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...
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.
@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!
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!
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!
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"..
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
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.
100% adrenalina!!!!!! ejemplar concepto de navegación (mucho estudio y tecnología), felicitaciones.Espero poder navegar en el! Hoy, un sueño.................!
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 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.
@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?
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.
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
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
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.
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')
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...
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.
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.
@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.
Hydroptere. Even the name is fucking amazing.
I can't imagine the feeling of sailing in one of those. Spectacular.
13 years and i still come back to this video.
Yes it's epic
That is -THE- coolest thing that I have ever seen!
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
Hydrodynamics and aerodynamics in perfect harmony. Beautiful.
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...
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.
Wow, the things we can do. Could you imagine sailors 200 years ago seeing something like that!
hydrofoil was invented nearly 200 years ago
@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!!
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!
Wow! It's a thing of real beauty. Congratulations, gentlemen.
What a incredible Sailboat, 47 KTS ! yes thats flying ! love the helm station. Even Looked like they had a double reef in the mainsail.
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!
wow . . a 100hp engine in a 7m RIB goes up about 30/35 knots in good conditions... I love this video!
Incredible, congratulations for that marvel and your work...
legit, coolest, most beautiful thing i have ever seen
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"..
That is some kickass sailing!
Such a noble looking machine, its beautiful.
Simply, truly amazing.
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
This is freakin awesome! it reminds me of that movie Treasure Planet or whatever its called with the flying ships and stuff
the hydrofoil is an amazing invention. its used in many ways and they are all awesome.
I'll never unstand how a hydro-foil works but this is bad ass
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.
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...
This video brought me into multihull sailing.
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.
Absolutely fantastic!! I Love the music on this video. Please tell me the name of the music
100% adrenalina!!!!!!
ejemplar concepto de navegación (mucho estudio y tecnología), felicitaciones.Espero poder navegar en el!
Hoy, un sueño.................!
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 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.
Good job boys, excellent vessel !!!
Just wondering how this trimaran behaves in high seas ??
insane speed, faster than most boats with engines. that must feel incridible up that high going that quickly in silence!
@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?
Simply fantastic
I LOVE THIS KIND OF BOATS
What materials are those used that can stand the stress of pressures? wow!
You will need a pilots licence for the modern boats soon as this is close to taking off , very nice
one of the coolest thing i have ever seen.
wow... thats beautiful... nearly without a sound and so fast...
you boys are real LORDS OF THE WIND! Bravo!
This might be the greatest sail experience.
GREAT WORK GUYS!!! You make my dream coem true! I would love one day to sail a boat like this!!!
Awsomeness! Go wind powered stuff, go!!
love,awe,ember!
Simply awesome. That's the kind of sailing I wanna do, pure adrenaline...
That race style cockpit is just phenomenal.
this is absolutely insane! life is meaningful for these guys, for sure
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! Great vid ,and good sound !!!
Now that's sailing!!
marvelous piece of engineering
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.
FANTASTIC VIDEO
That looks like crazy fun.
This is just absolutely amazing! (people just appreciate the video)
they're going really fast nice vid. by the way what kind of boat
That is a beautiful thing indeed.
beautiful! congratulations.
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
thats just awesome, hands down
that position for steering is amazing
Holy cow, that's amazing - BIG RESPECT
Bliiiimey, that's incredible!
no words may describe how glorious this is.zx
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
Sweet! But what was the wind speed?
beautiful.
Speaking about designed balance :O
wow looks pretty cool!
Great footage
pretty cool seeing it pratically out of the water
Fantastic!
Amazing!! its real free energy for that speed.
Amazing. Would be good if this technology would more available as an option on other boats.
Thanks for the video
U just can't help but get inspired when you see something like that.. as Clarkson would put it, a Concorde moment!
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.
this is lovely.
awesome, nice music too.......
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.
This boat would be FANTASTIC for the lakes here in Arizona!!!!!
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')
Bruh newest in 2 years jeez
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...
i agree, and i will admit, it is truely epic
i love how he runs at 0:27
amazing video
Beautiful
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.
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.
@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.
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.
Now this is flying.....great
That is beautiful and amazing!
Muy bueno ! Gracias ,desde argentina,en el sur .
Guessing with the masts and sails, it would be kind of tough to see where you are going.
Norris called, he wants his angel wings back
That's incredible.
Epic.. amazing how far sailing technology has come.... imagine tho, if that thing pitch poled :O
@MF11283 That's what the guy wrote. Wind Speed 27.5 knots. Re-read, a little more carefully.
DAMN! That looks awesome :D