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- From: Heybc
- Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
- Subject: Re: Weird Windsurfer/Hydrofoil Thing
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.212729.20515@bnr.ca>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 21:27:29 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.144836.16027@newssun.med.miami.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.144836.16027@newssun.med.miami.edu>
- dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown) writes:
- >I went out this past weekend and saw the oddest windsurfer: it had
- >four long, thin skegs coming from the the bottom, two near the
- >stern, two near the bow. (Actually, this is only an approximate
- >description because I was a little too far to make it out exactly.)
- >
- >When he started moving fast, the ENTIRE board would lift out of the
- >water, sort of like a hydrofoil. The board would clear the water
- >by nearly a foot and a half (tail and all)!
- >
- >
- >Does anyone have an idea what this thing was?
-
- I've seen ads fro hydrofoils you clamp onto a board.
- Two Pieces: A single V foil on the front,
- and a pair of side by side V's on the back.
- A friend mentioned he saw on once.
-
- Bill Crick If its weird, I'll try to sail it!
-