Posts tagged hydro-foils

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Feb 15

HYDROPTÈRE FOR GEO MAGAZIN

Los Angeles, California, United States of America, 33º42’40″N 118º28'58″W

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Photo assignment for GEO Magazin.

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Feb 14

Bateaux

France

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May 13

L’HYDROPTÈRE – Alain Thébault

San Francisco, California, United States of America, 37º49’30″N 122º21'12″W

Onboard L’Hydroptère , Alain Thébault and his crew (Jacques Vincent, Yves Parlier, Jean Le Cam) sailing in San Francisco, California, USA.Last runs for the Hydroptère in San Francisco Bay before heading back to Los Angeles, Hydroptère’s home for the Trans-Pacific record attempt.” Alain Thébault and his crew (Jacques Vincent, Yves Parlier, Jean Le Cam, Jeff Mearing, Warren Fitzgerald) San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Photo assignment for l’Hydroptère. http://www.hydroptere.com/
Hydroptere2013SF

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Jan 13

2013

Global

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Thank you to every one for an incredible run, you rock my world and I sincerely wish you all the happiness and success that life can bring in 2013!

Video: http://bit.ly/1BRXZsI

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Sep 12

HYDROPTÈRE in San Francisco

San Francisco Bay, California, United States of America 37º40’30″S 122º15’54″E


Photo assignment for l’Hydroptère.
Like a wild animal circling the territory waiting to pounce on it’s prey, l’Hydroptere DCNS is currently in San Francisco training on the Bay while they wait for the ideal weather window to attack the Transpac record from Los Angeles to Honolulu. These Northern California sessions have been extremely beneficial for the team and allowed Alain Thébault to share his incredible magic carpet with colleagues, media repesentatives, and members of the SF sailing community. These photos are some of our favorite from the past week, featuring guests such as America’s Cup luminaries Paul Cayard, CEO of Artemis Racing and Luna Rossa helmsman Paul Campbell James. Record setting kiteboarder Robbie Douglas has also been invited onboard for several runs, the only man to achieve a faster speed on the water than Alain and his team. With the way things are looking, the existing Transpac record has much to fear from the soaring wings of the mighty hydrofoil.
Words: Fred Eagle

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Jul 12

Hydroptère – Aerial

La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 43º10’06″N 5º38’55″E

Photo assignment for Red Bull.

Aerial photo-shoot of l’Hydroptère DCNS Alain Thébault and his Dream Team (Yves Parlier, Jean le Cam, Jacques Vincent, Luc Alphand) during the first series of trials at La Ciotat in the Mediterranean.
The trimaran has now arrived by container ship in Los Angeles where she will be based whilst waiting for a weather for an attempt on the Pacific crossing record between Los Angeles and Honolulu this summer.

 

 

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Jun 12

Hydroptère – Onboard

La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 43º08’39″N 5º39’09″E

Photo assignment for Red Bull.

Onboard l’Hydroptère DCNS Alain Thébault and his Dream Team (Yves Parlier, Jean le Cam, Jacques Vincent, Luc Alphand)  during the first series of trials on the Med before trying to beat the Pacific crossing record between Los Angeles and Honolulu this summer. La Ciotat in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France.

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Apr 12

Hydroptère

La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 43º10’09″N 5º36’26″E

Enjoy these photos from our visit to the legendary Hydroptère trimaran at her home in La Ciotat to have a look at her stylish & apropos ‘flying fish’ livery which began application on the main hulls over the winter season thanks to the creative design process by the agency Dragon Rouge. Always a unique and somewhat ominous experience to photograph a Hot Rod in waiting, you are able to feel the Hydroptère’s energy and capacity for flight even while she is resting on the hard
Within the next few weeks, the Hydroptère team will assemble the boat on the quay outside the H2X shed for an intensive logistical analysis and inspection routine to ready the boat for her inevitable great things to come. L’Hydroptère is to undergo an ambitious schedule, primarily the Transpac passage record attempt from Los Angeles to Honolulu, slated for June of 2012 and currently held by Olivier Kersauson and his crew of Geronimo, set in 2005.
L’Hydroptère is no stranger to speed records and is the proud holder of the outright speed record by a manned vessel at 51.36 knots for 500 meters (2010) and 50.17 knots for 1000 meters (2009). The only speed higher has been by achieved a kitesurfer at 55.65 knots, but we doubt that the men of L’Hydroptère have had their final say in the matter.

A very enthusiastic Alain Thébault, the skipper of the newly decorated flying fish, had this to say:
“I had a dream, I wanted to make a boat fly. In the US, everything is possible. I am impatient to share my flying carpet with American people.”
A magic flying carpet indeed, we look forward to your immediate future visit to the States and the continuation of the successful legacy of L’Hydroptère with an anticipatory ear to the water.

Words: Fred Eagle

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Jun 11

Lombard Odier Private Bank – Zenith Watchmaker

Global

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Jun 11

Hydroptere.ch

Lake Leman, Lausanne, Switzerland 46º30’91″N 6º36’8562″E

Hydroptere.ch embarks on her record breaking quest
The Hydroptere.ch broke two records (records for the Lake Geneva or Lake Léman)
29.18 knots over 1 km and hit a peak speed of 34.84 knots, 1 of June 2011.
21.32 kts on a hour 2 of June 2011
Launched in autumn 2010, this catamaran is part of a complete scientific process. As a lab boat, her main purpose is to test geometries and behaviours in varied real conditions for the development of l’Hydroptère maxi, Lausanne, Switzerland.