F101
OVERVIEW
The F101 takes you through your foiling journey, providing a progression pathway from the beginner foiler to the Olympian. F101 sets new challenges and goals at whatever level you come in, from expert to beginner.
The F101 is an all-new foiling trimaran aimed specifically at those sailors that, for whatever reason, thought foiling was too difficult for them. The concept originates from the experience of teaching many people to foil in the International Moth class and addressing the main barriers they faced. So we set about creating a new boat without the design restrictions of a box rule – in this way, foiling has been made easier.
NEAT DESIGN FEATURES
Long, central hull places the rudder and main foil further apart, removing some of the limitations and bad habits that other foiling boats suffer from.
All carbon construction: main hull, foils, floats, beams, 2 piece mast.
Very simple, well thought out control systems.
- The foils should be retractable so that the boat can be launched from a regular trolley in shallow water.
- The mainsail should be able to be hoisted by halyard and, crucially, the sail should be easily dropped when coming on to a lee shore.
- The hull should be long enough to prevent nose diving.
- The design must be robust and reliable.
- To these requirements we added the following:
While being designed to be a single handed boat, it should be able to take a friend out for a fun sail, hence the 1+1. - The boat must be stable in non-foiling mode so that if the wind drops it is easy to sail home.
- There should be an option of a furling downwind sail, to give extra power and an added excitement if needed in lighter airs.
- Learning to foil in most monohulls can be very tiring, due to repeated capsizes. The F101 design is very hard to capsize!
WHY THREE HULLS?
Many Moths use buoyancy in the wings to help sailors get to grips with the boat, but this buoyancy is limited to helping the helm recover the boat from a capsize and does little to prevent the capsize in the first place. The F101 Tri-configuration allows for a slender hull with enough length to prevent pitch poling, while at the same time creating a stable platform to allow novices to get out on the water with no previous foiling experience.
THE TRIBE
The Tribe is a global community of F101 sailors. We are attracting interest and buyers from all four corners of the globe. As a result, the Tribe has been set up to create a modern, innovative platform for F101 sailors to interact, share their experiences, and swap stories and images as they embark upon their journey in sailing their F101. Good communication and a common desire to make all aspects of foiling a fun and shared experience will form the ethos of the Tribe, and don’t be surprised if it is very different from any other class association you have been part of!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
ALL UP WEIGHT
LENGTH
BEAM
SAIL AREA
TARGET CREW WEIGHT RANGE
TAKE OFF WIND SPEED
TARGET BOAT SPEED RANGE
75 kg
5.4m
2.55m
9.0m2 main + 5.5m2 gennaker
60-150 kg
7 kts
10-25 kts