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may 23rd 2013

The Hydroptere crew arrived safely in the USA

On Wednesday 22nd May Alain Thébault, Jean Le Cam and Jacques Vincent joined Yves Parlier and the rest of the technical team.

 

Sep

may 21st 2013

Thank you

Alain Thébault and the Hydroptere team would like to thank the teams who have helped with the launch

 

Sep

Sep

April 17th 2013

Alain Thébault and Hydroptere will conquer the Pacific

On Wednesday 17th April, in the Parisian workshop of the architect Jean Nouvel, Alain Thébault and his teammates Jean Le Cam and Yves Parlier announced the continuation of the ocean program for Hydroptere. In a few weeks, they will try to beat the record of the Transpacific crossing between Los Angeles and Honolulu.

Sep

March 8th 2013

Stopover of Alain Thébault in Tokyo

Alain Thébault will talk about Hydroptere during a conference in Tokyo as part of a series organized by Capital Fund Management on the theme of innovation.

Sep

February 14th 2013

A new book coming soon

The publisher Arthaud is now committed with the sailor Alain Thébault to publish an illustrated reference book about Hydroptere.

Sep

February 6th 2013

Congratulations Jean !

Jean Le Cam has just completed a new world tour and imperially takes the fifth place in the Vendée Globe Race in exactly 88 days. "King Jean" will be a crewmember of l'Hydroptère  for the Pacific record attempt next summer.

Sep

January 18th 2013

Hydroptere is back to the study table

After an eventful year and a first summer spent in the USA, the Hydroptere team of Alain Thébault is taking advantage of the winter season to fine-tune their technological and sports program. The partner search continues.

Sep

December 7th 2012

The search for partners is open

Hydroptere is looking for partners to finance the Transpacific record attempt this summer and the launch in 2015 of a second generation Hydroptere designed to beat the North Atlantic record.

Sep

16th November 2012

Lanson champagne strengthen their partnership with Hydroptère

As a partner of Alain Thébault since 2008, the Champagne house LANSON has decided to strengthen its partnership with the Hydroptère project by becoming "official partner of Hydroptère."

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Saturday 14th July 2012

The story of a dream : the epic of Hydroptere in video

Discover the story of Hydroptere in a 3 or 8 minutes long HD video. The origin of the dream with Eric Tabarly, the scale models, the first flights and the first crashs, the Channel record, Hydroptere capsizing at 56 kts, the outright sailing speed records and finally the Transpacific record attempt… Alain Thébault and his crew share some incredible footage !

The HD video is available (direct download) in the Press Access.

2012 -  L'HYDROPTÈRE - THE WHOLE EPIC IN LESS THAN 9 MINUTES

2012 - Hydroptere - The whole epic in less than 9 minutes