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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."

Sep

November 7th 2012

DCNS and Hydroptere end partnership

French naval defense group DCNS stops its support towards Hydroptere's oceanic program. Alain Thébault and his team thank DCNS whose support helped launch the 'flying boat' oceanic campaign. "DCNS gave us the means to start the adventure and we will go all the way", said Alain Thébault.

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October 16th 2012

The flying boat : how does it work ?

Discover the new infography of Hydroptere that illustrates in 7 points the characteristics of the fastest sailboat in the world. A list of amazing figures to understand better how the experimental trimaran manages to take off and reach top speeds.

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Monday 30th July 2012

The Epic of Hydroptere: Third Act!

After "Pilote d’un rêve" (Pilot of a dream) and "Le mur du vent" (The wind barrier), Alain Thébault, designer and skipper of Hydroptere, is preparing his third book with XO Editions.

Bernard Fixot, President of XO Editions and Alain Thébault signed a publishing contract concerning a book with large diffusion. After "Pilote d’un rêve" by Flammarion in 2005 and "Le mur du vent" by la Martiniere in 2009, the skipper of the fastest sailing boat in the world is starting to write his third book to be released next spring in French, English and German.

New book and new milestone for the "flying sailor" this summer as he is going to try to beat the South Pacific crossing record (Los Angeles - Honolulu) aboard his experimental trimaran. After conquering the outright sailing speed record in 2009 (over 50 knots of average over one nautical mile), Alain Thébault intends to demonstrate the offshore sailing potential of  "flying" sailboats and aims to eventually develop a maxi hydroptere capable of beating the greatest oceanic records.

ALAIN THÉBAULT, LE "flying sailor" onboard L'HYDROPTÈRE in may - COPYRIGHT FRANCIS DEMANGE


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