Launched - Flying Nikka - OnCourse Episode 19

Ten months ago a bundle of smart looking renderings set the scene for a wild and ambitious concept - Today it's the real deal, afloat and flying. And in putting theory into practice this Mark Mills designed keelboat foiler has triggered an important question, is this the start of offshore foiling?
To find out we take a close look at Flying Nikka's first sailing trials and talk to Mark Mills about how the first few days went and what the future holds.
We also take a look at the opening event in Bermuda for Sail GP Season 3 and ask among other things, why the big guns aren't performing.
And while we're on the subject of foils, we take a look at how one move may have changed the game for Olympic windsurfers and possibly everyone else on a flying sailboard.
Plus, the Kiwis roll their land yacht out of the shed for the first time and start their speed testing runs in Auckland.
And still there's more, a new IMOCA team is announced for The Ocean Race and Dee Caffari tells us about her new shorthanded project, plus there's a new Lego boat building project and another double helping of Docktalk.

Episode 19 Content and links
00:00 Start
00:40 Flying Nikka
15:30 First Foiling Tack
16:56 Docktalk part 1
20:09 SailGP Bermuda Analysis
23:53 ETNZ land speed record
29:04 New IMOCA team for TOR
31:48 Docktalk part 2
35:50 Dee Caffari - A new project
46:01 Lego Comanche

Docktalk links
16:56 L30
17:58 BRYD41
18:57 Aeolus P45
31:48 Cyclops
32:49 Robline
33:50 Contender Sailcloth
34:46 Bavaria C38 Sport

SailGP - Season 3 - Bermuda Highlights
SailGP Season 3 Kicks Off

Lego Comanche crowd funding campaign
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lego-jclass

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