I hear about Johnny H winning a race in San Francisco on a hydrofoil. I have googled, searched youtube and vimeo and found nothing. Please post any links about that race and any videos of hydrofoils showing foot switches during jibes. I am working of foot switching and need help.
My Carafino hydrofoil works but seems to have a maximum speed. I am looking for a faster one.
*lone tumbleweed bounces off a pile of discarded g10 race fins
safer on the beach for everyone too!! i dont imagine any of you are going to be leaving your 3k foils hanging around where the numpties are going to stub a toe on them.
chris I'd love to give your foil setup another try with the straps on.
so glad the days of the beach guillotine are over.
Future evolution suggestion/prediction: foil configuration which can be ridden submersed (like current-generation foils), optimized for upwind angles, forces and speeds, but which can also be ridden higher in the water, in "surface-piercing, ventilating mode"... greatly (and variably, depending on height) reduced wetted area for screaming reaches, in which only a fraction of the foil's potential lift (and drag) is appropriate.
I'm curious if any of the board designers are going to come up with a foil that's along the lines of what these ultra fast cats have, instead of a traditional foil shape.