47 knots is a rocket ship man. I can barely imagine... and I made my living on sailboats for over 17 years. Sponsored many events, regattas, national and world championships... even sponsored individual team riders for our then new Alpha sailboards... one of which held the speed record of production boards. A little faster than the 47 knots, BUT It was smaller than a slalom ski, but comprehending a true sail vessel, hydra-foil or not at 47 knots posses a lot of questions. truly uncanny. luck 2u
I still can't imagine the feeling of riding this glorious beast... And I've been windsurfing, kiteboardind, sailing, skiing on water... but this... this is a whole different league. What a tribute to techology...
I am no sailboat/hydofoil expert by any means but got to thinking about your question and thought maybe it has to do with turning? Seems it should be easier to turn with the foils canted inward as apposed to out, but once again I am no expert.
vessel speed at sea was measured using a chip log. This was a wooden panel, weighted on one edge to float perpendicular to the water surface, and present resistance to moving with respect to the water around it, attached by line to a reel. The chip log was "cast" over the stern and the line allowed to pay out. Knots placed at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches passed through a sailor's fingers, while another sailor used a 30 second sand-glassto time the operation.
Saw this awsome piece of boat flying at the Solent earlier on this year doing around 30kts,unfotunately it was unable to perform its outstanding top speed due to various obstacles around the Solent like buoys
@1955thekeeper Didn't look any different from any yacht race I've ever seen. What you were seeing is them trimming it out for maximum speed.. they weren't on a pleasure cruse. Wonder what the minimum speed to get it aloft is... that would be more the question as to the success of the design. Bottom line is that any time you can reduce your waterline to about a foot and a half it's got to be a plus. (grin) I loved it.
beautiful vid!! But why aren't all these guys attached to the boat with life-lines? We probably all remember the accident with the Volvo Ocean Race couple years ago...
If you watch the vid. from 1.07 minutes the maneuver the are performing IS a jybe. The boat keeps it's speed and therefore can complete the jybe and not come off the foils, but it needs very quick crewing skills, hence the frantic rope pulling.
I would want a mouth guard, seat belt, life jacket, and crash helmet to take this ride!!! In 2004 I crashed my own catamaran running fast, in a down wind luff, only going about 1/2 the rate of this machine. The boat pitchpoled, I was fastened to the boat with a strong hiking strap over my left knee. The rapid deceleration inflicted a whip-lash injury at the top of my hips, breaking my third lumbar ! The lesson? Going fast is fun, stopping fast, much less so ! Happy sailing!
@PaleHearse I believe that I acknowledged every aspect of the "record speed achievement", which you refer to in your reply. I am not of the yacht race set, however the success of the design should also accomplish the task of allowing the crew to trim their craft with the least amount of peril to themselves. The whole procedure appeared to be pitched on the edge of a razor blade as it concerns crew safety. Pleasure cruise aside, running the equator of the craft every 20 seconds is crazy!
I beleive the two devices (hydro stabalizers/whatever?) that reach into the water at each of the wings may be moved inwards or outwards by the driver. Depending on the feel of the craft the driver makes the slight adjustments at the wheel. You dont see him moving the wheel much. that is my view/opinion.
Where is the music from? I know I have heard it before but dont have a clue where. Hydrafoils are the way to go - competitively sailed international 14's for a few years
Could anyone tell me the name of the song? or how to obtain it? by the way: pirate, this is sheer windpower... I just LOVE the quietness, and the grace it glides through the waters...
@JeffStoleman That did take a broken rib to be fair. On the upside, you can get the whole setup in your car. Stunning effort though, reminded me of the Ekranoplan ground-effect thing, I wonder if that's the next step?
That as amazingly fast for a wind driven vessel, incredible how little of the hull was in the water, just the foils, no wonder they could reach such speeds and all that with a reef or two in the mainsail!
they dont need it. combination of balast and the width of them is enough to keep it upright its just like having a really heavy person on a really long wing then trapese because the hulls are so far away from the centerline
incredible.. almost 50 knots.. really impressive.. fully agree with kally jones.. imagine if you would pass one of the fastest tea-clippers some 200 years ago with a speedie like that.. wow.. the sailors would have had some more "tales" to tell about the "flying dutchman"..
What was the wind speed? I think there is too much wing breaking the sea surface and there is too much ship over the sea. Also the sails could be changed by airplane wing better than old stile sails. It could be done much better, I am sure.
Well as i see the hydroptere is like 2-3 meters above sea level, and if a wave comes that is higher than that a bow of hydroptere would ram in it and it will slow down so intense that probably it's mast would crack. No matter of it's hydrofoil If you looked on Americas Cup in 2003 for Team New Zealand a sail was hit by a wave and the mast cracked.
