Talk:Sailing hydrofoil

Started article
This is a subject with an incredibly rich background, with many innovative designs. I'm surprised nobody started a Wikipedia article on it, so I just did. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures that I know for sure are public domain, but there are several in the links I included. I hope someone can take this and improve it. =Axlq

Merge
I think the Hydrofoil assisted multihulls article should be merged here, since that's a subset of the broader subject of sailing hydrofoils. =Axlq 04:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I have merged the information from Hydrofoil Multihulls into this article as nearly a month has passed with no objections. =Axlq 03:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

External links modified
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addition of vestas sailrocket 2 to this article at 17 September 2013 07:40 should be undone
According to the definition of sailing hydrofoil used in this article, it requires that upwards lift is produced by a hydrofoil in the water, neither by a foil in the air, nor a foil producing lateral resistance (horizontal lift) or a down force. No foil used in sailrocket 2 meets this requirement, therefore is there any reason not to completely remove it from this article?

Sailrocket 2 uses one aerofoil for upwards lift (and propulsion), and one hydrofoil for lateral resistance and downforce. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.61.93.234 (talk) 13:48, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

History section?
It seems that this article would benefit from a `history' section. Here is a decent overview of the history of sailing hydrofoils which I think should be incorporated into the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.10.135.15 (talk) 00:38, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

When is a sailing class not a sailing class?
The article contains a section titled Foiling classes, but in the sailing world "class" has a special meaning in the sense of a centrally-regulate type used to racing. Many of the boats in the list are clearly not "class" boats in this sense. Either the title needs a change or they should be in a separate list. --Cornellier (talk) 21:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Trimaran Ultim Class
Why these boats are not described in this article? They are definitely no prototypes and dome ox the fastest boats money can buy these days. Gwele kloz (talk) 13:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)