Boats | Hydrofoil Sailing

Windrider Rave

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:45:24 -0600

http://www.windrider.com/rave.shtml

The Windrider Rave is a production rotomolded hydrofoil trimaran. It was designed by Dr. Sam Bradfield who previously held speed records with nf2 (neither fish nor fowl).

Hobie Trifoiler

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:22:06 -0600

http://www.hobiecat.com/sailing/history_trifoiler.html

The Hobie Trifoiler was a production version of the record breaking Russel Long's record breaking Longshot. Longshot set the A class record of 43.55 for 500 meters in 1993. Dan and Greg Ketterman designed and built the various boats that led up to Longshot and the production Hobie Trifoiler.

Bladerider

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:54:36 -0600

http://www. bladerider.com.au

Bladerider is a production hydrofoil moth. More information to follow.

TwinDucks

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:54:36 -0600

http://ketch.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/twinducks/index-e.html

Twin ducks is the work of Takeshi Kinoshita, Koutarou Horiuchi, Hiromasa Kanou, Yasuhiro Sudo and Hiroshi Itakura.

4.5 meters long (14' 9")

3.2 meters wide (10' 6")

72 kg weight (158 lbs)

Hydroptere

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:54:36 -0600

http://www.hydroptere.com

Hydroptère is the very impressive result from Alain Thébault and his team. She is a 60 foot trimaran and they have achieved very impressive speeds in the upper 40's. They hold a record for crossing the English Channel and are working on an even larger craft.