HULL VANE WINGS NOT TO FLY
Under water wings! Well what’s new about them? you may wonder still. Hydrofoils have been deployed for nearly a century which thanks to the lift effect generated by the wings themselves when travelling at some speed, they surface right out of the water. Today after the historic sight of “flying” catamarans’ seen in the course of past editions of the America’s Cup contending yachts, foils are consolidated reality and have become familiar objects in the yachting scene in general. Their shapes are needless to say perhaps strange looking to unaccustomed eyes as well as their diverse sizes may seem awkward and complex but still they’re wings all the same!
Diverse sorts of foils (or wings) exist but don’t cause boats to fly, but nevertheless they exploit lift effect developed on the foils according to the speed at which the ship is sailing thereby improving performance. Immersed in water, foils will tend to lift the
