a ballasted foil out of the water. If they get away without ballasting the T foils then the whole thing will be very similar to a very light foiling cat and I doubt very much about static and dynamic displacement performances at docks Alessandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650344220751108512noreply@blogger.com