Maxi slayer? Exclusive first sail on the radical 60ft foiler Flying Nikka 

Glad you enjoyed it!

Can't wait to see these in the Sydney Hobart!!

with the noise level of a working excavator on board - constantly?? nope. lol

Thank you Giorgio!

A pleasure, thanks Richard

But about twice as exciting.

A cluttered boat will get you killed.

Much appreciated

agreed

Engine noise can be reduced. This is experimental.

Yep.

Yes but you finish 3-5x faster so less time to hear the engine😂. The engine is just sitting down below inside what is essentially a carbon echo box. I’m going to guess future editions could have the engine in a soundproof box. I’d be willing to trade slightly more weight for the quiet.

totally agree.

You forgot to put the helmet on.

@@hurri7720 That's a good one, future might be electric.

Too noisy for my liking. Might as well go powerboat racing. Maybe one day the mainsail can be made from solar panels for an electric hydraulic system.

Decades before that/ you, a gentleman at the China Lakes NAS was running trifoiler models that are still beyond what is being built now

40 years ago they would have been banned , now the modern Era offers support and opertunity to sail them

Thanks 👍

Thank you Keith!

Pearl Yachts?

This thing is only 7 tons, the stress on materials is very great and it will wear out very fast. You don't want a bigger boat.

Flyin dutchman ?

impossible, there was no diesel for the generators in those days. With some whale grease, maybe?

@@FLH3official bio diesel?😁

They would think its an alien ship, they’d poop their pants. Lol

these things do not haul cargo how may tons of guano can they carry

no matter how fast this yacht is. the concept that you have the constant engine noise level of a working excavator on board - while sailing - is absurd and a deal breaker. the beauty of sailing, is the wind and sounds of the ship going through the water. that constant noise is absolutely undoable. And if it's only a prototype engine... who decides to do a first-look vid on a boat with such a fatal flaw. Bad marketing decision. slap a few mufflers on first. but even then - still, it's not in the spirit of sailing to fill a tank and smell exhaust fumes.

my thoughts exactly. Surprising the< are allowed to run a generator during races.

Thanks Don!

I'm waiting for that myself. I think it's going to take awhile. But yes. Something simple beyond anything we have seen yet.

Ok, hint taken thank you, I'll try to get aboard the First 44!

@@yachtingworld 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Could use electrics instead, this is a first attempt.

When you are going that fast you have to pay attention, will have to address that problem. Artificial Intelligence??

@@tedmoss , the time at sea will be shorter though.

No, the keel is there because of the regulations of the circuit of regattas the boat will join. Cheers

@@zepafra Without the keel, the boat would fall over when it’s not moving forward, a flaw with the AC 40s.

This boat wasn't designed to be safe

@@jeremykothe2847 Do these boats go offshore? I'd love to get on one!! Imagine!!!!!

They are load sharing sails from North Sails. Other companies make similar too

It would be interesting to compare fuel consumption of a straight foiling powerboat to this over a straight line upwind.

I don't think this would be a good idea 😄

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@@jacko_about what the hell? Why not? What else do we have to do? Cheers mate!

@@keithfaulkner1288 well, simply because of the speed, power and obviously safety. Crew aboard this type of craft is required to wear helmets for a good reason. To be able to control this boats you need to be on top of the sailing game, at a level where all the Sail GP and AC crew is. If you put bunks, fridge and all the rest of stuff, you will also add plates, cups, your favorite bottles of wine and so on... I have experience with big and fast motor yachts and I saw to many times situations where the skipper put the sticks down and some of guest aboard have few seconds to grab something or did couple of steps to stay up right. This idea to me is like put a soft suspension to a racing car. Better idea is to have a "classic" type of a fast cruiser to enjoy sailing with your friends and this type of a monster to have fun. If you don't believe me take this example: go for a day ride with your family on a racing road bikes. It's a wish thinking to make this type of a boat cruise friendly. At least for now.

@@jacko_about ohh man. I'm sorry you had to write all that. I was mostly kidding. Yeah that's another world.

Batteries and electric motor powered hydraulics.

