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What is hydrofoiling?
A brief introduction…
Hydrofoiling is literally ‘flying’ over the water. By placing wings – hydrofoils – under the water, the boat rises out of the water at a certain speed. This reduces drag and causes the speed to increase. The acceleration and silence when the boat comes out of the water gives an extra dimension to the sailing experience. However, handling the boat becomes more difficult because of this.
Therefore hydrofoiling was only accessible to experienced and athletic sailors. With the Flo1, everyone is now able to experience hydrofoiling. Thanks to the patented DSS-wings, the Flo1 sails (and flies) extremely stable. Besides, the wings are only adjusted before sailing off. During sailing, the foils only have to be raised and lowered.
A strong collaboration
Making hydrofoiling accessible to anyone..
Aeronamics developed the Flo1 to enable a large group of sailors to hydrofoil. After building and testing three prototypes it launched the Flo1, presenting it to the world at Boot Düsseldorf in January 2017.
The next logical step in bringing hydrofoiling closer to the average sailor was collaborating with sailing school De Randmeren, in the form of the Foiling Experience.
Sailing school De Randmeren possesses all the experience to introduce sailors of all levels to hydrofoiling quickly and safely. The sailing school is located next to the beautiful Veluwemeer, where the surrounding area offers many tourist facilities.