Perhaps you have seen this before, to me it was new.
Just awsome.......

crashes as fast as it goes.

Hi, Rob,

Where ya' been, homeboy? This French boat has been around for a few years.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/terrasse.web/hydroptere1024.html

My Rave does the same thing but on a much, much smaller scale. We had a great time
this past Saturday at the end of Hwy. 528 just south of Cape Canaveral. The afternoon
was a great one for a long flight down by the bridge near Cocoa. I could only get it up
25mph due to some tinkering I did during the winter and it still needs some fine tuning.

Dr. Sam Bradfield in Melbourne, FL has a giant version of the Rave foiler co-designed
by Nigel Irens. Check this site: http://www.multihulltechnologies.com/album-scat.html


Relatedly, the most exciting multihull racing these days these is by the big French trimarans,
I think. (Sorry, I'm not going to call them "Freedom" trimarans.)

^ I'll take two.

Thanks for the link, Great pictures !!!!!!

See also Hydro Sail

Here's a site with video of the boat flying as seen from an on-board cam:
http://www.webstudios.fr/hydroptere/index_in_ENG.html

Cliquez ici: "L'Hydroptere en Video"

Ok, no hydrofoils, but this is still pretty cool (and this guy's got bigger balls than me).

Haha that picture was on our sailing club's advertisement brochure

The boat pictured there is one of the French trimarans. A race is now in progress. http://www.challenge-mondialassistance.com/uk/accueil_uk.htm

It would be interesting to see what these guys would post to "What I Broke This Weekend".