Born from a desire to make boats go faster, today the hydrofoil is being revived as a cleaner form of water transport by ...
What better place for a boat that claims to “fly on water” than the Formula 1 of sailing? Not as the main star, of course, but as an equally-spectacular companion. This year’s edition of SailGP marked ...
Wind power is a promising source of green energy and one that could feature in the production of green hydrogen. UK startup Drift Energy shows a different spin on that idea. Instead of creating ...
These SailGP boats don’t just float, they fly. The ultralight F50 catamarans are fitted with twin hydrofoils that lift the ...
Sailing used to be considered as a rather sedate pastime. But in the past few years, the world of yacht racing has been revolutionized by the arrival of hydrofoil-supported catamarans, known as ...
Imagine a sailing boat that flies above water at over 100 kilometers per hour – the speed limit of certain sections of Sheikh ...
We're all quickly learning about the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. They're more cost-efficient than traditional gas-guzzlers and can run on clean, renewable energy sources. However, we ...
I’ve been intoxicated by the speed, sound and sheer engineering magic of hydrofoiling sailboats since I wrote about Hydroptère flying above the waves in the mid-1990’s at my glorious first job as a ...
From floating ‘diamonds’ to roaming volcanoes, an array of eclectic and innovative superyacht concepts has been emerging in recent months, and this latest invention from Lazzarini Design Studio is no ...
In a letter to his son Eduard in February of 1930, Albert Einstein wrote “Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Drawing a relationship between that wisdom and sailing ...
Hydrofoil Generation puts you at the helm of state-of-the-art sailing craft, modelled with unprecedented accuracy to replicate the exhilarating experience of ‘flying’ over the water at speeds over ...
Launched in 1869, the Cutty Sark was the fastest sailing ship of its time. These days the clipper is a London tourist attraction. In its prime, when it dashed across the world carrying tea from China ...