CEC Catamaran Europe Central, shipyard, development and production of high flying catamarans. CEC Catamarans GmbH is building the iFLY®15 foiling catamaran that is sailing since August 2016. iFLY®15 can be sailed single handed or with crew. Due to CEC developed FlySafe® Foil Control System that is autonomously stabilizing the airborn catamaran, the iFLY is safe to be sailed by any sailor with trapeze experience. Innovative KickOff system helps taking off in winds as low as 6knots/2Bft. The iFLY Razzor is a further development for advanced or pro sailors that allows even more aggressive foiling with extreme maneuvers thanks to its advanced iFLY rake control
not on this day, no leash here. Sometimes, when sailing any catamaran in wild or very cold conditions, I use a retractable dog leash for safety. It is good to know I won’t get separated from my boat, when nobody is around … just so much safer! Use a quick release snap shackle to connect to your trapeze…
always true, on every sailboat. In unforeseen situations, sheeting loads on sailboats can be too high to safely hold them with your teeth. Support sheeting with your helming hand. It is also a lot faster, allowing you to trim better 👍
Hi, I'm interested in buying a second hand iFly.. is it possible to retrofit the main foil differential to a boat that didn't have it out of the box, and does that involve replacing the main foils themselves (what's the cost)? Thanks!
contact me via pm, I can help you to find your ideal pre-owned iFLY. I know all boats on the market. +49 171 622 44 00. Yes, iFLY MDT (main foil differential) can be retrofitted to any iFLY. Retrofit kit is 1.500EUR.
@iFLY-foiling That's amazing, thanks! I plan to arrange a test ride / course and then start hunting for a boat in earnest. Will take a bit of time to arrange the travel.
In this sort of racing, an important comment! No batteries or fossil fuel needed, just brilliant design, skilled sailors that are tuned into the environment and extreme awareness of their surrounding competition. Alive and amazing.
yes, absolutely you can buy in the USA. Today, there are 26 iFLYs in North America. Our iFLY USA dealer is in Miami: contact@iFLYsail.com iFLY price range is from 38-54k$. The available options and accessories will be explained in detail in an individual way. Once we are in contact, the best package for you will be defined, according to your actual sailing skills and ambition.
It is my baby. Developed and build with love and high-tech. It makes me really very happy to hear from seasoned foiling Acat sailors that they love the boat very much. Acat and iFly, actually have a lot in common. The same high-tech approach, the same excellent materials (carbon, epoxy sandwich, titanium, anodized aluminum), the same suppliers, sail makers, mast builders (an Acat rig is even 100% compatible)... only iFly has a bit of an advantage, because it is free from the limitations of the Acat box rules. This Acat box rules (especially the controversial rule 8) were originally implemented to ban flying on the Acat. But clever engineers found a way, anyway, and the Acat started flying - even though originally conceived as a non-foiling class. With these limitation due to the Acat box rule, it is obviously a lot harder to develop a boat that is flying stable. Free of these limitations, iFLY was "born to fly" and can therefore take advantage of automatic and active foil control systems, supporting a unmatched stable flight attitude. This makes the iFly not only accessible, but also fast, as it allows sustainable flying over long distances, also Upwind foiling. And on iFly this is achievable not only by very advanced sailors, but also by normal beach catamaran or dinghy sailors. The same superior flight stability that makes foiling possible for these sailors allows the advanced sailor on iFLY RAZZOR to push hard and reach very high speeds and keep flying in strong winds and rough conditions. @skiboy0fstowe2000 : don't dream your life, live your dream. To make it happen, contact@iFLYsail.com
im in love with this boat, everything in it seems si well thought, designed, buit, like this is already mature foiling, perforlance with ease, whereas many others are still at the early stage of acrobatic foiling and as a result you see what guys are able to do during cuaching sessions, ie probably their first try i will definitely purchase one someday
🤣 then better be careful that your sandwich does not fly away, when iFLY is exceeding th 25kts 🚀🚀🚀. Guess what? when going really fast, you better don't loose control 💪
Very nice video. The sound is a bit weird due to vibrations through some (hollow?) metal part I guess. But the ride seems smooth like a flying carpet. Is there any battery powered computer system controlling the angle of attack on the foils? And if so, what is the time it can last on a battery?(I am just interested).
We call it the sound of speed 😀. The faster we sail, the higher the sound, which is created on the trailing edge of the carbon / titanium foils. You will observe the same on the America’s Cup yachts and the F50 catamarans of @SailGp. The iFLY foils are high end products, full carbon with titanium core structure, compression molded under 40.000kg pressure. The daggerboard is so strong, that the sailor can stand on it without any risk of breaking it.
