Francis Joyon said “This trimaran is the result of a marriage between the designers, the builders and my supporters in Groupe IDEC. The boat already pleases me a lot, aesthetically, it’s now down to me to sail it and show that the simplicity of its deck plan and its functionality are synonymous with performance." ... more info > www.trimaran-idec.com

The Maltese Falcon owes its origin to work done in the sixties by Mr W. Prolls, at the time he believed the system could provide additional propulsion for ships. The DynaRig is effectively a square rig, the mast is freestanding and the yards are connected rigidly to the mast, in this case each mast supports six yards. The yards, unlike a conventional square rigger, have built in camber of 12%. The sails set between the yards in such a way that when deployed there are no gaps to the sail plan enabling each spar’s sail plan to work as a single sail. The sails, when not deployed, furl into the mast ... more info > www.symaltesefalcon.com

Hobie Trifoiler - take the pilot's seat in the center cockpit with all the sail and foil adjustments on the control panel in front of you and you're off. All it takes is 12 knots of wind for the three self-adjusting hydrofoils to lift off and you're flying! Check your speed on the built-in speedometer as you streak past everything else on the water while controlling your course with the steering pedals ... more info > www.hobiecat.com

Hundred years ago, Amundsen crossed the North-American archipelago from the East to the West and became thus the first person to carry out the passage of this way. To day, Sébastien will try become the first person to carry out this passage only by sail.This sporting and ethical challenge, sponsored by YvanBourgnon, was never yet carried out by a boat without engine. Sébastien, accompanied by three "revolving" team-members, will have to connect the Pacific to the Atlanticby the north of Canada.He conceived and built "Babouche" for this challenge, hisice catamaran. This boat, light and resistant, is able, at the same time, to sail on water and to slide over the ice ... more info > www.babouche-expe.eu

Earthrace Wavepiercer Trimaran - The team at Craig Loomes Design Group are the proud designers of this radical, circumnavigation record attempt 24m wavepiercer trimaran. The record is being challenged by Earthrace - a New Zealand based organization aiming to break the current UIM powerboat record for an equatorial circumnavigation via the Panama and Suez canals ... more info > www.cld.co.nz

The Radical Bay 8000 design was introduced as 'a bit radical' and turned out to be a very sensible, simple, well behaved little rocket. The RB8000 was designed to be fast and simple yet she offers unexpected accommodation for her size, this being enhanced by her asymmetric inside flares. She is pegged to be a performance sailor ... more info > www.schionningdesigns.com.au

The 18ft Skiff is considered the fastest class of sailing skiffs. The class has a long history beginning with races on Sydney Harbour, Australia in 1892. The boat has changed significantly since the early days, bring in new technology as it became available. Because of the need of strength, agility and skill, the class is considered to be the top level of small boat sailing ... more info > www.sydneyflyingsquadron.com.au

The international moth is a development class where 75 years of continuous innovation has produced today's carbon fibre, 30kg all up weight, 33cm wide hydrofoil designs. and we're not done yet ... more info > www.moth.iointegration.com

Hydroptère means, in greek, marine wing. To get free from the Archimedes’ principle, it is a matter of lifting up the hulls of the boat thanks to a vertical pushing developed by some kind of sea wings, the foils. People have been dreaming for a while not of floating on but of flying over the water ... more info > www.hydroptere.com

Following the excitement and drama of the Volvo Extreme 40 Grand Prix series finale in Rotterdam in June, when Team Basilica eventually finished as series runners-up to the American boat Tommy Hilfiger, the all-British crewed, sponsored and owned boat is looking to go one better next week as ... more info > www.volvoextreme40.org