I'd love to see videos of the hydrofoils being operated, during sailing. I mean videos from inside with the person doing the pulling of the ropes and then footage of how it looks on the foil being pulled in and released. I'm really excited about these things and i wonder how would old wooden boats be built from scratch, using medieval tech, to have hydrofoils.
Great insight - could you setup a shoot system for moving sails - 1.5m wide slippery sheet front to back through bulk heads - load sail one end raise up and slide sail to other keeping above ribs in hull - probably not practical when bouncing around but know how much thats a pain point for you 😊 hope you find a good solution - loving the journey
Hi Pip and team, great walk through with lots of information but easy to understand and absorb. for the void aft of the ballast tanks, a boat I used to sail on had a 40' container at Moody's for sail stowage and it was set up as a 3 tiered horizontal ladder system with rollers on the rungs so that 1 person could slide sails in and out on their own, could something similar work to fill the void flush with the tanks to avoid hard edges and if it was hinged outboard it could be raised up to give access below it if needed.
Thank you for the tour, so impressive. From my limited ocean racing experience, I wonder what you will do to soften some of those edges as I imagine you will be thrown about down there and some of those rams and bulkheads look pretty unforgiving.? Regarding the forward floor pockets, I found a great solution is to use a vinyl broad mesh to cover those pockets, creating a uniform dragging surface, also gives you the option to easily hook sail bags to the mesh in any position. Preserves visibility to the hull plates too. Should be tough enough to survive intense slamming.
Fantastic, that was what I was hoping for, a lovely paced walk though of the modifications to the boat. Interesting to see the extra mods, over the addition of larger foils. Is there a weight difference? I assume the weight has increased or have you been able to remove weight in other places. Thanks and fair winds.
The ballast reduction is partly a consideration of fitting within the different rules of the class, the increased righting moment from the foils and Pips' experience sailing the boat last year.
Ok Ok Ok ~ Now I'm back in the classroom. Taking notes ~. I'm sure I'll be reviewing this one. Yea. Just study now. All the details. Nothing but the tech here Pip. Gold Pip. Just Gold. Whew. Touch screen sailing. Standing by about that. In the classroom here. Oxford University. You are the professor. Simple, right? Here in the USA we would say Dr. Pip. Yep, absolutely you could be Doctor Pip. At least a PhD. If King Charles could just "ride along" for a while. And then. Maybe he'd knight you. Sir Pip. I could see that. Oh My Goodness ‼. Your foil system is Brilliant. Just Brilliant. (I know there's a team there.) The "Royals" should give you some attention ! Just saying. Or... Here's an idea! Sail on over to Montecito California and give the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a ride and a little closer "look - see" at the works there. ~. MMMM maybe not. ~. Oh well. Still in the classroom here. Thank you so much for this. Wow. Gold. ! Taking notes. ✨💦‼💦✨~~~~ New Hampshire ~~~~
Fantastic stuff Pip & team, really getting exciting now…can’t wait to see how Medallia performs for you now!
What a brilliant refit!
I am so excited for Pip and the Medallia Team.
Please keep teaching us about your growth on this exciting learning curve.!
Thank you! Will do!
I'd love to see videos of the hydrofoils being operated, during sailing.
I mean videos from inside with the person doing the pulling of the ropes and then footage of how it looks on the foil being pulled in and released.
I'm really excited about these things and i wonder how would old wooden boats be built from scratch, using medieval tech, to have hydrofoils.
great explanation, very interesting pip!
Great insight - could you setup a shoot system for moving sails - 1.5m wide slippery sheet front to back through bulk heads - load sail one end raise up and slide sail to other keeping above ribs in hull - probably not practical when bouncing around but know how much thats a pain point for you 😊 hope you find a good solution - loving the journey
Hi Pip and team, great walk through with lots of information but easy to understand and absorb. for the void aft of the ballast tanks, a boat I used to sail on had a 40' container at Moody's for sail stowage and it was set up as a 3 tiered horizontal ladder system with rollers on the rungs so that 1 person could slide sails in and out on their own, could something similar work to fill the void flush with the tanks to avoid hard edges and if it was hinged outboard it could be raised up to give access below it if needed.
Thank you for the tour, so impressive. From my limited ocean racing experience, I wonder what you will do to soften some of those edges as I imagine you will be thrown about down there and some of those rams and bulkheads look pretty unforgiving.?
Regarding the forward floor pockets, I found a great solution is to use a vinyl broad mesh to cover those pockets, creating a uniform dragging surface, also gives you the option to easily hook sail bags to the mesh in any position. Preserves visibility to the hull plates too. Should be tough enough to survive intense slamming.
Fantastic, that was what I was hoping for, a lovely paced walk though of the modifications to the boat. Interesting to see the extra mods, over the addition of larger foils.
Is there a weight difference? I assume the weight has increased or have you been able to remove weight in other places.
Thanks and fair winds.
Yes, weight had increased several hundred kgs, both in foil weight and associated structure.
Always amazing to watch and learn. Was there a discussion about balance with the reduced ballast tanks?
The ballast reduction is partly a consideration of fitting within the different rules of the class, the increased righting moment from the foils and Pips' experience sailing the boat last year.
How about a track with a D ring, clip the sail bag, and then you could just push it?
Ok Ok Ok ~ Now I'm back in the classroom. Taking notes ~. I'm sure I'll be reviewing this one. Yea. Just study now. All the details. Nothing but the tech here Pip. Gold Pip. Just Gold. Whew. Touch screen sailing. Standing by about that. In the classroom here. Oxford University. You are the professor. Simple, right? Here in the USA we would say Dr. Pip. Yep, absolutely you could be Doctor Pip. At least a PhD. If King Charles could just "ride along" for a while. And then. Maybe he'd knight you. Sir Pip. I could see that. Oh My Goodness ‼. Your foil system is Brilliant. Just Brilliant. (I know there's a team there.) The "Royals" should give you some attention ! Just saying. Or... Here's an idea! Sail on over to Montecito California and give the Duke and Duchess of Sussex a ride and a little closer "look - see" at the works there. ~. MMMM maybe not. ~. Oh well. Still in the classroom here. Thank you so much for this. Wow. Gold. ! Taking notes. ✨💦‼💦✨~~~~ New Hampshire ~~~~