FIRST IMAGES OF AN OPEN 60 SAILING WITH THE NEW FOILS

An the honor comes to Banque Populaire Le Cleac'h's boat that seems very fast even running with a small amount of sail in demanding conditions (for a first test).

The foils are much more discreet than the previous ones (due to being very rounded) and you really have to look hard to see that they are there, doing their work that is now not only to contribute to have a better performance upwind, increasing the pointing ability as lifting part of the boat weight out of allowing for more efficient sail use since apparently the boat will be "lighter" than if it was not on foils. A mixed blessing these new foils: the boat will lose in upwind potential but will gain in all other points of sail that are by far the ones more used on a circumnavigation following the predominant winds.