Ferrari reveals the Hypersail project
Ferrari has unveiled its Hypersail project, an unprecedented sporting challenge in the world of sailing that blends racing tradition with technological innovation. The name Hypersail honours Ferrari’s racing heritage and its Hypercars.
Led by Team Principal Giovanni Soldini, Hypersail aims to establish an outstanding research and development platform focused on offshore sailing. To explore new frontiers in technology and innovation, the project draws upon the expertise of the Ferrari team, which, in close collaboration with specialised nautical experts, is directly involved in the entire cycle of conception, engineering, and testing.
Why did Ferrari decide to enter sailing
The yacht, designed by French naval architect Guillaume Verdier, will be a groundbreaking 100-foot flying ocean racing monohull prototype that will stabilise its flight on three points of contact. Verdier’s most notable innovation is the use of a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and, alternately, the two lateral foils.
The 100-foot yacht will also be the first of its size in the world to be entirely energy self-sufficient. The monohull is designed to operate exclusively using renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and kinetic energy. There is no combustion engine on board, and all the power required to run the control and motion systems for the foils, keel and rudder, as well as the full suite of on-board computers and instruments, must be generated autonomously while under sail.
The yacht will sail with a flight control system developed from the expertise acquired in the automotive sector – employing aerodynamic and structural calculation processes designed to ensure performance and safety for a monohull that will soar across the ocean for extended periods – with no stopovers, no pit stops, and no external support of any kind.
The search for entirely original solutions applied to the nautical world led to the filing of nine patents, with six more currently being drafted.
Currently under construction in Italy, the yacht is scheduled to launch in 2026, after which it will undergo its initial sea trials.
