buccaneer wrote:
I have a question regarding foiling, with all the new foiling cats around is it possible to imagine a hobie 16 with foils is it even possible ?
Theoretically, yes. However, its "flight regime" - the points of sail / wind speeds that would enable flying with the hulls clear of the water would be very limited. The other 99% of the time, the boat would not be foiling and the extra drag of the foils would make the boat even slower.
Foils work best on lightweight boats with very efficient sail plans - like an A-Class Catamaran. An A weighs half what a Hobie 16 does. Even then, they don't foil all the way around a race course. They're very twitchy, athletic boats.
Foils are very highly-engineered, carbon fiber constructions = $$$$. Look on the A-Class website in their classified sections. $400 rudders (each). $600 daggerboards (used). $15,000 boat platforms (no foils, tramp, sails or mast).
Foiling is an expensive game.