THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
f you thought the current trend for foiling boats resulted in some strange looking craft you ain’t seen nothing yet. A specialist shipyard in La Rochelle, France has started building a range of wing-shaped catamarans that rely on aerodynamics rather than hydrodynamics to help them ‘fly’ over the water. Known as Advanced Aerodynamic Vessels, or A2Vs, they are capable of speeds up to 50 knots while also halving the fuel consumption of a typical craft of this size and
