Hydroptere.ch - 'Flying boat' dips its wings in Lake Geneva



7:00 PM Sun 14 Nov 2010 GMT
'Hydropt?re.ch gets its first taste of Lake Geneva - Hydropt?re.ch' swissinfo.ch
Hydropt?re.ch - A revolutionary Franco-Swiss 'flying yacht' project that aims to smash the round-the-world sailing record has started testing on Lake Geneva. Hydropt?re.ch, a prototype catamaran based on the world's fastest sailboat, was gently lowered into the clear waters near St Sulpice, west of Lausanne, on Friday. A five-man crew plan to test the new design, materials and boat behaviour over the coming months on Lake Geneva. The new ten-metre test boat uses the same hydrofoil design as its older sister, the existing 18-metre Hydropt?re, which already has several world speed records to her name. In 2008 it became the ...


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