Life is a funny thing. I never thought that I would be designing a foil whilst being concerned that it would be compatible with a boat that I have never owned, but that is exactly where I find myself at the moment.
My desire to keep my current foil compatible with my Bladerider foil and making the two interchangeable has me re-designing my 2010 foil yet again to include an accurate rendering of a Bladerider centreboard attachment, something that I thought I would do in a non-virtual space, but checking revealed that my bulb needed to be bigger, so, as I needed to re-do the entire design, I decided to add the plug hole for the vertical.
Now this sounds easy, but when you are trying to be accurate it requires a significant amount of work to try and make things as compatible as possible, including moulding and measuring my current BR foil. Whilst doing this third design iteration the irony was not lost on me that I am trying to make things as compatible as possible with a boat that I have never owned. The second irony is that, if I do this job right, then my new foil should be a bolt on upgrade or replacement that would work on any Bladerider.
YAY! It would happen eventually.
Hi Bruce
out of interest, What are the basic dimensions of that slot on a bladerider/your foil?
Nick
Hey can you log on skype and drop me a line trying to find some info and I am sure you would remember what i am talking about
Hi Bruce!
I’m a student of Southampton University and I’m doing a research about moths. I would like to get in contact with you but I couldn’t find any email contact. Please could send me some one?
Thanks and congratulations for your work, it’s very impressive.
Jordi