How to go fast downwind

[Matt]

spoke about soaring here

Foiling upwind using bumps - dynamic foiling

Anyone think this is possible without pumping, to gain ground against the direction of wind and bumps? Based on the conversation around racing, I wondered. I wouldn’t have given much credit to this given last years foils, but as the AR of the foils increase, it becomes more conceivable that foiling could use the same dynamic soaring technique used by birds and RC planes. [Dynamic Soaring: How the Wandering Albatross Can Fly for Free] [image] (based on a loose understanding of h…