Summanus - 1-6-2007 at 11:31 AM
I was reading about this new hydrafoil kayak last night and wondering if anyone has tried one on any Baja coastal trips?
It is fast!
It is a 17-footer and looks like most flat-water racing boats, but at around 10mph, it's hull rises several inches out of the drink on aluminum foils,
reducing drag and becomes what might be the fastest human-powered watercraft in history.
The kayak's two Norski designers have already clocked it at speeds just shy of the 21.28 mph record set in 1991 by a MIT pedal-powered hydrofoil.
It's spendy at $2,500...but you can win some bucks back by drag racing the ordinary kayakers down Baja-way!
It does not look like my style or speed....being of a more slow-paddle-and-look-around kind of kayaker.
If you want further info check foilkayak.com
Frank - 1-6-2007 at 12:42 PM
I dont see any rod holders.
Foil Kayak
BajaDanD - 1-7-2007 at 03:03 PM
Foiled Again
Oso - 1-7-2007 at 05:33 PM
I don't think I'd want to paddle hard enough to get that thing up and running and I don't see anywhere comfortable to sit.
bajamigo - 1-7-2007 at 09:06 PM
Wonder how it compares with that of the Hobiecat Mirage Revolution.
[Edited on 1-8-2007 by bajamigo]
DENNIS - 1-7-2007 at 09:24 PM
Went to Google with this and they're claiming just under 17 mph with the Flyak. Doesn't look like anything but hard work to me.
DanO - 1-7-2007 at 11:43 PM
IMHO, you'll lose those foils with the first hard beach landing in heavy surf.
Bob H - 1-8-2007 at 07:36 AM
You can view some videos of this kayak in action here.
Interesting...
http://www.foilkayak.com/
Bob H
Crusoe - 1-9-2007 at 11:22 AM
MMMMMM.............Maybe one could rig it for sailing?
Cypress - 1-9-2007 at 11:53 AM
Would require some real serious paddling.
