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[quote=bruiser]The foiling stuff is cool. I would love to give it a try. Reality though is that it is along the lines of "I would like to try kite boarding" too. Is it really practical for most of us? Most of our sailing is really in lighter air. Every blue moon we will get big wind. However, in big wind most folks do not got out as they sail it so infrequently that it is survival rather than enjoyment. The learning curve to be foiling is a bit like kite boarding at this point. I just do not see a beginning sailor starting out on a foiling cat. I have worked with a lot of beginners on catamarans, and I can tell you they have their hands full with a basic cat.

Now, if you can foil this boat easily without having to go out on the wire, maybe some older folks could pick it up. However, if we circle back to typical sailing conditions it is too light of air to get up on foils. Again, the basic cat is all you need to have fun sailing. I still wish they get this all figured out before I get too old. This one looks like it has great potential with the wand.[/quote]

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