It depends on your location and windsurf experience. If you have windsurfed before you will take to windfoiling like a duck to water. Hit up you local windsurf school and have a go, or just buy the equipment – you will not regret it!

You need 5-7 knots of wind to get up on the foil, depending on your equipment and ability. A sailor of high ability can foil in 4 knots with the right sail, foil and technique. A sailor of intermediate ability will need more like 6 - 7 knots.

You need to have an idea of what sort of windfoiling you would like to do. Race sails and race foils are generally bigger than their freeride counterparts, they go faster and point higher upwind and lower downwind.

We have been pushing the limits of what we can sail with at the upper wind strengths. We have seen sailors with 9.0m2 sails in 30 knots of wind. Technique and sea state have a large effect on this however.

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Set your equipment up with a little more power. This means less downhaul and eased outhaul, and move your mast track back roughly 2 cms from your default setting.

Its all about settings – understanding your rig and board. Things to think about are how to depower your sai; outhaul; downhaul and moving mast track position.

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It depends on your size and your experience – but we suggest a 7m soft sail. You will out grow this very quickly. Bic Techno sails work very well also.

If you are intending to race, we suggest you buy any race foil to start with. You will progress very quickly, futureproof yourself with good gear or gear you can upgrade piece by piece.

Wide boards are best.

Yes and no. It's faster and your decisions need to be precise. Speed and strategy are pararmount, boat on boat tactical sailing is key, it's just another boat.

The top recorded speed on a windfoil is 35 knots. While racing you will do between 15-18 knots upwind, and up to 26 knots downwind.

The best thing to do is hold onto your boom. Most crashes come from foiling too high and the foil cavitates and you crash back to the water. Sometimes you will go over the front –hang on, it's only water. By holding on you eliminate the risk of falling on the foil of the board.

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From our experience you should get out and have a play yourself. Be careful, it is addictive. Coaching is a very broard term, but it's all the same as current windsurfing.

If you tow slow you can have the foil in the water. Should you want to go faster you will want to have the foil out of the water, put the rig accross the boat and tip the board upside down. Best if the sailor sits on the nose of the board.

You will need to assess the sittuation first, if the sailor needs attention, leave the equipment to another rescue boat. Coming along side the board is best then the sailor can jump directly into the support boat. As above tip the board upside down.