DNA & Misha Heemskerk = Production Racing Foiling Beachcat

All images by Denis Lucci…speaking about being at the right place at the right moment! — The wait & speculation on when we will have a production beachcat capable of a stable flight is over.

This means that it will win all races/regattas? Not yet, as Mischa dominated downwind in the breeze at Hyeres ending with two bullets, but the combined conditions with calms didn´t summed up for winning the event that went to Bob Baier with a Nikita (12yrs design by Nils Bunkenburg). Mischa ended 6th.

But of course the combination of Mischa new acquired or transferred skills to the A-Class are helping DNA to have a too powerful racing package.

Next events and the European will provide more data on the effectiveness of this Flying mode.

But Beyond any
Class and racing analysis, at first glance when I saw the entire sequence I just went “WTF!” …

Perfect flight and lets wait for some video in the future.  Great technical work done by PJ and Arno, with Mischa applying his catsailing experience to produce a real milestone in our sport. Congrats guys and keep up the good work.

Raphael Censier might get additional incentives now to finish his work, as he has the skills already.

Entire image sequence 68 images at  Denis Lucci. fb

6 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    Are this footage taken in the races ????

  2. Anonymous says:

    From dnacat.blogspot.com:
    "Pictures were taken last Sunday by Denis Lucci after the races had been cancelled due to too much wind."

  3. Anonymous says:

    Amazing shoots, but when you mean stable ???

    I have so real doubt, according the sequence for sure not…

    Bow up and down with big variation of height even on flat water… We don't see the next shoot after the bow is really up but it probably stole and fall straight afterward.

    I would say it is pretty spectacular and great to see a small A Cat foiling but there is still a bit of work to get it "stable".

    Anyhow congrats to Mischa and DNA for pushing the beach cat forward.

  4. csn says:

    Always people trying to take away credit from those putting the actual hours and the work.

    When Raphael was airborn in 'fact' he was not… and now this is rather 'floating' with style right?

    If this is not a stable flying proof (just only the last part is enough evidence) you are seeing another channel.

    We have a say downhere "Keep participating" or something like keep trying while others are already doing it.

    A video will show it better for sure though.

  5. Anonymous says:

    Martin,

    Nothing negative, but just reality, today it is miles behind the stability of the AC72 or the SL33 modified by ETNZ.

    That boat is for sure not stable in altitude and fore and aft for the moment… It will probably be one day but for the moment it is limited by the A class rules regarding the foils and several set up configuration like the position of the foils…

    The last AC72 boat who used to have "J" foils and winglet in the middle of the rudders was Artemis, we cannot say it was a real success before this tragic accident. Their modified AC45 and their second AC72 do not have any "J" foils and winglets in the middle of the rudders.

    You will see, this boat won't fully foil 500m without doing a kind rodeo like on the pix, but it is brilliant for the sport to have such people like DNA or the Phantom guys pushing forward.

    Don't worry, it is just a matter of time, it will happen shortly !

  6. csn says:

    All Ok, I'm not 'worried' on boats foiling or not, that is not the case at all.

    I just like to recognize people efforts as I do with every single project.

    This is first time a legal A-Class is shown 'jumping' for some long meters and documented, pic by pic it looks pretty good.

    A video will show it better no doubt.

    How come you are going to compare a million dollar ACup project to a legal AClass??

    And here you also have sailors skills as a key ingredient.

    Will have a Q&A on monday with Mischa with more details.