Priscilla II 396 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Pretty cool burst of speed from the mini at 0.22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2333YiDM0h0#t=29 Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 According to evolutionary biologists, this is where the trimaran came from! Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 120 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Funny how its looks a similar concept M1 had fitted all those years ago. Does anyone have any photos of M1 with her foils? Link to post Share on other sites
Huey 7 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Was this from when Craig Partridge re built M1 ? , fascinating followed his building from Gorilla Biscuits and there was always something ticking over in the brain great stuff Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 120 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Nah, Simon Hull and his dad Peter added T foils to M1 that came straight out from the hull. The boat seemed to truck along but broke its rig pretty quickly and I think they had trouble finding someone to build them another rig. Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,246 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 If you watch today's "here's des" on the front page, at the end you will see the design for the next banque populaire (sp?) includes VERY similar type foils. It will be interesting to see how she goes!! Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,246 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I got sent this to post; Technology has come a long way since then. You could say that M1’s experiment was a victim of caution. Over engineered ( heavy ) and had to be oversize to support the structures. The internal stuff was huge. It had moments of brilliance, and you certainly knew when it was out of whack, or the extension cables broke. The foil section chosen had a small working groove compared to what we know now about a bigger variety of sections, and perhaps a different foil could have been used with more success. But at the end of the day it was all a science experiment for Simon’s farther And you will know now care of destop the mini is a development test bed for the new 60 If not there is more here http://interestingsailboats.blogspot.pt/ Link to post Share on other sites
Huey 7 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 is this the ross design that your talking about, the link just took us to the current page so don't know what to google? is simon hull the vodaphone owner or other? cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Huey 7 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I got it, Banque Pop I was thinking M1 finished work at three this morning Link to post Share on other sites
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