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Legenda foiling L'Hydroptere revine pe apă după 7 ani de restaurare
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Catamaranul experimental L'Hydroptere, construit în 2008, a fost salvat de la demolarea în 2019 și supus unui amplu proces de restaurare care a durat șapte ani. După refacere în Franța, nava de 18 metri lungime și 24 metri lățime este gata să revină în apă până la sfârșitul septembrie.
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The 60-foot L’Hydroptere was an experimental hydrofoil launched in 2008, well before the progress seen today. Its last hurrah appeared to be the 2015 Transpace Race in which weak wind conditions did not allow the trimaran to reach record breaking speeds along the course from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
Sponsors were unimpressed, leading to the boat being abandoned in Hawaii. With the government ready to scrap it, a couple of do-gooders rescued it from auction in 2019 with the intent of restoration. That effort began with a refit so it could be sailed to San Francisco, and then shipped to France for the rebuild.
After seven years of work, L’Hydroptere is on the verge to continue its story. The 18-metre-long, 24-metre-wide foiling trimaran with a 28-metre mast is once again ready for its return to the water which is expected to be by the end of September.
For more of the story, and photographic documentation of the rebuild, click here.
Sponsors were unimpressed, leading to the boat being abandoned in Hawaii. With the government ready to scrap it, a couple of do-gooders rescued it from auction in 2019 with the intent of restoration. That effort began with a refit so it could be sailed to San Francisco, and then shipped to France for the rebuild.
After seven years of work, L’Hydroptere is on the verge to continue its story. The 18-metre-long, 24-metre-wide foiling trimaran with a 28-metre mast is once again ready for its return to the water which is expected to be by the end of September.
For more of the story, and photographic documentation of the rebuild, click here.
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Publicat 03 septembrie 2026, 02:00