Process improvement in production is virtually a religion for the team at Fulcrum Speedworks, the makers of the sailing hydrofoil known as the UFO. Manufacturing can be a very dirty business if you ...

What better place for a boat that claims to “fly on water” than the Formula 1 of sailing? Not as the main star, of course, but as an equally-spectacular companion. This year’s edition of SailGP marked ...

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 ...

Hydrofoils have been providing dynamic lift since fish sprouted fins. And people have been employing foils ever since they first put paddle to water, and certainly since adding keels and rudders to ...

Just a few weeks prior to the most significant annual kite foiling event in the world, Stefaans Viljoen was still waiting on new equipment — a quiver of kites — being shipped from the factory. “It’s ...

Wind power is a promising source of green energy and one that could feature in the production of green hydrogen. UK startup Drift Energy shows a different spin on that idea. Instead of creating ...

The Fresnel Hydrofoil Trimaran might look like a sci-fi writer’s fantasy, but it will soon become a reality for its new South African owners. The futuristic sailboat is the brainchild of Dr. Margot ...

When you sail a hydrofoil moth boat, you get used to being the oddest thing on the water. First, there are the quizzical looks on the dock or beach as onlookers size up the narrow craft with ...

When we recently laid eyes on Sperry’s new performance sailing sandal, the first thought that came to mind was, “What the…?” Honestly, I’d never seen anything like the Hydrofoil, and wondered whether ...