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Old 30th June 2008 | 14:22
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barit1
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To extend the example a bit:

The hydrofoil at rest is a displacement vessel (Archimedes and all that).

But as it gathers speed, its weight is taken up by the foils, and the water reacts to the dynamic load of the downwash of the foils. If it were a model hydrofoil in a long tank aboard an aircraft, its wing still carries the same load.
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