“To go fast, a boat must balance lightness with power. These two concepts, often contradictory, can be combined thanks to the foils,” Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, one of the architects, says. “The foils ...

February 22, 2007 Innovation is abounding in the marine area at present with some enthralling concepts hitting the internet of recent times, with Industrial Designer Arnold Freidling’s Hydro-Foil ...

Rob Andrews and his ­business partner Alan Hillman have been teaching foiling for a few years now, and one thing they’ve learned is we get better by sailing, not by swimming. Thus was the genesis of ...

In my early days as a captain, few boats cruised faster than 30 mph. Back then, bigger engines and the fuel they burned added too much weight, netting little more speed. Today, even modest performers ...

As the SailGP F50 race boat suddenly tacks, the G force pins me inside the aft steering station. Working against gravity, the U.S. team’s driver, Jimmy Spithill, and four other sailors somehow sprint ...

The C-8 is an electric, carbon-fiber, hydrofoil boat that maximizes efficiency as it flies over the water. It uses the 69-kWh battery pack from the Polestar 2. Price is $395,000. Ever since the first ...

A French startup doesn’t want to just beat the current speed record for a sailboat. It wants to crush it. Syroco, launched by a world record kite-surfing holder and a tech veteran, says its boat, ...

This story has been edited to update the location of the business forum during Foiling Week. Later this month, Pensacola will host sailors from around the world for Foiling Week Pensacola 2025.

The international watersport event is projected to draw hundreds of sailors and surfers Foiling Week is held annually in Italy, but Sail Pensacola partnered with We Are Foiling to bring it to the city ...