Chris White. Have you Followed his "Mast Foil"?

[boatsail]

MastFoil(tm) patent pending sailing rig by Chris White Designs High Performance Seaworthy Sailing Yachts

Pretty cool. I remember seeing a small cat that he used to test on youtube. Was waiting to see this thing come to reality. Really awesome!

[boatsail]

I wonder how many of those things I could fit on my boat;-)

[dennisail]

This is essentially a regular wingsail with no way of raising the main?

[Jimbo485]

There is no main to raise. Only r/f jibs.

[dennisail]

That was my point. I still think its cool though. Adds to my xmas wish list. Not sure Santa will be able to fit an Atlantic 47 down my chimney though

[Jimbo485]

Very cool!

As is just about anything that comes out of the genius brain of Chris White!

[Sand crab]

A thread was already started on this.
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...rig-71940.html
Maybe we should merge the two.
It's also being covered on SA and M4U forums.

[Richard5]

I saw those on some of the Japanese longliners in Honolulu starting in the late 1980s.

[beiland]

Originally Posted by boatsail

MastFoil(tm) patent pending sailing rig by Chris White Designs High Performance Seaworthy Sailing Yachts

Pretty cool. I remember seeing a small cat that he used to test on youtube. Was waiting to see this thing come to reality. Really awesome!

Might ask where you found that photo of the first Mastfoil??

I have to tell you a funny one, the angle of that one photo makes it appear as though the rig is on a monhull. I was going to ask where you found that also