Originally Posted by rehmbo
I think Hydroptère is one of those corner-case boats. Huge amount of sail power allows it to work in windy conditions.

You could probably do this on an 18' boat too, but would only be "fast" and up on the step when its blowing over ~20kts. In all lesser conditions I'm quite certain that normal style hulls would be faster.


I Totally agree !
To make a stepped hull work ; you'd need Copious amounts
of power, to drive it.

The thing that impressed me most about Hydroptère ; is
the speed they'd get out of conventional sails !!

Bille