I have an email that states two more will be built , one a smaller test craft and a larger version which will sail around the world. It is not clear if the "larger" craft is bigger than this craft shown here. This will be interesting.
Great video! Does anybody know the music? I have been looking for it for years and haven't found it yet. It is also in the BBC America version of Top Gear season 8 episode 2 about 32 minutes in.
wonderful would be a great time to fly that boat. I'm amazed that the main is reefed down to what seems to be half mast. I'd like to see this boat with a ridged wing sail.
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I don't know anything about this craft but it appears to be built quit differantly than a trimaran which I don't know anything about either (forgive me). It just seems to me it would have some extra drag if it couldn't hydroplane properly. It appears to be made to hydoplane and needs to be going above a certain speed to do it. None of us know anything much about this because it seems they are keeping alot of this secret and for their good reasons. Yes in fair conditions but what about rough?
I personally doubt it could go around the world, as in 60 knots there is too much force on the hydrofoils and it just pitchpoles. And round cape horn the wind is usually around 60 knots. For lift, it uses hydrofoils which are like plane wings but use water not air to generate lift.
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I think you would need to slow your speed, cause when you hit a wave with that speed i think mast would broke up, cause the hull would slow down too quick and there would be a moment that would crack a mast.
@remucnairomirnoham I bet the wind speed is a lot lower then 47 knots, by looking at what you can see of the water I bet the wind speed is down in the low to mid 20s
A BIG TOY - amazing accomplishment, showing the excess power of WIND we have yet to harness productively - so the crew does noot need to go to the corner to keep her FLYING like nothing else ever = well done indeed (viv la france')
I don't think this craft could go around the world as the waves would be to large to allow it to hydroplane. I think this video is just off the coast or in a large Bay because of the size of the waves. This might be a great test craft for larger crafts that could go across the ocean. Just my view. Maybe it could go across a Ocean but I don't think so.
if the boat started to lean, the hydrofoil would not work, the high side would pick up out of the water and the low side would sink and act as an extra rudder. probably causing all kinds of steering issues.
Hydroptere. Even the name is fucking amazing.
I can't imagine the feeling of sailing in one of those. Spectacular.
47 knots is a rocket ship man. I can barely imagine... and I made my living on sailboats for over 17 years. Sponsored many events, regattas, national and world championships... even sponsored individual team riders for our then new Alpha sailboards... one of which held the speed record of production boards. A little faster than the 47 knots, BUT It was smaller than a slalom ski, but comprehending a true sail vessel, hydra-foil or not at 47 knots posses a lot of questions. truly uncanny. luck 2u
I still can't imagine the feeling of riding this glorious beast... And I've been windsurfing, kiteboardind, sailing, skiing on water... but this... this is a whole different league.
What a tribute to techology...
13 years and i still come back to this video.
Yes it's epic
Hydrodynamics and aerodynamics in perfect harmony. Beautiful.
That is -THE- coolest thing that I have ever seen!
I am no sailboat/hydofoil expert by any means but got to thinking about your question and thought maybe it has to do with turning? Seems it should be easier to turn with the foils canted inward as apposed to out, but once again I am no expert.
vessel speed at sea was measured using a chip log. This was a wooden panel, weighted on one edge to float perpendicular to the water surface, and present resistance to moving with respect to the water around it, attached by line to a reel. The chip log was "cast" over the stern and the line allowed to pay out. Knots placed at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches passed through a sailor's fingers, while another sailor used a 30 second sand-glassto time the operation.
Absolutely fantastic!! I Love the music on this video. Please tell me the name of the music
Saw this awsome piece of boat flying at the Solent earlier on this year doing around 30kts,unfotunately it was unable to perform its outstanding top speed due to various obstacles around the Solent like buoys
@1955thekeeper
Didn't look any different from any yacht race I've ever seen. What you were seeing is them trimming it out for maximum speed.. they weren't on a pleasure cruse.
Wonder what the minimum speed to get it aloft is... that would be more the question as to the success of the design. Bottom line is that any time you can reduce your waterline to about a foot and a half it's got to be a plus. (grin) I loved it.
beautiful vid!! But why aren't all these guys attached to the boat with life-lines? We probably all remember the accident with the Volvo Ocean Race couple years ago...
If you watch the vid. from 1.07 minutes the maneuver the are performing IS a jybe. The boat keeps it's speed and therefore can complete the jybe and not come off the foils, but it needs very quick crewing skills, hence the frantic rope pulling.
