An incredible hydrofoil.

Trimaran hydrofoil record. This is a huge hydrofoil trimaran. Longshot of the Trifoiler Hydrofoil Greg Ketterman built for racer Russel Long on its way to a new world speed record on Canadas Stafford Lake Get premium high resolution news photos at Getty Images. Thomas Covilles record beat his predecessor Francis Joyon who sailed across the world in a trimaran on the20th of January 2008 on a trip that lasted 57 days and 13 hours.

The TF10 hydrofoils are daggerboards in a so-called Z-shape. The Rave is a commercially available 17-foot 52m two person hydrofoil trimaran. Here is a youtube video featuring a garage-built hydrofoil trimaran.

The TF10 is a 4-point foiling boat. The Hydroptère project was managed by Alain Thébault the design done by naval architects VPLP design and the manufacturing by a group of French high-tech companies. SPEED RECORD On Friday the first race took place between Monaco and Ventimiglia IT over a distance of 30 km during which the solar trimaran funcioned perfectly enabling the team to achieve very high speeds and even set a record of 35 kmh.

This significantly reduces the crews. The 500m speed record for sailboats is currently held by the Vestas Sailrocket an exotic design which operates in effect as a hydrofoil. It planes along 5m above the surface on two hydrofoils that extend at an angle down into the water from the outer stabilisers.

The so called Z-type daggerboard foils provide the necessary lift to be able to foil. Gilruth and Bill Carl. The rudders are foils with a T-lifting surface.

1938 First known sailing hydrofoil was produced by Americans R. This 4-point line-design has its origin in the DNA F1x. Another trimaran sailboat is the Windrider Rave.