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Re: What it will look like *LINK* *Pic*
By:Brian T. Cunningham
Date: 9/20/2008, 12:37 pm
In Response To: Re: What it will look like (Bill Hamm)

: That boat's going to be wildly overpowered with 300 square feet of sail. Hope
: you've got an easy way to reef it while underway.

: Bill H.

One of the reasons I went with a gaff rig.

All that sail area is needed to get the foil "out of the hole"

Take a look at a Windrider Rave

Specifications
Length 17' / 5.2 m
Beam (foil tip to foil tip) 17'/ 5.2 m
Beam on Trailer 7'6" / 2.3 m
Weight (total) 400 lbs. / 182 kg
Mast Height 25' / 7.6 m
Total Sail Area 195 sq ft. / 18 m2
Addl. Sail Area w/
Optional Reacher +97 sq ft. / +9 m2
Draft (foils up) 1' / .3 m
Draft (foils down) 4' / 1.2 m
Capacity 400 lbs. / 182 kg

http://www.windrider.com/rave.shtml

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Swiftwood *LINK* *Pic*
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/17/2008, 9:01 pm
What it will look like *LINK* *Pic*
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/18/2008, 4:09 pm
Re: What it will look like
Bill Hamm -- 9/19/2008, 10:42 am
Re: What it will look like *Pic*
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/19/2008, 2:03 pm
Re: What it will look like
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2008, 1:58 am
Re: What it will look like
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/21/2008, 12:31 pm
Re: What it will look like
Bill Hamm -- 9/19/2008, 5:09 pm
Re: What it will look like
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/19/2008, 6:06 pm
Re: What it will look like
Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2008, 12:48 am
Re: What it will look like *LINK* *Pic*
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/20/2008, 12:37 pm
Re: What it will look like
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2008, 1:51 am
Re: What it will look like
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/21/2008, 12:30 pm
Re: What it will look like
Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2008, 1:49 am
It a schooner with a vang
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/21/2008, 12:30 pm
Re: It a schooner with a vang
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2008, 1:22 am
I guess I'll find out
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/22/2008, 12:06 pm
Re: I guess I'll find out
Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2008, 11:55 am