Ferrari Unveils Futuristic 100-Foot Racing Yacht That “Flies” Over Water Without an Engine and Is 100% Powered by Renewable Energy, With 9 Patents Already Registered

Written by Felipe Alves da Silva

Published on 27/06/2025 at 11:30

Updated on 27/06/2025 at 11:33

Iate Hypersail da Ferrari, com 100 pés e design futurista, navegando sem motor usando apenas energia renovável.

28 people reacted to this.

The Project Named Hypersail Will Be Launched in 2026, Uses Only Wind, Solar, and Kinetic Energy to Navigate, and Promises to Revolutionize Nautical Engineering with Technology from Formula 1

A Ferrari revealed this week, in Italy, the project for a 100-foot ocean racing yacht entirely powered by renewable energy, without a combustion engine, marking its debut in the nautical world with an experimental and sustainable vessel called Hypersail.

Set to launch in 2026, the Hypersail will be the first vessel of its size to operate fully autonomously on energy, using exclusively sources such as wind, solar, and kinetic energy generated during navigation. The yacht is described as a testing platform for new technologies aimed at both the nautical sector and high-performance automotive racing.

The project is signed by renowned French naval architect Guillaume Verdier and combines concepts of automotive aerodynamics with innovations in nautical flight control. The structure is based on three points of contact with the water, allowing the hull to “fly” over the waves at high speed, minimizing friction.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

Platform for Innovation and Engineering Testing

The development of the vessel is taking place in Italy and involves the active participation of sailor Giovanni Soldini, known for his expertise in nautical constructions and transoceanic challenges. Ferrari confirmed that the yacht will be used as a research and development laboratory for new sustainable technologies.

Unlike conventional sailboats, the Hypersail will be equipped with automated systems for controlling sails, rudders, keels, and foils, all powered by energy captured during navigation. The flight control system was developed from Ferrari’s know-how in Formula 1, utilizing cutting-edge structural and aerodynamic calculations.

Ferrari’s president, John Elkann, emphasized that the Hypersail represents the union of sports tradition and technological forefront. According to him, “designing a yacht for offshore racing is perhaps the greatest expression of endurance,” citing Ferrari’s legacy in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Registered Patents and Total Energy Independence

Ferrari also stated that the Hypersail has already generated nine patent applications related to the unprecedented technological solutions applied to the vessel, with six more in the process of being drafted. The proposal is for the yacht to not depend on any external energy source during its missions.

The onboard system will include solar panels, harnessing kinetic energy from the waters, and intelligent control of energy resources to keep all operational systems — including computers and navigation sensors — functioning continuously at sea.

According to an official statement from Ferrari, the vessel will be capable of sailing for long periods without the need for refueling, technical stops, or any external support, becoming a landmark of energy self-sufficiency at sea.

The information was originally disclosed by Interesting Engineering, based on statements from Ferrari and technical details provided by the shipyard and designers involved in the Hypersail.

Ferrari Unveils Futuristic 100-Foot Racing Yacht That “Flies” Over Water Without an Engine and Is 100% Powered by Renewable Energy, With 9 Patents Already Registered

The Project Named Hypersail Will Be Launched in 2026, Uses Only Wind, Solar, and Kinetic Energy to Navigate, and Promises to Revolutionize Nautical Engineering with Technology from Formula 1

Platform for Innovation and Engineering Testing

Registered Patents and Total Energy Independence

The Soviet Union spent 22 years drilling into the Earth’s crust and reached a depth of 12,262 meters — they found water where it was thought impossible, hydrogen bubbling from the rock, granite that is 2.7 billion years old, and temperatures of 180 degrees that melted the drill bits.

Ethiopia has banned gasoline and diesel cars, placed over a hundred silent electric buses on the streets of Addis Ababa, and now aims for half a million electric vehicles by 2030, all powered by Africa’s largest dam and a courage that few countries have shown.

Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

Norway is drilling 27 kilometers of rock 392 meters below the bottom of a fjord to build the world’s largest and deepest underwater road tunnel — when completed, a 21-hour journey will be reduced to 10.

An astronaut spent 340 days in space while his twin brother stayed on Earth, and NASA found a “rejuvenating” effect, genes, microbiome, cognition, and immune system that revealed the biological cost of living outside the planet.

