Hydrofoils are perhaps best known for their application on boring ferries and scary boats that go too fast. However, as ...

In 1906, inventor Enrico Forlanini launched the first hydrofoil boat on Lake Maggiore in the Italian alps. His contemporary innovator Alexander Bell later said a ride on Forlanini’s invention was “as ...

Born from a desire to make boats go faster, today the hydrofoil is being revived as a cleaner form of water transport by helping boats rise above the waves. It would have made an unusual sight in ...

Boats aren't typically supposed to fly. That is to literally float a few centimeters or more off the surface of the water at blistering speeds, but interestingly some do and it isn't a new innovation.