Were you in Biscayne Bay the whole trip, or did you travel from the ocean/beach side? Just curious how it rode in ocean swells. Looks like a very interesting boat for South Florida use if it can travel fast in the ocean. Thanks.
we are sailing a lot on all oceans, even is strong conditions with chop and a built sea, currents, wind against swell. Check out some of the videos in rough conditions (links below). We also crossed the English Channe on the widest point, 255km offshore foiling from Cowes to Dinard / Saint Malo, crossing on of the most challenging water bodies ... ua-cam.com/video/KEHiZ8Mi26A/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/Y4JWTJiY9AE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/srzkgWqt9qM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/M3OhDFd_Gvs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/8DK-Joi8JYA/v-deo.html
yes, we are getting more and more curagous, full trust in the structure, flying with up to 200kg in the last weeks. The official crew weight limit of 160kg is adjusted to 180kg.
daggerboards and rudders can be sailed in any percentage up/down. As boat is precisely balanced, even in very shallow water, it is always full manouverable. Rudder wings are always in correct orientation. Rudder verticals are safely held in position by a set of two gliding blocks (Teflon and Ertacetal), that push the tapered rudder into the narrow section of the NC milles bearings, protecting the fragile trailling edge. Like this the rudders do not move. Everything is locked or unlocked with some flicks of Your hand. Watch movie ua-cam.com/video/7gpTukAJiLs/v-deo.html
besides, rudders are outcentered towards inboards. This implies : i) the rudder wings do not overhang --> no risc of injury. Still enjoying ther superiority of T-Foil stability at rudder wing. ii) the rudder vertical travels through "clean" water, not contaminated by air bubbles from the daggerboards. Rudder vertical is far enough inboards to avoid daggerboard route. This is a very important feature, as air bubbles in the water increase risk of ventilation and spin out out on the rudder. iFLY configuration avoids this.
When i watch these videos, It always looks like trapezing is useless, that you could just sit there and it would not change anything. This leads me to one concern : isn't that boat boring (too easy to fly)? I mean like those drones that can just stand stationary in the air thanks to electronics, almost nothing to do as a pilot, no credit, no performance. I know it can go as fast as 20 kts and more but if it just foils by itself regardless of my habilities, experience and work i could find it boring. OR the sailors in the videos are all so good that it SEEMS easy, and that would be greatness, lol. (I sail on Hobie 16, which is anything but boring)
actually, trapezing allows you to fly much faster and activate the full performance potential of the iFLY. However, stable flying is also possible while sitting on the trampoline.
your concern about „boring“ or „needs no skills“ makes me smile. Come and sail the iFLY yourself as soon as possible to feel what stable foiling is about. It is the basis that allows you to push hard and fly in rough conditions where the others shit their pants... 😎. IFLY oder an easy access, but when entering the power zone beyond 25kts. you better be very skilled 💪. Write me to emichael@iflysail.com to get invitations for test sailing.
you know, there is something in between. In between of crashing all the time with crazy boats and boring ... iFLY allows you to push the limits, but just not crossing the border of losing control. Loss of control is no fun, and it is slow. I prefer to sail fast with high tech instead of struggling with low tech 😎
Excellent!
acessibilty and high performance, single handed and 2Up, lightwind and strong wind. Great fun.
Were you in Biscayne Bay the whole trip, or did you travel from the ocean/beach side? Just curious how it rode in ocean swells. Looks like a very interesting boat for South Florida use if it can travel fast in the ocean. Thanks.
we are sailing a lot on all oceans, even is strong conditions with chop and a built sea, currents, wind against swell. Check out some of the videos in rough conditions (links below). We also crossed the English Channe on the widest point, 255km offshore foiling from Cowes to Dinard / Saint Malo, crossing on of the most challenging water bodies ...
ua-cam.com/video/KEHiZ8Mi26A/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/Y4JWTJiY9AE/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/srzkgWqt9qM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/M3OhDFd_Gvs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/8DK-Joi8JYA/v-deo.html
Awesome. I had no idea you could carry that much crew weight.
yes, we are getting more and more curagous, full trust in the structure, flying with up to 200kg in the last weeks. The official crew weight limit of 160kg is adjusted to 180kg.
how does it deal with shallow water and approaching the shore?
daggerboards and rudders can be sailed in any percentage up/down. As boat is precisely balanced, even in very shallow water, it is always full manouverable. Rudder wings are always in correct orientation. Rudder verticals are safely held in position by a set of two gliding blocks (Teflon and Ertacetal), that push the tapered rudder into the narrow section of the NC milles bearings, protecting the fragile trailling edge. Like this the rudders do not move. Everything is locked or unlocked with some flicks of Your hand. Watch movie ua-cam.com/video/7gpTukAJiLs/v-deo.html
besides, rudders are outcentered towards inboards. This implies : i) the rudder wings do not overhang --> no risc of injury. Still enjoying ther superiority of T-Foil stability at rudder wing. ii) the rudder vertical travels through "clean" water, not contaminated by air bubbles from the daggerboards. Rudder vertical is far enough inboards to avoid daggerboard route. This is a very important feature, as air bubbles in the water increase risk of ventilation and spin out out on the rudder. iFLY configuration avoids this.
When i watch these videos, It always looks like trapezing is useless, that you could just sit there and it would not change anything.
This leads me to one concern : isn't that boat boring (too easy to fly)? I mean like those drones that can just stand stationary in the air thanks to electronics, almost nothing to do as a pilot, no credit, no performance. I know it can go as fast as 20 kts and more but if it just foils by itself regardless of my habilities, experience and work i could find it boring.
OR the sailors in the videos are all so good that it SEEMS easy, and that would be greatness, lol.
(I sail on Hobie 16, which is anything but boring)
actually, trapezing allows you to fly much faster and activate the full performance potential of the iFLY. However, stable flying is also possible while sitting on the trampoline.
your concern about „boring“ or „needs no skills“ makes me smile. Come and sail the iFLY yourself as soon as possible to feel what stable foiling is about. It is the basis that allows you to push hard and fly in rough conditions where the others shit their pants... 😎. IFLY oder an easy access, but when entering the power zone beyond 25kts. you better be very skilled 💪. Write me to emichael@iflysail.com to get invitations for test sailing.
you know, there is something in between. In between of crashing all the time with crazy boats and boring ... iFLY allows you to push the limits, but just not crossing the border of losing control. Loss of control is no fun, and it is slow. I prefer to sail fast with high tech instead of struggling with low tech 😎