No rule change & debunking the foiling myths - my personal opinion
The class has decided to keep the rules as they are. I can live with that, but it should be easy to change the view about the cassettes. If you see the cassettes as part of the hull it is clear it...
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The master is back, 3 race day report
Glenn in controlA happy MischaClose racing on foils, easy to get into troubleTough conditionsNathan taming the beastBurling crosses the finishes first in the first race of the dayAnother tough day at...
View ArticleSail-World interview with Glenn Ashby. must see !
Great interview on sail-world.com see more interviews with Davies, Burling and Tuke here
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Ashby and Tuke consolidate their lead
Less spectacle today. No foiling but Ashby still dominant. Landy up to third spot and another solid performance by Scott. Mischa had a daggerboard issue and lost his top 10 spot. The J-boards have so...
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Great promotion of the A-class on Sail-World by Richard Gladwell
Below the copy of an article on Sai-World by Richard Gladwell. Pics by (c) GladwellSail-World is a great source this Worlds. The Gladwell pics are amazing.see...
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Glenn Ashby World Champion
Glenn Ashby is the new World Champion.In the last race he finished second behind Nathan Outteridge what secured his title.His team mates Blair Tuke and Peter Burling (best rookie) complete the...
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DNA at the London Dinghy show
Chris Fields ' new 2014 DNA is on the London dinghy show at Alexandra's place for info on the show : this link The recent flying developments attract lots of interest of the public !Thanks to Gordon...
View ArticleRule 8 discussion, the facts
PJ posted an article on Catsailing news: http://wLww.catsailingnews.com/2014/03/a-class-dna-camp-comments-by-pj.html with the official DNA view.It is important to have the right discussion in the class...
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Great Landy interview on IACA blog
Martin Vanzulli did an interview with Landy about the recent developments.Great interview which places the rule discussion in perspective.See: IACA siteI have talked with many sailors the last few...
View ArticleRule 8 in or out makes little difference
The boats are flying within rule 8 now. We can improve the set-up in such a away that we can make the boat fly in 8 kts of breeze. From a commercial point of view is keeping rule 8 the best for the DNA...
View ArticleFlying Takapuna style
Last weekend I sailed two days on the boat Mischa used at the Worlds. It has the longer Exploder rudders and the bigger winglets. This set-up is a big improvement over the set-up I used last year in...
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First Dutch event of the season : Mischa teaching us some flying lessons ...It was pretty windy this weekend. Flat water mostly and a north easterly between 16 and 25 knots ...Great pictures by Jasper...
View ArticleFoiling boats beyond discussion
The whole discours about flying boats has calmed down now.A minority is flying and the majority is not.Other projects show that it is the future the sport is heading too. See the efforts of Michele...
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Flying lessons
HOW TO set up your boat - Tips by Mischa HeemskerkWe are Flying the daggerboard rake between 10 to 25mm of rake. (slider more back then the ' 0' position)This means at the DNA 2013 /2014 boats that the...
View ArticleGoing like a Boeing !
Mischa showing how its done .Watch the steering for balance, sheeting in and easing....moving body weight,steering the foils.....Going up to 22 + knots boat speed, in 12 knots TWS!See this link for...
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Mischa wins European Spring Championship at Lake Garda
Mischa did win convincingly this regatta. The second race he finished second after breaking a daggerboard. After that he sailed with one proto board and one conventional J- board and did win the...
View ArticleNew America’s Cup Protocol
The AC 35 will be sailed on 62 ft foiling catamarans and the AC45 will still be used for the AC series. The AC 45 will probably be updated to a foiler in 2016.The AC 34 attracted only four teams while...
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Flying high
I have just returned from the Europeans in France. It was awesome. I improved my flying a lot and had my moments of glory while foiling. Foiling through a fleet where many were just floating and then...
View ArticleFlying DNA
Mischa flying at Garda with the new Z-boards Glenn also used at the Europeans. The boards use an asymmetric profile supplied by D3 Technologies. Due to the profile the boards no longer ventilate, which...
View ArticleThe new era
Foiling is the new sailing. We saw it happen Round Texel, in the America's Cup, with the Flying Moths, the flying Laser, the Flying Phantom.Many projects and still much to learn. Although the flying...
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