Yesterday Idefix VII went out foiling for a practice session in winds at 305 degrees at 12 knots, temperature at 35C. The tacks went real well, managing a tack under 20 seconds from foiling to foiling. After training for 30 minutes Idefix VII was foiling upwind on a heading of 250 degrees at 15 knots when the rudder foil hit a plastic bag. The shock felt like hitting a brick, the gantry snapped at once. I then latched the floating rudder to the broken gantry and got sailing back to Emirates Palace Marina doing 3 knots instead of 20 knots. It took one and a half hours to get home but it was a full strait downwind course. There is going to be some mending, fixing and purchasing to be done to get foiling again.
Idefix is very proud of the "stitching", the collision with the IFO (Identified Floating Object) is at the most north western point, this was close to U-3 arround 5 Nm out at sea. Was not going to except much help.
Idefix is very proud of the "stitching", the collision with the IFO (Identified Floating Object) is at the most north western point, this was close to U-3 arround 5 Nm out at sea. Was not going to except much help.
