Hydroptere - world sailing record - 51 knots

[XcelentTom]

Fuck airplanes and their pollution!

This is the future way of travelling!

[supermotardmario]

subtitels ? all i heard was "bi ba blu pa plupluplulpu qui"

[GostosoSPbr]

What type of people like a boat full of dudes?

Any way thumbs up for the speed

[tortugabob]

Everyman has two countries, His own and France. Viva la France and Hydroptere!

[Megatrollolol]

Damn.

[989blake]

i want one...

[sailman28]

Lets see those damn stinkboaters catch me now.

[imanseven]

thats more airplane than anything!!!!

[pfc82563]

Unreal,

[WYLFINDEIFY]

CONGRATULATIONS for this effort ... may have cost a lot of fric ...

[wvthoog]

watch it one time a day, just to remind me what man is capable of

[AdrenalineGirlUK]

55 knots!!! That's not a boat, it's a machine!

[peteregrigg]

Wouldn't she go faster if she was reaching

[TheMattyc1957]

@peteregrigg

At that speed the apparent wind is always going to be on the nose.

[ThePdqsailor]

@peteregrigg

She goes faster than the wind blows - the nature of a hydrofoil so even if she is reaching the sails are hauled in tight as the apparent wind moves forward. What is incredible about this boat and the speed record it set (since surpassed twice) is that it was set in open water in real world conditions not with sheltered waters in Namibia where the sleds and windsurfers gather to play at top speed rankings. This is a practical important development in yachting technology.

[saxmanchiro]

Science, bitches!!

[luisEnrique604]

Ufff que fantasticooooooo.- fascinate que se sentira estar alli sobre la cubiertaaaaa ???

[couvidan]

hydrofoils= going to be the new way to travel on water.... no doubt... way more efficient. 

[sebalechef]

Kitesurfing is faster :P

[Spencerh1279]

Crazy

[Damptarmac]

Fake. the guy @ 0:42 is clearly the guy powering the boat... *trollface.jpg* ;)

[MRD0CT3R]

Dear Santa,

[Filosprint]

and multihulls generate more apparent wind then monohulls...

[ningpo69]

wind isn't "pushing" it,  it sucks !!!! that's how sails work !

[wordreet]

@ningpo69 Well, not exactly, but I know what you're saying. :¬)

[Chris08TT]

how can it go faster than the wind thats pushing it??

[wordreet]

@Chris08TT Windsurfers benefit from the same effect. It's called apparent wind. As the sail's forward speed increases, it experiences what a cyclist would feel on a windless day, wind in the face. This extra wind pressure can add to the pressure on the sail, and therefore extra 'lift' can be gained. But the skipper or sailor has to know what he's doing to take advantage of it .

[paaaaaaava]

Круто!

[m29xx]

its unique, of course....

[darlinglung]

i want one~! how much it cost?????

[salvaroigfabregat]

putos pollos parar de comentar

[riotagus]

 51 knot? That is faster than a warship !

[ArthurCollier1]

I thought rigging an RS Fever was annoying, imagine this!

[AleXe4530]

@ArthurCollier1 RS Feva's are good boats, probably the easiest to rig aswell, try rig a 420 kite, thatsa bitch

[ArthurCollier1]

@AleXe4530 They're not much harder than the RS but yeah, they are a bitch :)

[nba1341]

ay dios mio!

[wollin20]

A quoi ça sert, le pétrole, au juste?

[higfny]

as far as im conserned, the real sailing record belongs to Champion of the Seas, a full rigged clipper who did over 460nm in 24h

[kbianculli]

@higfny So if you feel that the "real" speed record is a 24 hour run why pick the old clipper ship over Banque Populaire 5 which did 908.2 in 2009? Or, if you don't like multi hulls and only want to consider mono hulls why not Ericsson 4 at 596.6 in 2008?

[higfny]

@kbianculli well, ofc, this is the record, it just. Look, it's like all those new powerboats trying to beat the transatlantic record. Somehow I think that should belong to the old Ocean Liners, however fast a new multi hulled speedboat manages to cross the atlantic.

And this is the same, I love the technology, and I would have been thrilled to be aboard, and I have enormous respect for the sailing and engineering skill involved. But a plastic hydrofoil with kevlar sails somehow lacs soul

[dewalljp]

A child knows the difference between a kite and a boat. Thank you for reminding the rest of us--the sailing speed record belongs to a boat!

[MrKyvegas00]

Does it work like an airfoil?

[1969tjayuk]

@MrKyvegas00 It uses lift from the underwater surfaces, once out of the water, less drag, hence loads of speed. The rest of the boat is very light so it will lift at low speed. For a slightly less expensive look into foiling boats, look at foiling moths or 600FF.

[plasticmanbob]

Engineers rule the world

[nu00077]

its speed depends on the guy who spins the pedals..

[74Drosera]

I tought the record is from windsurfer Antoine Albeau: 49.04 knots?

[roflwhatatube]

@74Drosera windsrufing isnt a sailing record idiot

[74Drosera]

@roflwhatatube thank you for the idiot. What is wrong with you, is a simple question allowed? Officially, the record for a non motorboat is 49.09, that was the reason because i asked. I know if we two would look each other in the eyes, you wouldn't talk the me like you did. Hopefully we meet one time.

[roflwhatatube]

@74Drosera haha i think i would actually, for i am a royal twat

[Sjemhoofd]

@roflwhatatube  Wrong, it is....

[powerskurf]

And your lap time is.... Brilliant !

[Kolon999]

Eat your heart out Kevin Costner....-)

[graygull771]

Unbelievable! 51knots?! Wow!

[cromrke]

wow hyper cool!

[laserlongboards]

Lol.  Roll tack

[ruairibrown]

awsome!!



[4live1]

OH SHIT!! - who nice is that???? - I will also take this ship *_*

[jxfry]

51 Knots...that is just incredible...wow!!!

[sasktank]

94.5 kph

[HighDefinitionVideo]

The kitesurfer who sailed alone in about a foot of water. That was cool but this is way more amazing! I don't think that shallow river stuff should be allowed. Kite and windsurfers should be made to do it in open water, even a lake. The man made channel is not real sailing conditions.

[robraver]

What a crazy boat!! its beautiful!!!! tris are amazing but a foiling tri? incredible engineering!

[xMrRagex]

This boat is on vsk now xD

[SkyyCaptainn]

@mlimpenny

Hydroptere should be able to sail faster in more favorable conditions, in this video it didn't look like it is being pushed to the limits.

[SthealthRaider]

Holy Shit.

[MrPignati]

google says: 51 kts = 94.45200 kph WTF?

[morganraynerphil]

that's a NIICE boat

[jabbadooOne]

Quite a difference in design compared to "normal" boats - intelligent engineering. I guess quite a few boat owners will start thinking sooner or later what kind of old plastic junk was sold to them as "state of the art" yachts.

[yotozme]

I wonder if one man could be able to steer it alone? hmmm....

[DCDave100]

90 kmh crazy ^^

[DCDave100]

wtf 90 kmh

[afterburnerpak]

that was awesome, it's actually 51,36 knots, but it's still fast

[groagsey]

farque!

[kingdodo34]

Amazing!

[GregOrca]

Congratulations lads!

Epic speed for open ocean!

Although I'm proud of fellow aussies led by Lindsay Cunningham for being first to break 50knots with Macquarie Innovation in only 20knots of wind, Hydroptere is spectacular achieving this speed at sea in deep water.

They have already hit over 60knots in a burst so hold onto your berets for even bigger records to come!

[saborknight]

LOOK AT THE SPEED ON THAT THING!!! ( first comment ;))