“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 ...

On his solo 50-day circumnavigation with a 100-foot foiling trimaran, Charles Caudrelier averaged 23.74 knots through the water and finished two days ahead of second place. The new speeds are so great ...

New Zealand's Black Foils won't be on the startline at either of May's Rolex SailGP Championship events. After the May events ...

The Black Foils expect they'll likely be out for at least three more regattas on the Sail GP calendar. Having already missed ...

Emirates Team New Zealand continued their second block of testing on Wednesday in a light breeze that grew in the middle of ...

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 ...

The controller is part of the group that keeps the boat above the water. By Kimball Livingston Any kind of well-crewed raceboat is steered as much by the sail trimmer as by the driver. Bring a foiling ...

A French startup doesn’t want to just beat the current speed record for a sailboat. It wants to crush it. Syroco, launched by a world record kite-surfing holder and a tech veteran, says its boat, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kai Lenny, going fast. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot Kai Lenny has said it before and he’ll say it again: he likes to go fast. He ...

If the wind is right, this new Maxi can rise on its foils and sail above the water, reducing the drag that slows other boats. By Kimball Livingston It was only a matter of time before someone on the ...

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR) was held on Sept. 21 and 22. The course was about two miles east of Navy Pier. There were eight college teams sailing a boat of the same design ...