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Matthew, you are doing a voice over, we don't need your fat head on the screen getting in the way of the boat. Watch out or you'll turn into the Chris Packham of the sailing world . . .
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What's it handicap?
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Nice boat. Like to try it.
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my uncle owns white formula
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Is it really that different from a Nacra? Also I'd say kite foiling is waaay cheaper.
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plz give me one
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probably having the wands off the bow would be much more ideal......better feedback to the main foils
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This amazing British flying boat just won American SAIL magazine's Best Boat 2016 award in the 'Performance Multihull under 30ft' category. Apparently it even took off with the magazine's "increasingly creaky and cranky 195lb, executive editor"!
The Whisper's 2015 price is £20,000. Great film Matt and Richard. -
78kg - wow!
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I bet the rudder pintles area is under a phenomenal amount of load when in a fully foiling bear away situation
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Now that's a lot better length of video. Great boat, however you never mentioned what it would end up selling for when it hits the market?
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With the Whisper being tested at Weston SC, Southampton, and having been to visit it at the RYA Dinghy Show, I was pretty sure it was 18ft. The brochure/information leaflet given out at the dinghy show definitely says 18ft rather that 20ft.
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And the production price to public? That will make the real difference as to whether it takes off (pun) or not.
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Looks far less refined than the Flying Phantom
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Great approach to a complex problem, if the numbers (speeds) look good, I would not be surprised to see these in production soon.
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I want one. But I live in the United States of Ameratards
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How you could be foiling in hours rather than years. Until now, sailing on hydrofoils has been largely for pro sailors and those with a surplus of talent and time. But as Matthew Sheahan discovers aboard a brand new production built foiling cat, flying could soon be for all