Sailing Hydrofoils Archives - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood https://www.storerboatplans.com/category/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/ Boat plans with excellent instructions - Performance and beauty Tue, 11 Apr 2023 04:32:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-Beth-3.-corrected-32x32.jpg Sailing Hydrofoils Archives - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood https://www.storerboatplans.com/category/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/ 32 32 Boatbuilding in the time of Corona – a facebook group https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-building/boatbuilding-during-corona-facebook-group/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-building/boatbuilding-during-corona-facebook-group/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:55:47 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=23923 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Boatbuilding in the time of Corona – a facebook group

During Corona a foil board is a great home woodwork project for adults or kids

Things to do while home isolation and social distancing are the norm

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-building/boatbuilding-during-corona-facebook-group/feed/ 3 During Corona a foil board is a great home woodwork project for adults or kids Why Plywood breaks – Real wood for Centreboards and Rudders https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/plywood-vs-timber-for-centreboards-leeboards-and-rudders/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/plywood-vs-timber-for-centreboards-leeboards-and-rudders/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:17:10 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=23223 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Why Plywood breaks – Real wood for Centreboards and Rudders

One recurring problem with plywood foils, centreboards, leeboards and rudders is that over time they tend to break unexpectedly.

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/plywood-vs-timber-for-centreboards-leeboards-and-rudders/feed/ 0 Add hydrofoil stabilisation to a sailing dinghy – specs and methods https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/build-hydrofoil-stabilised-dinghy-shared-specification/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/build-hydrofoil-stabilised-dinghy-shared-specification/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:13:41 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=22852 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Add hydrofoil stabilisation to a sailing dinghy – specs and methods

HOme built Hydrofoil Stabilised dinghy - full specification and details - fitting the case

It is not difficult to build a hydrofoil stabilised dinghy - Also a model for information sharing so everyone is not always reinventing the wheel

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/build-hydrofoil-stabilised-dinghy-shared-specification/feed/ 4 HOme built Hydrofoil Stabilised dinghy - full specification and details - fitting the case Homebuilt Hydrofoil for Sailboats test sailed – end to hiking out? https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-sailboats-homebuilt-no-hiking-out/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-sailboats-homebuilt-no-hiking-out/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2019 02:42:31 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=22839 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Homebuilt Hydrofoil for Sailboats test sailed – end to hiking out?

HOmemade hydrofoil stabilised dinghy - setting up on the beach before sailing

Hydrofoil sailing is possible for homebuilt boats. It can be used to reduce heeling so the crew doesn't have to work so hard.

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-sailboats-homebuilt-no-hiking-out/feed/ 2 Homebuilt Hydrofoil for Sailboats test sailed - end to hiking out? - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Not outright speed (wrong hull type). It is about STABILITY without hiking out. If it works on this boat ... it will work on anything! homebuilt hydrofoil HOmemade hydrofoil stabilised dinghy - setting up on the beach before sailing Foiling Week 2018 Pt 2 – Foiling Sail for the rest of us! https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-week-2018-pt-2-foiling-sail-for-the-rest-of-us/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-week-2018-pt-2-foiling-sail-for-the-rest-of-us/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:00:24 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=15414 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Foiling Week 2018 Pt 2 – Foiling Sail for the rest of us!

Quant 17 in foiling mode, crew no longer on trapeze, sitting to leeward, skipper relaxing on windward side deck - foiling week 2018

Foiling for the mainstream. Part 1 focussed on the bleeding edge, but that is a minority of sailors. This part reports on work done on foilers that are stable, easy to sail and don't do dramatic crashes. Boats for the mainstream

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-week-2018-pt-2-foiling-sail-for-the-rest-of-us/feed/ 2 Foiling Week 2018 Pt 2 – Foiling Sail for the rest of us! - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Is Foiling truly the "Future for Sailing" - recap of Part 1 - then onto the new stuff. Before I head off in an entirely different direction of discussion ... after going to the first day of Foiling Week 2018. Last week's article saw how the bleeding edge "need for speed" philosophy wast stating and glidefree,horace,Hugh Wellbourne,Ian Ward,injury,J foils,Jim French,L foils,light wind foiling,Michael Aeppli,moth,Quant 23,scow,scow moth,superfoiler,Sydney,Waszp Quant 17 in foiling mode, crew no longer on trapeze, sitting to leeward, skipper relaxing on windward side deck - foiling week 2018 Foiling week 2018 Part 1 – composites and foils – Sydney https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-week-2018-part-1-composites-and-foils-sydney/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-week-2018-part-1-composites-and-foils-sydney/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:09:32 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=15216 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Foiling week 2018 Part 1 – composites and foils – Sydney

I found myself at Foiling Week 2018 in Sydney. There are two groups involved in foiling with a large gulf between them. The out and out high expense group who see themselves as the future of sailing. The other group is much more interesting to me as it looks at the stability and handling advantages of foiling which are only just starting to be explored.

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/foils/sailing-hydrofoils/foiling-week-2018-part-1-composites-and-foils-sydney/feed/ 2 Foiling week 2018 Part 1 - composites and foils - Sydney - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood I wasn't expecting to go to Foiling Week 2018 at Woolahra Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour but ended up there last week. I'm more than a bit jaded by foiling - I think it is almost totally irrelevant for attracting people into sailing - despite what headlines say and the hope being placed on it. So wh Altair,america's cup,Artemis,Brett Ellis,canard,catamaran,core,core elasticity,data rate,David French,dynamic drop test,FEA,fibre optics,Fluid Structure Interaction,flying shape,FSI,Gurit,horace,hydrofoil flap articulation,hydrofoil flaps,Ian Ward,Jim French,Mach 2,Michael Aeppli,moth,nano prepreg,nanoparticle,nanoparticle prepreg,pitch damping,prepreg,Quant23,scow moth,sensors,strain data,superfoiler,Tony Stanton,ultrasound,Waszp,web failure Foiling – Forefront vs Fakes https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/foiling-forefront-vs-fakes/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/foiling-forefront-vs-fakes/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:11:22 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=12813 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Foiling – Forefront vs Fakes

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Who is Foiling and who is Faking. Where is the real technical development? First a glimpse of history before we see who is foiling and how the Moth group solved all the problems. Yes … all of them. America’s cup just leaches off this amazing technical success. It is Trickle Up … not Trickle Down.

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat-design/foiling-forefront-vs-fakes/feed/ 1 Foiling - Forefront vs Fakes - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Who is Foiling and who is Faking. Where is the real technical development in sailing dinghies, multihulls and others. Part 2 about forms of foiling that might be relevant to more of us Trickle up or Trickle down? First a glimpse of history before we see who is foiling and how the Moth group solved a three moths Foiling-Week-2017-Garda-96877