Yes, iFLY’s active flight control system is cutting edge technology, fully mecanic, making iFLY the foiler with the best flight attitude. Stable flight is key, pre-requisite for both, high speed and safe fun. There are no electronics nor batteries aboard 😀. Just German mecanical engineering 💪⭐️
foiling A-class. In good foiling conditions e.g. 10-25kts of wind speed, 90% of the sailors are faster around the race course on iFLY, because on iFLY, they manage stable foiling. Very few sailors have the skills to be fast on the foiling A-class, because they struggle to be consistently foiling. Only the best sailors manage upwind foiling on A-class, whereas on iFLY even average sailors fly permanently upwind at excellent vmg, especially on iFLY RAZZOR with mainfoil differential (adding huge amount of righting moment). On iFLY you also do foiling gybes to complete great vmg downwind, with speeds up to 31kts and excellent angles. The best A-class sailors (many of them Olympic or AC sailors) can sail their boats faster than average skilled sailors sail today their iFLYs. I wonder what they could do with the iFLY. But the others… Many A-class sailors are leaving the foiling class and go back to non-foiling „classic“ qualification. These sailors simply do not feel safe on the foiling A-class. Speaking about light wind and very strong conditions: Once there is not enough pressure for foiling the iFLY (less than 7kts,) it is very clear that the 18ft. length and 9m mast make the A-class faster than iFLY with 15ft. and standard 7.5m mast. iFLY RAZZOR with big sails on 8.5m mast change this partially, but in non-foiling mode the 18ft. are an advantage for A-class. iFLY simply is not interested in non-foiling. In marginal foiling conditions for iFLY 7-8kts, it is foiling at high speeds for a lot of fun. But in order to sail good angles upwind and downwind dives on the race course starts at 9kts. On the other side of the range, iFLY is able to still be foiling fast and stable in very strong conditions above 25kts. and a built sea state of 2m. With a sonically wide platform of 2.5m and the most advanced active coil control the much more robust iFLY flies in conditions where you will hardly see any A-class still on the water
Hobie getaway on steroids..... if I ever become wealthy enough I'm definitely getting one of these, looks so much easier than a foiling A class! Do you guys export to Australia?
yes, absolutely, we do deliver to Australia. There are currently 5 iFLYs in Australia, fleet growing fast. There will be a new container coming in for the start of the sailing season. PM me to have your boat aboard. EMichael@iFLYsail.com. Yes, you bet, ten times more stable flying than acat. Also regularly upwind foiling, which is a big challenge on acat and N17, where only the best of the best sailors can do it.
@@iFLY-foiling seems to fit the boat very well, is there any plan to 'scale up' the design to e.g. 18ft and create an ultimate long distance cruiser/racer
@@thomasjamesstarks8338 we believe very much in the iFLY15 as long distance cruiser/racer for single handed as well as 2Up double trapezing 😀. Hull length does not matter when flying. Dimensions of platform feel very much 18- ish, only shortened hulls… 🚀
I saw you, while tacking , change the bow of the frontsail. Can't you just put a tight steelwire between the bows and let the frontsail slide to the other side by the wind? Makes tacking a little simpler.
thank you for sharing this idea. We did also consider it in the beginning. But we found too many disadvantages, so we chose the solution with endless tack-line and remote controlled Spinlock cleat. To be able to do full foiling upwind with CodeF, the luff needs to be very tight - straight line. With a self tacking solution with steel wire, due to elasticity effects of hulls, there woulld always be a slack in luff. Another solution could be a stiff bar or rail between the bows - a solution we did not want for mny reasons. Another aspect is aerodynamics and easy access. Further, in many situations we want the tack partially or fully to windwards, especially in very light downwind situations… Finally, the chosen solution seems really good. It is a matter of training to make tacking and gybing fast when being single handed. 2Up it is very fast, with some coordination 😀
@@iFLY-foiling oke, sounds like you are allready searched the best solution. Super to see how stable the boat is performing. I consider buying one for next year. Keep up the good work!!
Hi @@BBFazer , thank you for your understanding. Yes, we have thought these things through very carefully down to the smallest detail. iFLY is a fully mature development, field proven since 7 years, and perfectionism in design and building quality. We believe this is what is key for a flying boat, going above 25kts of boat speed at a very stable flight attitude.
Guys, you know they make computer control systems for larger foils with control surfaces on them. I would move the foils slightly forward closer to the mast and go bigger. Much, much bigger.
sure, we know it, but actually we love the position of iFLY’s mainfoils. 8 years ago, we had tested them more forward. Bigger foils we believe are not the way to go, but high aspect ratio with big span and relatively small area.
it is true, the iFLY configuration in a bigger boat would make a lot of sense and to replace the sophisticated mechanic flight control system by an even more elaborate computer controlled system can be a nice thing, if all this is designed to perfection with a high budget. Question is if there is a market to earn back the huge development cost.
@@iFLY-foiling I mean a container ship, ideally ‘coaster’ size for operating out of Rotterdam to UK ports, including Ipswich. The prevailing winds are south westerly, so vessels would be sailing a beam reach both ways. By ‘flying’ on dagger boards the rough sea conditions wouldn’t matter. Probably CNC controlled trimming. There’s no reason a large heavy vessel couldn’t fly too. No need for engines.
@@stephensmith799 unfortunately, we cannot help with providing flying container ships. we are builders of small, high-performance, catamarans for leisure and racing 🚀🚀🚀
I like how modern hull design is literally the opposed of the old design. An upside down shape. That is so cool/ The same goes for airplanes. The best jets have inverse wings swept forwards and not backwards. They are extremely unstable and need highly involved computer controlling, but the performance of those "suicide doors" wings is far superior to the traditional ones. This also is true for the actual suicide style door in cars. You have better and easier access
only in this case, the so called wave piercer bows add stability and make the waterline longer. Also in waves tips, they far less slow down the boat than conventional bow design
