…Strong gale? YEEHAA!!!
Nov 20, 2019
4 minutes
WORDS BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
PHOTOGRAPHY ROGER MILLS
Penned by Auckland design team LOMOcean, Zorro is equipped with two foils between her hulls – one around midships (V-shaped, oriented to the rear) and a second (straight across) trim foil near the stern. LOMOcean is internationally-renowned for its multihull designs, many of which use foils and/or wave-piercing hulls.
I’d heard a few rumours about – mainly relating to her owner’s enthusiastic right hand and need for speed – and was keen to check her out. And experiencing her foil performance began fairly innocently. She lives up Auckland’s Panmure estuary and the trip down-river to the Hauraki Gulf was without incident – cruising sedately in a
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