You think canoes are crazy? Game over!

[johnnixon]

This guy takes the buscuit!

[Barry Watkin]

Never mind biscuit John , Friutcake comes to mind! The amazing thing is all the work (& time)he seems to of put into it! regards Barry

[Christian AUS]

Cool,
Where do I get one???

[SteveC]

Christian,

You wouldn't like it mate - it's got a kite!

[charlie1502]

Christian,

You wouldn't like it mate - it's got a kite!

Was on the tip of my tongue!

[Steve Clark]

From these photos at least, it is also really slow.
SHC

[Mudman]

I'm still not convinced that it's not a good Photoshop job! How on earth would you keep a rig that size up on a boat that wide? And a rowing skiff would never have the stiffness to support the rig tension - or the beam not to roll over every time it tacked?
Mind you, if he has made it stiff enough and knows how not to fall over, pray he never moves into Canoes!

[jimc]

And a rowing skiff would never have the stiffness to support the rig tension

That's easy enough. All that's needed is for the carbon structure that incorporates the wings and shroud loads to go under the shell's foredeck and pick up the jib and spinnaker tacks.
This link:-
http://www.yachtrevue.at/news-segelyach ... 42200.html
suggests it carries a small ballast keel if my interpretation of Babelfish' German/English "translation" is correct, and also suggests that the boat is stressed for a maximum of F3 winds. It seems to be on the Mondsee in Austria. Have any of our continental friends come across it?

[Roger]

And a rowing skiff would never have the stiffness to support the rig tension

That's easy enough. All that's needed is for the carbon structure that incorporates the wings and shroud loads to go under the shell's foredeck and pick up the jib and spinnaker tacks.
This link:-
http://www.yachtrevue.at/news-segelyach ... 42200.html
suggests it carries a small ballast keel if my interpretation of Babelfish' German/English "translation" is correct, and also suggests that the boat is stressed for a maximum of F3 winds. It seems to be on the Mondsee in Austria. Have any of our continental friends come across it?

Thats correct - the article mentions a "Ballast Daggerboard".
Personally i think this is the desperate attempt to achieve some fun and speed on one of the low wind venues in the alps. I sailed in my youth on the lake of constance where there was almost no wind when the weather was good in Summer. The Mondsee and some other lakes deeper in the mountains are famous for having even less wind. Only the Lake Garda or other lakes on the south side of the alps have the famous thermic winds conditions.

[Christian AUS]

Christian,

You wouldn't like it mate - it's got a kite!

Was on the tip of my tongue!

Kites have their place boys, I just don't did them on IC's (bear in mind my other toys include Cherubs and 12ft skiffs....).