The American boat in The Ocean Race received permission on Friday to replace its cracked foils before the next leg of the around-the-world race — a 12,750-nautical mile run to Brazil that is the ...

“To go fast, a boat must balance lightness with power. These two concepts, often contradictory, can be combined thanks to the foils,” Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, one of the architects, says. “The foils ...

As the sun dips below the ­horizon, casting a warm glow over the Caribbean waters, I can’t believe my eyes. The island of La Désirade looms on the horizon, a beacon of achievement after 4,050 grueling ...

First announced in December 2023, the new Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, bearing the project name Gitana 18, is soon to be ...

Kai Lenny has said it before and he’ll say it again: he likes to go fast. He famously loves F1, which is handy because Red Bull owns a few racing teams. Recently, he had the chance to put that speed ...

The American boat in The Ocean Race sustained cracks in both foils during the second leg of the around-the-world competition and has asked for permission to replace them before leaving on the ...

Most of the times the first trials of innovative vehicles are successful, but sometimes the ending is far from happy. Just a month ago, what was described as a revolutionary racing yacht with foiling ...

Last year I got a chance to talk to the people behind the wild hydrofoil racing series, E1. Back then, the Racebird was a render rather than a real craft, but now, the electric powerboat has been out ...

The SP80 kite boat crossed the 100 kmh speed mark last week, reaching 108 kmh, or 67.1 mph. That makes it the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, but the Swiss team still plans to pursue the record ...

Jackson James Rice’s death made headlines — and rocked the kite foil racing community — in June after he passed away at the age of 18. The late athlete’s father, Darren Rice, confirmed his son’s death ...

Riding tanker waves, salmon boat fishing waves, and ferry boat waves, together with the crazy ebb tides due to unprecedented snow run-off, is an amazing part of wingfoiling on San Francisco Bay, says ...