Yachting World's Matt Sheahan interviews Paul Campbell-James, who does the wing trim on board Ben Ainslie's AC45F. These foilers are inherently unstable, making it a constant battle of foil, rudder and wing adjustment to keep the foiling catamaran on an even keel, so to speak! The meaty bit of the info begins at about 1 minute into the video....
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