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Thomas Jundt’s foiler sets new trial runs
The experimental Mirabaud LX sailboat, version 2010, has recently been put through its first trial runs. Thomas Jundt’s foiler, which underwent improvements over the winter, is now poised to set new records on Lake Geneva and participate in the Weymouth Speed Speed #speedsailing Week next (...) -
Vidéo
L’Hydroptère from capzizes to records
From Eric Tabarly’s Tornado the the 500m record Record #sailingrecord , this is the official video of Alain Thébault’s foiler. -
Speed record
50,17 knots : L’Hydroptère gets the mile record
Two monthes after the outright record Record #sailingrecord over 500 meters, l’Hydroptère, the 60 feet foiler has conclued its mediterrannean record Record #sailingrecord breaking campaign with another record. The fastest sailboat of the world make an impressive 50,17 knots over one nautical mile ( 92,91 km/h). Alain Thébault and (...) -
500 meters record
Paul Larsen : "we hit a rogue wave… that size"
Whilst making on Wednesday 7th the first ’full-on’ run of their 4th outright world speed Speed #speedsailing sailing record Record #sailingrecord attempt, Paul Larsen had a main foil failure at the end of the run. This resulted in a loss of down force to react the up force of the inclined wing and Vestas Sailrocket took to (...) -
500 meters record
51,36 knots : L’Hydroptère takes the absolute record
L’Hydroptère has registered 51,36 knots of average speed Speed #speedsailing over 500 meters on Friday 4 september, in the bay of Hyères in the South of France. -
Speed
L’Hydroptère breaks the 50 knots barrier
The Hydrofoiler team announces on its site to have broken the 50 knots barrier dring speed Speed #speedsailing sessions in Hyères in the South of France. It would have even improved its performances during the all day. The foil machine would have thus exceeded the 51 knots over 500 meters. A performance realized under the control of the (...) -
Yacht design
Arnold Freidling explores mono-foiler with eXplorius
We all know offshore racing multihulls with foils such as french ORMA trimarans (18 meters long), offshore speed Speed #speedsailing multihulls such as the Hydroptère, and inshore foilers such as the TriFoiler of new flying Mothes. Here is a new concept for… a cruising Cruising #Cruising monohull. The (...)