The coverage is pretty good:

http://www.acatnorthamericans.com/

Wow...I think this is the only time I've seen slow motion cinematography of sailing that I actually liked.

https://vimeo.com/128256124

much nicer than bouncy boat-cams...

And this is how you properly feature a sponsor in sailing video.

https://vimeo.com/128454320

It doesn't hurt that he crushes that pin end start..wow.

Nice to hear some 'Stralian music on a US video

Foilers are kicking butt
7 out of the top 10
And 10 out of the top 20...
Us low riders are still hanging in there

Mike you looked like you were foiling on that start! Your own personal puff? Love those, I seldon get em, but love em

not foiling, just power reaching down to the pin.

So Mike, has there been any talk inside the class, of perhaps splitting the fleet into foiling and non-foiling fleets? Or perhaps a separate trophy for each?

I was just about to sell my Blade and get an A cat last year when this foiling thing came along and put the 'state of the art' wayyy outside my reach, money wise!

$30K for a foiler?? Ouch!

All those non foiling A cats need to go somewhere, maybe if the class splits up, I can afford a used non-foiler and have someone to race against.

If I want to go flying, for $30K I can get an airplane and not have to worry about if there's wind, or clean weeds on my blades.

We addressed it this week at the annual meeting. For full details, check out the sh*tstorm we have started over on the SA Multihull forum under the A-Class NA coverage.

Highlight video of the week - https://vimeo.com/128902743

I filled me shorts...

I need to get an A-Cat. It's amazing what a leap there is in flight compared to the footage from Tankapanakunablahblah... <---Can the locals even spell the name of their city?!

I could watch that all...day...long.

man, just spent some time in that thread on Sailing Anarchy...you guys did start quite a storm. It's all in the wording. Nice that it appears to be resolved and I think you guys are headed down a good path. Contrary to some of the talk, it would be much more affordable to retrofit a standard "ocean hugging" boat with bottom-up installed foils to get it airborne than to go through the contortions of modifying the hull to accept some really oddly shaped daggerboard only to find out another oddly shaped daggerboard works better (and now it won't fit). A fore-aft top adjustment doesn't have to be buried in the trunk either and could just be bolted to the top of the deck.

Personally, after seeing the result of the phantom in the surf during the Florida 300, I'm waiting for someone to build a hull where the dagger board trunk opens through the side of the hull so the foil can be fully raised and permit sliding onto the beach. There are a lot of considerations there but I'm sure it can be done....heck, build the structure on the side of the hull like an old-school leeboard and unpin the entire structure when approaching the beach.

would a little cutout in the hull athwartship to fit the "T" part of the foil work to allow (when fully retracted) the foil to fit flush with the hull when you go skidding up the beach? Might be slow in non-foiling mode, however..

or you could just buy a moth.

Ever sail a 49er/29er? You never realize how much time you spend with your catamaran idle, drinking some water or taking in a snack between races at a weekend regatta until your f'in boat won't stay upright unless it's moving all the time. I'm guessing the moth is similar.

I had a moth. Like Jake said, try drinking a beer or chilling out between races. I sold it, to get another A-cat...

do any of you yoots with high-tech boats even drink while sailing anymore?

But yeah, the moth/29r/49r thing would really suck waiting between races... and using the head is practically out of the question I suspect.

I do enjoy loitering without having to worry the boat will flip.