STORY OF THE BOAT

• The first picture of the boat was made in '94. The main caracteristics were the following: a simple "prao" (only one tack) with lifting beams, a tilted solid wingsail and also foils to take off the boat out of the water at high speed.
  
  

  
  

  In '94: The boat is a prao with a tilted solid wingsail.
  To see a better picture of this boat (published in a french magazine), please click here

  
  
  
• In '95: The boat is still a prao but with a brand new evolution !! For the first time, the boat has now two tilted rigid wingsails. The positions of the beams were also geometrically removed due to the wind direction.
  
  
  
  

  '95: Prao with the two tilted rigid wingsails
  

  
  
  
• The '96 design (still a prao) has always these famous two tilted solid wingsails. The front lifting deck (the beam) takes part in the stability of the boat throught the freewing concept. (Also called the A.P.C. for "Aile à Portance Constante" - Constant Lift Wing). The solid wingsails are optimized due to the wind boundary layer.
  
  
  

  '96: Upper view
  

  
  
  
  

  '96 design (front view): Look at the foils under the main hull (on the right) and the stern of the boat with the upper position of the beam to avoid wind perturbation coming from the stem of the boat.
  

  
  
  
  

  '96: Side view with the pilot in the "nacelle" (in the left of the picture).
  

  
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