[quote=martin_langhoff]Love what I've seen about the S9. I just got my hands on a Whisper (so as to sail with the family, I _almost_ get an S9 :-) ). I can confirm that dealing with the foils is... interesting.
It's early days for me, but here's what I know so far -- the foils stick out enough that you can't dock sideways. Your only option is a friendly, sandy beach. At least at the beginning you'll want to be able to work on the boat a bit with water to your chest (we had to fiddle with rudders, etc).
So far the foils on the Whisper have have proven resilient -- first day out we hit some grassy sandbars.
It's a complication, but we've forgotten the complications we already deal with -- stand the mast, tighten the rigging, dolly the boat around without getting tangled in trees/wires... In my case, it'll take some time to get used to it, and it does put some extra constraints on launching. At least until I get more practical with this boat.
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