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Evaluation of the first sailing sessions in the Mediterranean.
16th July 2008
Since the launching in the Meditarranean, Alain Thébault and his crew train and sail between Marseille and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, as wind conditions permit. After the first sailing sessions, the time has come to make the first evaluation
l’Hydroptère is in the water
22nd May 2008
The final assembly works of l’Hydroptère are now completed and the flying trimaran was put back in the water Thursday afternoon in La Seyne-sur-Mer, near Toulon.
l’Hydroptère in final stage of assembly
14th May 2008
l’Hydroptère team is finishing the assembly of the flying trimaran with a launching scheduled for next week.
l’Hydroptère back in the water
25th March 2008
l’Hydroptère came back to La Trinité sur Mer marina this afternoon after a pure-speed configuration period of six months in the shipyard. l’Hydroptère team took the opportunity of a quiet weather period to put the flying trimaran back in the water and to remast her.


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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 41.69 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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