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    EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

    Nov 14, 2019 4 minutes

    All-up the ETF26 weighs just 350kg, including sails. A GC32 foiling catamaran weighs in at 950kg.

    Upwind the boat typically sails with 2 .5°-3° rake, downwind the rake is decreased to 1.5° as the boat accelerates.

    The ETF26 is a super-light foiling catamaran designed to be sailed by ‘average’ sailors as well as professionals.

    Seven knots of true wind and a few quick pumps on the mainsheet was all it took to have the 8m cat rise up onto her foils and slip downwind at 16 knots. I’ve been faster, but in such calm conditions and flat water, to hiss past dozens of conventional keelboats sitting bolt upright as they ghosted along was a surreal experience.

    I struggled to believe my

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