Lowflying is the trend…
Friday, June 29, 2007, 12 comments
Technically the water surface is the worst place for those interested in propulsion efficiency. No animals use the surface to get away - they dive or they fly. And submarines are the most efficient displacement ships in term of fuel efficiency.
A couple of years ago I wrote about the Flyak – the planing kayak. Since then a whole bunch of crafts have gone airborne.
Starting with sailing dinghys: the international Moth.
The surfers found out that it wasn´t perhaps a good idea to dip the board – and what the wave surfers can, the windsurfers can.
But also larger crafts were bitten – and even larger.
Maybe it even works by foot (or is it perhaps butt power!)…
Did someone note the shape of the foils – didn´t they resemble a certain paddle type?