Quote from Peter Barton who was sailing a Cherub "Olly was absolutely flying. Literally travelling in his own time space - at times the boats he was overtaking were actually going backwards. I saw him coming when the wind piped up at the end and reckon given another 3-4 minutes he would have had the lead" 

 

Sam shows how it should be done and captures it on film including an airborne gybe (at end of video)

You can watch it over there <<<<<<<

 

 

Sam Pascoe took his RS600FF to the HISC Tide Ride which is a 'Crash and Burn' event... but he proved to the 29ers, RS800s and Int14s that they are only 'Crash and Luke Warm'. He also showed the Int Moths that the RS600FF in the right hands is faster :-0.  See the photos..

 

 

The first official event for the new 600FF class will take place at Weymouth's Portland Harbour on the 27th/28th October 2007. Everyone is welcome whether or not your foils have arrived as there will be plenty to be learnt.

 

Whilst we are aiming to make this primarily a training event under the watchful eye of Linton and Sam, there is talk of holding a reaching downwind slalom race to try and break away from the dullness of upwind/downwind formats.

 

Please email Linton@fullforceboats.co.uk if you are planning on coming so we can get an idea of numbers.

 

The first 3 RS600FF owners have proven that flying is not just for the birds (or moths). "I've joined the 2 foot high club - and getting it back onto the water was the problem", said Graham Simmonds. The grin still hasn't worn off. With over 15 sets of foils already sold, this is the exciting start to a new class.  

 

 

Peter 'I dont have a best side' Barton is on the front cover of Oct Dinghy Magazine which is on sales from 2 Sept.  Peter was out performing in Hayling Bay so the photos should be pretty spectacular.    Visit Dinghy Sailing Magazine

 

 

Foil sets 1 & 2 from the first batch of 10 have been fitted to RS600s and the boats have taken to the water (or is that the skies). The build quality is exceptional and the fittings are engineering masterpieces. The ability to trolley-launch the boat normally and lower the foils on the water is a huge benefit and enables single-handed sailing.

 

 

 

Yes - it has been now been done.  Sam Pascoe has executed a gybe and stayed on the foils.  Next is a wire to wire gybe on the foils!!

 

 

Sam Pascoe shows how it should be done in 20+ knots in Weymouth Harbour. The boat is quicker in over 20 knots with the smaller rig and is very, very manageable - and stupidly fast. Watch the video here