I think Foiling is a blast. Do I like the idea of combination sailing well off foils but foiling with the same (light) boat in good air? You bet.

I have foiled on and lifted 550 pound foil boats (Rave), and feel they are overbuilt- with 250 feet of sheets and adjustment lines (My friend Hollis Caffee has one and he sails a new Taipan 4.9 instead). The Ketterman trifoiler is light but takes 3 men and a boy to arrange and move around (My other friend Jennifer has one and she sails a Taipan 4.9 instead). They have never raced them against each other despite living 150 miles apart: That was a really big thread here 3 years ago.

So- GO combi-hydrofoil boats! Maybe we don't have enough crazee Frenchmen living in the USA who like to go fast on sailboats.