I would want a mouth guard, seat belt, life jacket, and crash helmet to take this ride!!! In 2004 I crashed my own catamaran running fast, in a down wind luff, only going about 1/2 the rate of this machine. The boat pitchpoled, I was fastened to the boat with a strong hiking strap over my left knee. The rapid deceleration inflicted a whip-lash injury at the top of my hips, breaking my third lumbar ! The lesson? Going fast is fun, stopping fast, much less so !
Happy sailing!
@PaleHearse I believe that I acknowledged every aspect of the "record speed achievement", which you refer to in your reply. I am not of the yacht race set, however the success of the design should also accomplish the task of allowing the crew to trim their craft with the least amount of peril to themselves. The whole procedure appeared to be pitched on the edge of a razor blade as it concerns crew safety. Pleasure cruise aside, running the equator of the craft every 20 seconds is crazy!
i saw a pic of the record breaking run in Ronstan's merch magazine.. truly awesome!!
Wow, the things we can do. Could you imagine sailors 200 years ago seeing something like that!
hydrofoil was invented nearly 200 years ago
I beleive the two devices (hydro stabalizers/whatever?) that reach into the water at each of the wings may be moved inwards or outwards by the driver. Depending on the feel of the craft the driver makes the slight adjustments at the wheel. You dont see him moving the wheel much. that is my view/opinion.
Where is the music from? I know I have heard it before but dont have a clue where.
Hydrafoils are the way to go - competitively sailed international 14's for a few years
What materials are those used that can stand the stress of pressures? wow!
Good job boys, excellent vessel !!!
Just wondering how this trimaran behaves in high seas ??
Could anyone tell me the name of the song? or how to obtain it?
by the way: pirate, this is sheer windpower... I just LOVE the quietness, and the grace it glides through the waters...
@JeffStoleman That did take a broken rib to be fair. On the upside, you can get the whole setup in your car. Stunning effort though, reminded me of the Ekranoplan ground-effect thing, I wonder if that's the next step?
That as amazingly fast for a wind driven vessel, incredible how little of the hull was in the water, just the foils, no wonder they could reach such speeds and all that with a reef or two in the mainsail!
they dont need it. combination of balast and the width of them is enough to keep it upright its just like having a really heavy person on a really long wing then trapese because the hulls are so far away from the centerline
I have never seen anything like that, that was amazing. How did they stay on? It looked almost like a trampoline material on the sides. WOW.
When getting your lift from water don't you think they should coin some term for flying in water?
wow . . a 100hp engine in a 7m RIB goes up about 30/35 knots in good conditions... I love this video!
What a incredible Sailboat, 47 KTS ! yes thats flying ! love the helm station. Even Looked like they had a double reef in the mainsail.
incredible.. almost 50 knots.. really impressive.. fully agree with kally jones.. imagine if you would pass one of the fastest tea-clippers some 200 years ago with a speedie like that.. wow.. the sailors would have had some more "tales" to tell about the
"flying dutchman"..
@ManuelHung thanks for the conversions
What was the wind speed?
I think there is too much wing breaking the sea surface and there is too much ship over the sea. Also the sails could be changed by airplane wing better than old stile sails.
It could be done much better, I am sure.
does anyone know how much that boat is worth? an awesome video with amazing sailors
Well as i see the hydroptere is like 2-3 meters above sea level, and if a wave comes that is higher than that a bow of hydroptere would ram in it and it will slow down so intense that probably it's mast would crack. No matter of it's hydrofoil
If you looked on Americas Cup in 2003 for Team New Zealand a sail was hit by a wave and the mast cracked.
Wow! It's a thing of real beauty. Congratulations, gentlemen.
i reckon its to do with the apparent wind. When it gets going it may be better as there is less air resistance? Prob not but heyy.
I have an email that states two more will be built , one a smaller test craft and a larger version which will sail around the world. It is not clear if the "larger" craft is bigger than this craft shown here. This will be interesting.
Sweet! But what was the wind speed?
Guessing with the masts and sails, it would be kind of tough to see where you are going.
legit, coolest, most beautiful thing i have ever seen
Ye gods that's beautiful.
How close can she sail into the wind?
Great video! Does anybody know the music? I have been looking for it for years and haven't found it yet. It is also in the BBC America version of Top Gear season 8 episode 2 about 32 minutes in.
wonderful would be a great time to fly that boat. I'm amazed that the main is reefed down to what seems to be half mast. I'd like to see this boat with a ridged wing sail.
how high up does the boat fly above the water?
they're going really fast nice vid. by the way what kind of boat
That mainsheet looks to be flying at about half? Or is there supposed to be that much space on the main mast?
