Hi I'm a RAVE owner, just purchased my boat about a month ago. I have NEVER sailed a multi-hull, not cat or tri until I sailed my own boat. On my first day with winds between 10 and 15 knots I was able to get up on foils within 20 minuits. My first foil was not long just a few seconds but as the 4 hour playtime progressed I had a run of about 30 seconds, the only reason it was not longer was I was running out of lake to fly on! Being on foils is a hoot! I have no idea how fast I was going as I don't yet have a GPS to tell me but I was keeping pace with a powerboat at one time and he was booking to his fishing ground.

What I am trying to say is that the RAVE is very easy to use, it took me about 35 minuits to setup and would have been faster if I would not have lost a part on the drive to the lake.

As far as tweeking, adjusting etc, I set the tension on the bungie's one time, I must have gotten it correct for my conditions because I NEVER touched them again, so that only left the normal things a sailor has to deal with, the main sheet and the jib sheet, and stearing. Since the RAVE uses your feet to stear I had one hand for each sheet. I never adjusted the joystick, so just left the rear foil in the nutral position, from what I understand this is really only there to try and get the RAVE out of the water faster so I didn't play with this feature either.

It was simple, have enough wind (12 knots and up), get the correct heading (can't fly too close to the wind), adjust sails, and have enough water and you are off! The enough water is both in depth and distance because once you are up on foils you are moving!

Going fast is fun, but so is sailing in general so even if you are not up on the foils you are out, about, and messing around with a boat!

BTW I only paid 6K for my RAVE, that included the reacher and trailer, it's a 2001 model but I am the first owner.

Dwayne