VIDEO The Fabulous Flying Optimist: the future is here

THE PERFECT GIFT!

Give or treat yourself to a subscription to the print + digital Journal of Sailing and for only 69 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.

optimist
It was only a matter of time and the Optimists would also experiment with foils. After all, the images here convey infectious fun, and the size of the Optimist is ideal for experimenting with new solutions. The video was released online by Sweden’s Axel Rahm and shows an Optimist in prolonged phases of full foiling.

WATCH THE VIDEO

EVOLUTION
The news follows the one we gave you a few weeks ago and confirms the Optimist as a perfect laboratory boat for experimenting with alternative solutions on hydrodynamics and appendages. In this case, in fact, the classic centreboard has been replaced by an inverted T-shaped appendage.

SEE ALL THE LATEST RACING AND SPORTS NEWS

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign up for our Newsletter

We give you a gift

Sailing, its stories, all boats, accessories. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the Sailing Newspaper editorial staff each week. Plus we give you one month of GdV digitally on PC, Tablet, Smartphone. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button. You will receive a code to activate your month of GdV for free!

Once you click on the button below check your mailbox

Privacy*


Highlights

You may also be interested in.

Scroll to Top

Register

Chiudi

Registrati




Accedi

Sign in