Chinese engineers begin filling a 217-meter dam at an altitude of 3,000 meters and prepare a 2,240 MW hydroelectric power plant to integrate hydropower, solar, and wind energy in the upper Jinsha.

Researchers from USP found mercury still active in the soil of the Atlantic Forest 52 years after illegal mining stopped in the area, and the contamination continues to pose a risk to plants, animals, and humans living in the region.

Get your heavy coat ready: an extratropical cyclone will create a corridor of cold air that hits Rio Grande do Sul starting Sunday with winds of 70 km/h, widespread frost between Tuesday and Wednesday, and a risk of rough seas on the Rio Grande do Sul coast during the week.

Brazil has just taken the first step to bring small modular nuclear reactors to the country, with the Ministry of Mines and Energy establishing a working group that will define where to build, how to finance, and who will operate this new energy technology.

The last weekend of April will bring heavy rain and temperatures plummeting to near 0°C in the mountains of the South, and anyone who thought the cold only arrived in May is in for a surprise.

A mountain road with 284 curves, considered one of the most beautiful in Brazil, will be closed to cars on Sunday because hundreds of cyclists will climb the 24 km of road in Santa Catarina.

Ferrari Unveils Futuristic 100-Foot Racing Yacht That “Flies” Over Water Without an Engine and Is 100% Powered by Renewable Energy, With 9 Patents Already Registered

The Project Named Hypersail Will Be Launched in 2026, Uses Only Wind, Solar, and Kinetic Energy to Navigate, and Promises to Revolutionize Nautical Engineering with Technology from Formula 1

Platform for Innovation and Engineering Testing

Registered Patents and Total Energy Independence

The Soviet Union spent 22 years drilling into the Earth’s crust and reached a depth of 12,262 meters — they found water where it was thought impossible, hydrogen bubbling from the rock, granite that is 2.7 billion years old, and temperatures of 180 degrees that melted the drill bits.

Ethiopia has banned gasoline and diesel cars, placed over a hundred silent electric buses on the streets of Addis Ababa, and now aims for half a million electric vehicles by 2030, all powered by Africa’s largest dam and a courage that few countries have shown.

Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

Norway is drilling 27 kilometers of rock 392 meters below the bottom of a fjord to build the world’s largest and deepest underwater road tunnel — when completed, a 21-hour journey will be reduced to 10.

An astronaut spent 340 days in space while his twin brother stayed on Earth, and NASA found a “rejuvenating” effect, genes, microbiome, cognition, and immune system that revealed the biological cost of living outside the planet.

Chinese engineers begin filling a 217-meter dam at an altitude of 3,000 meters and prepare a 2,240 MW hydroelectric power plant to integrate hydropower, solar, and wind energy in the upper Jinsha.

A new giant Navy ship was launched into the sea and promises to expand France’s naval power; the Émile Bertin is scheduled to be delivered in 2027.

Gigantic ship with a million-dollar cargo of over 600 luxury cars docks in Santa Catarina.

Usiminas closed a contract to supply 5,200 tons of special steel for the four most advanced frigates the Brazilian Navy has ever built — each ship carries 1,300 tons of plates that need to resist the sea and explosions.

An American nuclear submarine fired a single torpedo at an Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean and sent it to the bottom — it’s the first time the United States has done this since the end of World War II, in 1945.

The Italian Navy has just approved the production of a new version of its frigates with 360-degree radar, artificial intelligence to take down drones, and a cyber warfare system that no other European navy possesses.

Researchers from USP found mercury still active in the soil of the Atlantic Forest 52 years after illegal mining stopped in the area, and the contamination continues to pose a risk to plants, animals, and humans living in the region.

Get your heavy coat ready: an extratropical cyclone will create a corridor of cold air that hits Rio Grande do Sul starting Sunday with winds of 70 km/h, widespread frost between Tuesday and Wednesday, and a risk of rough seas on the Rio Grande do Sul coast during the week.

Brazil has just taken the first step to bring small modular nuclear reactors to the country, with the Ministry of Mines and Energy establishing a working group that will define where to build, how to finance, and who will operate this new energy technology.

The last weekend of April will bring heavy rain and temperatures plummeting to near 0°C in the mountains of the South, and anyone who thought the cold only arrived in May is in for a surprise.

A mountain road with 284 curves, considered one of the most beautiful in Brazil, will be closed to cars on Sunday because hundreds of cyclists will climb the 24 km of road in Santa Catarina.