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Sit-down hydrofoil

A sit-down hydrofoil is a fancy boat that rides on the water with special wings that help it float above the surface.

Imagine you're at the beach and you're playing with your toy boat in the water. When you push it forward, it goes in a straight line and sits low in the water. But what if you could make it so that your boat could fly above the surface of the water? That's kind of what a sit-down hydrofoil does.

The boat has a big metal wing underneath it that helps to lift it out of the water. This wing is called a hydrofoil. When the boat starts moving forward, the hydrofoil creates lift, which causes the boat to rise out of the water. That's pretty cool, right?

But the sit-down hydrofoil doesn't just have one wing. It has two! There's one wing near the front of the boat and one near the back. These wings help to keep the boat stable and prevent it from tipping over.

So when you sit in a sit-down hydrofoil, you're basically sitting in a cool, flying boat that goes really fast and doesn't touch the water very much. It's like you're flying over the water instead of swimming in it.

And that's what a sit-down hydrofoil is!
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