I'm surprised to see it powered by the old faithful Yanmah, and not some Formula 1 engine. I've never heard of a diesel used for high revs.

I believe the diesel is used for fuel safety reasons rather than gas used on outboards? Still operating it 24-7 would require a lot of fuel for ocean racing?

Thanks Lee. And yes it uses the main engine (not generator) to power the hydraulics when sailing

@@yachtingworld Main engine? Well, that's nonsence. It needs a ultra isolated e-generator and togher with an electric drive, that would be quite & perfect. And why not plaster the huge deck area with step on solar cells and a battery bank with the newest, lightest lithium something compound. A good e-generator and very good electric drive, are together of better energy efficiency than any fuel engine drive! Possibly the owner of Flying Nikka doen't know that, you could tell him.

@@fritz3388 I think its more expensive and you cant match the power to weight ratio of ICE engine, with electric at the moment. I would also prefer an electric drive, this noise is annoying when sailing.

@@fritz3388 When you say e-generator, what's powering that?

They would both slow it down 😔

With today's technology it's simply not possible. The engine in that boat is a Yanmar 3JH40, or 40hp diesel with approx. 25 gallon tank. Fully fueled the entire package weighs around 650lb and has a runtime of 10 hours on a single tank of fuel at full throttle (what it takes to run the hydraulics) in an endurance race. That in electric motor terms mean you would need a sustained 30kw 3000rpm electric motor which itself weighs around 350lb, coupled with the required 150kWH battery bank required to run 10hrs, or four Tesla 3 batteries at approx. 6000lb. 6000lb for electric or 650lb for diesel. Trust me they've already thought about it and ran the numbers, it's basic middle school math. Solar/wind/battery power is absolutely nowhere near capable of replacing diesel in any situation where low weight and endurance is required. At least not in our lifetimes. The only reason electric cars are somewhat possible today is very low rolling resistance and aerodynamics for very specific users. To power a Telsa Model 3 at 60mph it only requires around 20hp or 15kw. They have a range of around 270 miles so while that sounds like a lot, that's only a runtime of around 4hrs per charge at 15kw. That sailboat requires 10hrs per charge at 30kw. But what about 30kw of solar panels? That would require approx. 1000 square feet of space, which means you'd need 6 of those boat's worth of decking for solar panels. So what if it's not sunny? So nope. 30kW wind generator? The rotor diameter of a 30kw wind generator is 45 feet. That's about the same size as the mast of that boat, so nope... no wind generator. Hydro power? To generate 30kw of power with water, the boat simply wouldn't move. The power required to spin the turbine would be greater than what the sails produce to move the boat. In 100 years things might change, but as of right now there's nothing in our foreseeable future.

@@TexasStormChaser Your analysis is reasonable, but it is far from proof that electric would not be as, or more capable. If they don't require diesel hydraulic in their new rule, I can assure you that in less than five years the class will be dominated by electric. Your calculation assumes an electric control system would take as much power as the diesel puts out -direct electric would take far less (more efficient direct actuators and off rather than idle). Just because this DH system has a fuel capacity of 10hrs doesn't mean it needs more than 4. It's 10 because nobody cares about the size of the tank and they want the possibility of offshore race participation (which may never pan out). An electric system with 4 hrs of battery and 8 hrs of fuel cell standby could be developed within the performance envelope of the class.

NO THANKS! Bet they are sucking fumes at certain wind angles too.

Aye! We/I concur; "where air & water meet" Is the equation for solving Our Collective and Connective processes and issues to Simpler Safer and Swifter Sail/Foil/"Glide" FttW!

It will race in displacement mode too Vasco so for that and the ability to take off easily too it needs as little drag as possible

plus they could cap it and run on battery only for short race like les voiles de st barth and lose additionnal drag :D

Your thought doesn't make any sense

That would mean a battery the size of the boat and too much weight (and electrical problems ...) -

Correct, the boom doesn't cross that far as it is an apparent wind machine. And the deck sweeper below the boom was being trialled, but a transparent window could be beneficial

Having a ballasted keel would make this yacht considerably more difficult to capsize and so inherently safe in comparison.