New 18 Foiling Tri

Sent by Matt Mc Donald –

“We recently ran our first water test on a new 18’ foiling tri.  Falcon
built all the tooling and has constructed the initial boat.  It has
glass/foam core hulls, with carbon mast, beams and foils.  The concept
is by Hydrosail Inc.and Dr Sam Bradfield, developers of a variety of
other foiling designs.  (Scat, NF3, Rave to name a few) 

Some pics attached. This was
more about making sure the vessel worked than trying to get publicity,
we’ll get more soon.
This
was the very first water test and a complete success.  The boat took
flight in a bare 6 knots of wind and quickly accelerated to 12-14 once
up.

We have a few mods being made to
the sail plan (note the very small F16 jib temporarily rigged) and hope
to back in the water for a second round of testing next week.

This particular platform will be used for a variety of testing and continued development. Hard wing sails etc are in the works. Hydro sail will be offering this as a semi production race boat for those looking for a bit more tech and thrill.” 

Matt McDonald – Falcon Marine