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Old 01-31-2014 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Some have said their little Garmin hand held GPS's have shown speeds as high as 20kts, but I have only seen 17.7 on mine. This video (and my boat) is on a 16' cat though, the 18's and 20's are a bit faster, as you would expect.

Now, if you really want to blow some dough, there are new full foiling, 100% carbon fiber 16' and 20' cats that claim 30 knots up on the foils, but the 16' costs over $30K and I think the 20' is about $45K!

Too rich for my blood!
Here's the 16' foiling cat: Flying Phantom V4 - YouTube

Here's a carbon 25' foiling cat, but it's also got a solid wing. These are called C cats, and they are well over $100K Groupama C V1 - YouTube
Very cool. Nice boat. I'm not in a position to do anything now (back issues) but would love to some day. That's gotta be a blast hanging over the water like that motating along. How often do you flip over? (I know that's not the technical term). Just saw the Nacra video. That looks like a ton of fun.