2014 Carafino Triumphant Arch Hydrofoil

[C A R A F I N O 2014]

Carafino News:

2014 Carafino Triumphant Arch Hydrofoil

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Hello All in the world of HYDROFOIL KITE SURFING:

Here is an update for you and the time is coming shortly to officially announce our promo offer through kiteforum.com only.

Great news, we are giving away some boards through kiteforum.com with a special lottery. No purchase is required. The lucky winner will receive a free 2014 C A R A F I N O model hydrofoil.

More details will follow in the coming days as we arrange the lottery system.

Regarding the video



http://youtu.be/So5TkL5LWg8

THE FOIL IS FEATURED WITH DIAMOND ATTACHMENT POINT TECHNOLOGY.

A NEW CARAFINO INNOVATION FOR THE SPORT OF HYDROFOIL KITE SURF.

THE TRIUMPHANT ARCH OF THE T BAR FOIL MOVES THROUGH WATER FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL STRAIGHT SHAFT FOILS, ANOTHER INNOVATION FOUNDED BY CARAFINO IN THE YEAR 2009, BROUGHT TO THE MARKET FOR THE WORLD OF HYDROFOIL KITE BOARDING IN THE YEAR 2014
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THE T BAR IS DESIGNED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH A SERIES OF CARAFINO WINGS FOR THE YEAR 2014, WITH THE FIRST WING DESIGNS TO BE RACE AND FREESTYLE. ADDITIONAL RACE WINGS WILL BE DESIGNED FROM RIDER INPUT AND DEMAND AND BROUGHT TO THE MARKET RAPIDLY.

THE BOARD AND HYDROFOIL FOR THE YEAR 2014 ARE "NOT COMPATIBLE" WITH PREVIOUS CARAFINO DESIGNS.

ALL UNITS SOLD COMPLETE WITH FOOT PADS, STRAPS, HARDWARE, T BAR AND WINGS, BOARD, WARRANTY, ASSEMBLE AND GO RIDE IT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CARAFINO DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR SITE.

www.carafinohydrofoilboard.com

PROMO OFFER TO BE ANNOUNCED FORMALLY THROUGH KITEFORUM.COM ONLY.

[Tone]

Just saying...

[Rotule]

Thanks for the details

The foil looks nice, can't wait to see it in real

[Arcsrule]

Tone, what's your pont?

[Tone]

Tone, what's your pont?

My point is that there are already curved mast foils available.

[Arcsrule]

and Cariffino's first post was....

THE TRIUMPHANT ARCH OF THE T BAR FOIL MOVES THROUGH WATER FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL STRAIGHT SHAFT FOILS, ANOTHER INNOVATION FOUNDED BY CARAFINO IN THE YEAR 2009, BROUGHT TO THE MARKET FOR THE WORLD OF HYDROFOIL KITE BOARDING IN THE YEAR 2014

i don't know that either mfg copied the other., if that was the implication.
this concept has been used in ship building for several years. i'm not an engineer so i won't bother explaining the concept but my guess is that a straight shaft is much easier to make than a curved shaft.

[Tiago1973]

can´t see the point, is not the shaft mostly airborne?..

[Bille]

can´t see the point, is not the shaft mostly airborne?..

The water bubbles created on the surface from turbulence, will travel down
a shaft if it's not raked forward a bit, ( it's called Ventilation ).

Placing fins on the shaft will also stop the air from following it, but that
takes more drag to accomplish the same as just raking it forward a bit.

And Nice back-track ya did there, with that second question !

Bille

[Bradn]

looks sleek, although would there be a lot of drag around the mast -> fuselage join? looks quite wide.

[holden]

the main challenge to reduce drag is to make the mast as thin as possible and combine that with a profile that has minimal drag with an aoa of 0°. "thin as possible" means that you need enough stiffness otherwise the board will wobble. i don't think that triumphant arch will make any noticable difference to a straight mast. what might be a good idea is to make the mast wider/thicker closer to the board. this way you add stiffness in an area that is in fact above the water most of the time.

h.