The Hydro-Cat
The HydroCat is a fun, fast power-cat. The hulls are really a sort of tunnel-hull
without the roof of the tunnel. This means a lower top speed than competition
hydros, but gives the HydroCat a smooth ride in chop, and even allows surfing
or wake-surfing. We've wake-surfed with as little as 4hp., and you can pull
a skier with a 35-horse at 2/3 throttle.
L.O.A.: 13'6"
BEAM: 6'6"
HULL WEIGHT: 500LBS.
ENGINE:TO 40HP
CREW: ONE TO TWO
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The Vector
Landsailing combines all the cornering skills of car racing with the quick-tacking
of racing sailboats, plus some of the balance coordination of windsurfing.
It's a complete wring-out as a sports experience and once you've tried it,
a lot of other activities will seem pretty tame. The Vector is ultra light
and cheap to build, and is arguably the world's fastest accelerating landsailer.
The Vector differs from other landsailers in that it uses a relatively large
sail on a compact, moncocque chassis. This gives exciting performance in
normal 10 to 20 knot breezes we're likely to find at sailing sites, other
than desert dry lakes. Perfect for parking lot, airfield, beach, or dirt
field running, the Vector has proved itself well in short track racing,
beating a large field of cars costing ten times as much, finishing second
behind the world champion.
It's easy to hike out and fly a wheel using the sail control as balance.
Steering is precise and dynamically stable, and can be controlled either
while sitting down in the cockpit, or hiking out on the wing-decks. Landsailers
are without question one of our favorite action sports.
LENGTH: 8' 5"
WIDTH: 5' 2"
WEIGHT: 95 LBS
SAIL AREA: 75 SQ.FT.
CREW: ONE
APPROXIMATE UPPER SPEED: 35MPH+
The Sportfoil
The Sportfoil, while not a purely "clean-tech" machine, is one
way to get speedboat performance out of a much smaller outboard. It's a
simple, inexpensive way to go "flying" (the boat taxies out to
a takeoff, banks through turns, can be stalled, and come in for a landing,
after the ultra smooth flight of the foils). The 12' Sportfoil takes outboards
up to ten horse and can fly on as little as four hp. (and using a new 4-cycle
outboard makes for a pretty low-emission, 21st century sport-boat).
For more information on hydrofoils (which type of boat the Sportfoil is),
Click Here for the International Hydrofoil
Society page.
L.O.A.:12'
BEAM: 6'10" (WITH WINGS), 4' (HULL ONLY)
WEIGHT:150LBS(W/O ENG.)
ENGINE: 5HP TO 15HP
CREW: ONE
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