Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
The knowledge base on how to sail those things is pretty thin, so who knows? Boats get knocked down from time to time, but the flying part when a puff gets under the boat is strictly a foiling thing and I know nothing about it.
The boat is presumably built with enough flotation to stay up when the hull hasn’t asploded. It was probably paper thin in the area where it blew out.
sounds like the speed is greater than the aerodynamic capabilities of boat builders. Similar to NASCAR when they had to use restricted plates to keep horsepower and speed down. They did that so the cars didn't begin to take off and get airborne at 212 MPH. see Elliot, Bill.
https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/c...-sport-forever