SEAir Flying Tender 80
Having sampled a prototype version of this French foiling RIB three years ago, I had to reluctantly admit it wasn’t quite there yet. It had, and still has, roughly L-shaped main foils about level with the front of the console, and in the early version I tried these had the habit of suddenly losing lift, usually only on one side. It’s hard to explain exactly how disconcerting this feels, but a forward tipping and decelerating motion is not something you want to feel at over 30 knots in a choppy Solent.
The difference now with the SEAir is in the work that has gone into the foils and control system, and the test
