The 6,50m long monohull, ground-breaking Magnum 747 prototype, designed and built by David Raison, was transformed into a flight demonstrator.
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Feb 15
Feb 15
HYDROPTÈRE FOR GEO MAGAZIN
Los Angeles, California, United States of America, 33º42’40″N 118º28'58″W
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May 13
May 13
L’HYDROPTÈRE – Alain Thébault
San Francisco, California, United States of America, 37º49’30″N 122º21'12″W
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/
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Jan 13
Jan 13
2013
Global
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!
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Sep 12
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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Aug 12
Aug 12
America’s Cup World Series San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States of America 37º39’02″N 122º12’07″W
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Jul 12
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
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
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
