1970s Italian Sparviero-class hydrofoil. 24m long with an Otobreda 76mm gun on the front and capable of traveling at speeds of 46 knots [480 x 360]
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PsBattle: Abandoned Soviet hydrofoil boats
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My first craft: a hydrofoil. Is it any good? reddit.com/gallery/rwn9l9
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Anybody know how to spawn a vehicle onto the new Separators? Trying to make a revolving bomb bay with some drill drones I made a while back for a mine layer. Idea is to drop these into the water from a Hydrofoil circling the enemy. If the drones are not saved vehicles how do you get them back on? reddit.com/gallery/rcr1kf
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Getting your hydrofoil board started. v.redd.it/fzzy2jkwme081
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Hydrofoil HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400), MusΓ©e maritime du QuΓ©bec, l'Islet, Canada, 2010 [3115Γ—2169]
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Hydrofoil Generation Sailing: Indie game/simulator about modern foiling boats made in Rust. This week we added proper sail twist/camber mechanic plus preparation work for the port to Linux/Steam Deck with WGPU. reddit.com/gallery/qxid53
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Is it possible to have a bikepacking route along a long river using a hydrofoil bike?
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Pegasus-Class Hydrofoil. (3801x2561)
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Belgian Hydrofoil at an International Exposition, December 1925
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surfing on a hydrofoil v.redd.it/59v38mv35fr71
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Prototype Vanilla Hydrofoil Boats (330 Blocks per second) v.redd.it/2r1klb41o8p71
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Non Buoyant hydrofoil concept. v.redd.it/6c67k42rvnw71
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A Vekllei Coastguard Hydrofoil
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Put hydrofoil on my boat and took it from 60kts to 190kts
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When could Sailing Hydrofoils first be produced?

To my shallow knowledge, a hydrofoil sailboat is just a large sail on a light boat with skis. This made me wonder how soon civilizations could have created a hydrofoil sailboat, if they were familiar with the concept. Was it only possible to produce them with modern materials which existed in the 1950s? Has anyone made one out of more common materials like wood?

Example:

This fellow did a good job making one with mostly wood, some stainless steel, and a bit of Styrofoam and fibreglass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdJUPChj6M&ab_channel=LukasReitemeier

Some ancient forms of stainless steel existed incidentally, just from iron being mixed with some chromium deposits or the like, so technically you could get that fairly early on. If bronze was strong enough, that could also suffice.

The Styrofoam and fibreglass seemed to just be for extra safety and function, those could likely be imitated well enough with some forms of ancient materials. He also had a computer system he added on for stability, but it looked like he could've managed just steering it with his own body, if he had to.

Then it would just be a question on the boat and the sail--and for those I guess bamboo and silk are the best options? Readily available ancient materials both very strong and very light.

Conclusion

Putting it all together, you might be able to produce a hydrofoil sailboat back in the Bronze Age or Iron Age? It may only be able to be a 1-2 man craft, of course.

What do you think?

Thanks, and Merry Christmas!

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225 knots in hydrofoil boat v.redd.it/gqz2arl1t8y71
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Lake Lanier Hydrofoil Footage youtu.be/eyZXXGPP2Oo
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Hydrofoils and the priorities

was surfing last night and some dick kept zipping in and snaking waves before they even hit the lineup. Guy was passing within three feet of people- am I in the wrong for being filled with murderous rage here?

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Pixhawk Stabilized Hydrofoil - 06 Big Elevon Rear Wing! - Roll Control is Here! youtu.be/YOpvE_k-1A4
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Hydrofoil Generation Sailing. A indie made realistic sailing/foiling simulator for PC made in Rust. reddit.com/gallery/qdmeya
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muscle league racer i made. goes 170 in boat mode an 761 in hydrofoil mode v.redd.it/clemmrai2q181
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06 Big Elevon Rear Wing! - Roll Control is Here! - Hydrofoil PWC Project youtu.be/YOpvE_k-1A4
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Fully Submerged Hydrofoil in Flight using Arduplane! youtube.com/watch?v=yhCv0…
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Pegasus class hydrofoils HERCULES PHM2 and TAURUS PHM3 drawing in the ocean off Key West FLA in November 1991 [2030x1133]
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How does one make Hydrofoils work (my like 5th failed attempt at one is pictured) reddit.com/gallery/q7y6r9
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Swing made from a carbon fiber hydrofoil that was no longer needed.
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Hydrofoil trending on Artstation
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Fully Submerged Hydrofoil in Flight using Arduplane! youtube.com/watch?v=yhCv0…
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White Lightning: Hovercraft with air and mini thruster brakes and "hydrofoil" mode reddit.com/gallery/r7o97g
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Rust WGPU | Porting Hydrofoil Generation to Linux/Steam Deck (Twitch Stream) twitch.tv/kunosstefano
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Hydrofoil in Flight using Arduplane! - coincident projects! youtube.com/watch?v=yhCv0…
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ELECTRA, the world's fastest, longest range electric hydrofoil ferry inceptivemind.com/electra…
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220mph Muscle League Hydrofoil v.redd.it/c63t7kchugw71
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Fully Submerged Hydrofoil in Flight using Arduplane! youtube.com/watch?v=yhCv0…
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Hydrofoils instead of wheels! v.redd.it/8ewe67y6hq371
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This is a Jetfoiler, an electric hydrofoil surfboard gfycat.com/sociablefewind…
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This Boeing Hydrofoil vehicle never made it into final production, unfortunately :( v.redd.it/lfq2rpq401281
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