The brand new AFS 1000R Race foils have just landed in Australia, fitting the 105cm mast and relatively short 88cm fuselage.

Today was my first session with it (big thanks to Remi @ WindsurfingShed for importing them).
TLDR, the new AFS 1000mm foil is AWESOME!

The foil is intricate, very high aspect design, with little winglets, and a razorblade thin tail foil.
Riding the foil for my first time on a 95cm wide board, I found the flight to be very balanced, accelerating quickly and with stability, without much fore/aft rebalance required.

One of my first runs was 18kts in about 9 kts of wind! Mind you, it took a fair bit of effort to pump up onto the plane (with my inexperience). GPS Post here: gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2019-04-06&team=33
Max speed for the day was 20kts, and there is more available. I was impressed for my first day out! Super stable on all points of sail!

Today I tested the gear near the runway at Kyeemagh, NSW, riding on an iSonic Foil 147 board (note the 80-odd tail width is too narrow for maximum drive upwind!), TR16 9.3 (Massive Lift!), AFS 105 mast and brand new 1000mm foil.


Below, showing how happy I was after my first session on the new toy!




Intricate foil shape with winglets. Long, wide, thin and razor sharp aft foil.



Full Rig




Comparison of 1000R and 800R Foils both on 105 masts. Sorry about the shadows.






Wind felt like 6-16kts between about 4 and 6 pm.