Double outright speed record - september 4th
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Outright Nautical Mile!
16 November 2009
On 8th November, Alain Thébault and his ten crew members confirmed that l’Hydroptère was definitely the fastest boat on the planet thanks to their historical performance i.e. flying over one nautical mile at more than 50 knots.

The fastest sailing boat on the planet!
06 September 2009

On 4th September 2009, in the Hyères harbour, l’Hydroptère became the fastest sailing boat on the planet over 500 meters and one nautical mile.

51.36 knots over 500 meters and 48.72 knots over one nautical mile are the new speed records to beat…

(subject to ratification from the WSSRC)
l’Hydroptère is back on the water…
04 September 2009
Yesterday, The Hydroptère team went back to training sessions on the new speed base of Hyères. Christophe Simian is the supervisor charged by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) to check that the site is in compliance and to officially launch the record campaign on this new spot.
Curtain raised on l’Hydroptère.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.


 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. 
Alain Thébault’s flying trimaran now holds the record for being the fastest sailing craft over one nautical mile, with a new record established on 8th November 2009 with an average speed of 50,17 knots, more than 8 knots faster than her competitors. Moreover she is still the fastest over 500 meters, with her record beaten on 4th November 2009, with an average speed of 51.36 knots.
l'Hydroptère crossed over the legendary 50-knot speed barrier, which is the equivalent of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier and entered the history of Sailing. l'Hydroptère's calendar is now orientated towards deep sea.
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