When we slowed to 22 knots, it felt like sailing in molasses. I had just driven one of the most celebrated boats in the world, L’Hydroptere, at 34 knots. Later, I’d look at 44 and try to imagine what ...
L'Hydroptère DCNS, le trimaran à foils (plans porteurs) d'Alain Thébault, est en route pour San Francisco pour "rendre visite à la Coupe de l'America et aux meilleurs marins du monde", avant d'entamer ...
After a year resting in Long Beach, the Hydroptere returns to sailing. French and American sponsors are joined by a new partner: Finesse Solutions of Santa Clara (California), a manufacturer of ...
Since 1994, l’Hydroptère has dominated sea speed records. This boat is the brainchild of legendary sailor Éric Tabarly and skipper Alain Thébault. She was developed through aeronautical and naval ...
SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- After a year resting in Long Beach, the Hydroptere returns to sailing. French and American sponsors are joined by a new partner: Finesse ...
Et soudain, plus forte encore que la raison, au sortir d'une tempête crânienne façon Lord Jim dans son appart de Lyon, l'évidence, l'impulsion. Gabriel Terrasse s'expulse de son canapé, et crie tout ...
L’Hydroptère ressemble, dans son aspect extérieur, à un trimaran classique : une coque centrale, portant un mât, et équilibrée par deux flotteurs latéraux, éloignés de la coque par des bras. Les ...
Skimming across the surface of the vast Pacific, Alain Thebault scans the horizon with his blue Breton eyes. He is feeling good. A record is there to be broken. "It's like a magic carpet," Thebault ...
It’s not quite a boat; it’s not quite a plane. It’s l’Hydroptère, the fastest sailboat in the world. For the next week, the French boat will be docked in Long Beach to get ready for an attempt at a ...
Most sailboats get airborne when seas are rough – and that's usually a bad thing. But l'Hydroptère (Greek for "marine wing") soars by design, rising 4 feet out of the water (the crew attains an ...
The Hydroptere - called "the flying boat" - is the fastest hydrofoil trimaran in the world, averaging more than 51 knots over 500 meters and exceeding 50 knots over one nautical mile. The crew of ...
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