Ouright speed record over one nautical mile
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Curtain raised on l’Hydrotpère.ch
16 April 2009
On Wednesday during a press conference organized in Lausanne, on the campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), which is the scientific adviser of the project, Alain Thébault and a part of his team unveiled the drawings of l’Hydroptère.ch.
This new lab boat, whose building has already started in Brittany, will be a trial platform on a reduced scale for the future Hydroptère maxi.
 
The Hydroptère Team at the Paris Nautical Show
03 December 2008
The Paris nautical show, an important event in the world of yachting, will open its doors from 6th to 14th December at the Porte de Versailles. The Hydroptère Team will be present at the “Communauté Urbaine Marseille Provence Métropole” (MPM) stand.
l’Hydroptère improves her two speed records
30 October 2008
Alain Thébault and his crew have just improved their performances and established two new records:
- an average of 43,09 knots* over one nautical mile
- an average of 46.146 knots* over 500 meters
“Le Mur du Vent”, national publication date: 23rd October
21 October 2008
Just as l’Hydroptère is about to enter the history of sailing by breaking the absolute speed record, Alain Thébault’s second book, “Le Mur du Vent”, is published by Les Éditions La Martinière. The designer and pilot of the flying trimaran shares the full story of his extraordinary project in images.


 l’Hydroptère: 3D-images


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l'Hydroptère

 

After crossing the Channel in 2005 faster than Blériot in his plane, l’Hydroptère broke two world speed records in the beginning of 2007, thus showing her combination of reliability and performance.

The concept of l’Hydroptère is simple – freeing her from Archimedes’ Principle, by lifting up the hulls of the boat through a vertical thrust developed by the foils, which are like sea wings. 

Today, Alain Thébault’s flying trimaran holds the record for being the fastest sailing craft over one nautical mile, with an average speed of 43.09 knots.
The next goal is to cross the legendary 50-knot speed barrier, which is the equivalent of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier, so as to enter the History of Sailing.
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