... Can sustainability enter the world of high performance sailing? Audace Sailing Team, a student group based at the University of Trieste (Italy), bet on flax fiber to create their own foiling prototype, an International Moth. In this paper, we present a hydrofoil design process that is arguably...

... sensitivity of the predicted boat speed to the numerical method adopted is identified. Results are presented via two case studies, predicting performance for a foiling International Moth, and for a Europe dinghy retro-fitted with hydrofoils. Benchmark data for the numerical simulation is obtained using two...

... The International Moth class has experienced a resurgence of interest and publicity associated with the adoption of hydrofoils and the performance improvements these foil have brought. This paper documents a series of full scale tow tests intended to characterize some of the major parameters...