Just a little update to our backers if you have not followed our blog yet. Swinsurfers is commited to designing an efficient boat which could potentially carry 200kg of weight and still travel fast. It does this by employing a T-shaped hydrofoil. A hydrofoil is like an aircraft's wing underwater. It works with the same principle: generating upward lift when there's a forward thrust. The lift have to be just right to cancel off the effect of the mass being transported. Too much lift, and the boat will end up flying out of the water and flip over. Too little, and the boat will not be able to 'fly' above the water. At the correct configuration, the hulls will be lifted out of the water, leaving only the hydrofoils in contact wil the water surface, thus, reducing drag, allowing us to 'surf' at greater speed.