+George Paterson its called reefing the main when wind strength is high we reduce the sail area
is there an ashtray on that thing?
Could this go round the world and does it use ground effects for lift
Does anyone know what the song in this video is called? ty...
Very impressive boat.
are they saying 47 knots at the end? (quarantesept noeuds?) is that their record? incredible fast!!!
to all the people that are annoyed by people that simply post "fake" as a comment. You need to understand that they don't actually think its fake, they just post the comment to wind people up. Its a trend on youtube, loads of videos get the same comments. So don't waste your time trying to reason them, its a waste of energy. Just ignore them.
I don't know anything about this craft but it appears to be built quit differantly than a trimaran which I don't know anything about either (forgive me). It just seems to me it would have some extra drag if it couldn't hydroplane properly. It appears to be made to hydoplane and needs to be going above a certain speed to do it. None of us know anything much about this because it seems they are keeping alot of this secret and for their good reasons. Yes in fair conditions but what about rough?
I'll never unstand how a hydro-foil works but this is bad ass
the hydrofoil is an amazing invention. its used in many ways and they are all awesome.
Hi oustanding. And what's the music?
insane speed, faster than most boats with engines. that must feel incridible up that high going that quickly in silence!
This is just absolutely amazing! (people just appreciate the video)
This is freakin awesome! it reminds me of that movie Treasure Planet or whatever its called with the flying ships and stuff
this is absolutely insane! life is meaningful for these guys, for sure
I personally doubt it could go around the world, as in 60 knots there is too much force on the hydrofoils and it just pitchpoles. And round cape horn the wind is usually around 60 knots.
For lift, it uses hydrofoils which are like plane wings but use water not air to generate lift.
100% adrenalina!!!!!!
ejemplar concepto de navegación (mucho estudio y tecnología), felicitaciones.Espero poder navegar en el!
Hoy, un sueño.................!
Simply awesome. That's the kind of sailing I wanna do, pure adrenaline...
Nice Video :D !!! What's the music please ^^ ?
Think you should see again waterworld to compare!
Incredible, congratulations for that marvel and your work...
Such a noble looking machine, its beautiful.
You will need a pilots licence for the modern boats soon as this is close to taking off , very nice
Amazing. Would be good if this technology would more available as an option on other boats.
Thanks for the video
either GFK or CFK, not realy sure tbh....but some type a material part of the plastic family. dont rly know though ehehe, was just a guess.
How much does one of those cost?
I think you would need to slow your speed, cause when you hit a wave with that speed i think mast would broke up, cause the hull would slow down too quick and there would be a moment that would crack a mast.
How is that different from any other boat?
47 or 52.83 knots, who cares. No engine on the water going that fast must be truly awesome and inspiring.
How do I get to be crew on that boat?
is it faster than the black pearl?
marvelous, but why the arms are not very aerodynamic?
can somebody explain to me how hydrofoil works please? i dont quite understand the concept.
@remucnairomirnoham I bet the wind speed is a lot lower then 47 knots, by looking at what you can see of the water I bet the wind speed is down in the low to mid 20s
Second that, whats the music?
Amazing video.
wow... thats beautiful... nearly without a sound and so fast...
one of the coolest thing i have ever seen.
A BIG TOY - amazing accomplishment, showing the excess power of WIND we have yet to harness productively - so the crew does noot need to go to the corner to keep her FLYING like nothing else ever = well done indeed (viv la france')
I don't think this craft could go around the world as the waves would be to large to allow it to hydroplane. I think this video is just off the coast or in a large Bay because of the size of the waves. This might be a great test craft for larger crafts that could go across the ocean. Just my view. Maybe it could go across a Ocean but I don't think so.
Simply, truly amazing.
@KallyJones at the rate we're advancing, i'm pretty confident in 20 years or so we can travel faster than speed of light!
if the boat started to lean, the hydrofoil would not work, the high side would pick up out of the water and the low side would sink and act as an extra rudder. probably causing all kinds of steering issues.
you boys are real LORDS OF THE WIND! Bravo!
Yeah, but this was uploaded back in 2007. And the new record for this boat is now set at 52.86 knot, they did it in 2009.
i love how he runs at 0:27
amazing video
U just can't help but get inspired when you see something like that.. as Clarkson would put it, a Concorde moment!
That race style cockpit is just phenomenal.
do it have a spi?
Does anyone know the name of the background muic?
how fast did it go???
whats the draft on that thing?
This video brought me into multihull sailing.
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! Great vid ,and good sound !!!
How music calls?
what song is that?
Would be awesome to see how fast something like this could go if it was automated and didnt need any drag inducing walkways, nets, or safety rails.