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Foiling and Hydrofoiling: Everything you need to know

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Formula Whisper, the exciting new boat that anyone can learn to foil

  • September 7, 2015

As I stepped off the Formula Whisper, our cameraman and photographer Richard Langdon was full of praise for my first attempt at flying. “How polite,” I thought. I had been…

Video: Dramatic aerial footage and pictures of the new Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild

  • August 28, 2015

These spectacular images and aerial footage of the new Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild have emerged after the boat took to the water for a test sail in Brittany. Launched on…

Extreme Sailing Series move to super-light GC32 foiling catamarans for 2016 season

  • August 25, 2015

Scroll down for video The Extreme Sailing Series will now be held on foiling GC32 catamarans, as the competition moves to foiling yachts as part of a long-term strategy. The…

MOD70 Gitana foils

VIDEO: The first foiling MOD70 – Gitana Team’s Edmond de Rothschild flies during her first trials!

  • July 30, 2015

The MOD70 (Multi One Design 70ft) is a well-proven ocean-racing trimaran that regulary hits 40 knot speeds. But what happens when you fit foiling daggerboards and T-rudders to one and…

The foiling phenomenon – how sailing boats got up on foils to go ever-faster

  • July 20, 2015

Here’s a challenge. Design a way to support the weight of five saloon cars on a plate the size of your desk on the water. That was the task that…

Why the next generation is embracing high speeds and body armour as sailing takes a huge step forwards

  • July 20, 2015

Clocking 40knots in a 45footer is not unusual, far from it – It’s the new norm, the start of a new generation. But not everyone has bought into foil borne…

Is everybody ready for the thrill of foiling? Maybe not all of us

  • July 7, 2015

As the back end of the 200bhp rear wheel drive Toyota GT86 snapped out and the car started to spin like a roulette wheel and slide towards the perimeter fence,…

Fancy some foiling? How you learn to fly flying in minutes on the new White Formula Whisper catamaran

  • June 30, 2015

“If you can sail, you can foil this boat,” said Rob White of White Formula, a company that has a long list of internationally successful production catamarans to its name…

Gunboat G4: is this the world’s first flying cruiser? She could do 40 knots on foils

  • February 1, 2015

When the Gunboat G4 launches this spring, she will be the most outrageous coastal cruiser-racer ever seen – and certainly the fastest. If you ever needed proof that the America’s…

Gunboat G4 foils

Gunboat G4: the first flying cruising yacht could hit 40 knots. “It’s the baddest-ass coastal cruiser ever”

  • December 2, 2014

Meet the G4. This is Gunboat’s catchy name for a frighteningly fast new 40-foot weapon due to launch in early 2015. It is proof that the America’s Cup foiling effect…

Foiling kiteboards at the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Could this crazy fast spectacle be the sport’s future?

  • December 1, 2014

A new event for foiling kiteboards has been made for the first time in this year’s ISAF Sailing World Cup. It looks the perfect side of crazy and some are…

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