ATLANTIC GLIDER - Blue Riband Transatlantic Challenger

[AtlanticGlider]

The ' cat is out of the bag' so to speak. Atlantic Glider has started to appear in the press. This unique vessel has been designed to break the Blue Riband Atlantic record and win the Hales Trophy. More importantly the design has been developed to enhance comfort, speed and dramatically reduce fuel consumption. Ongoing use is for very fast and comfortable passenger transits.

The hull forms are unique (and secret) and designed to 'sub-wave pierce' and surface plane; tuning to sea states.

Check out http://www.atlanticglider.com

We are about to start construction of our 60 ft prototype in aluminium, called Baby Glider, which will be propelled using 4 Yamaha 1800 jetski engines.

She will be tested in SW of UK

Richard

 

[markcw]

I'm watching this thread closely, o boy looks like its going to be one hell of a craft and tested in the sw even better

 

[sarabande]

hello Richard Branson, do you still want to play ?

 

[AtlanticGlider]

hello Richard Branson, do you still want to play ?

LOL..well we do have Dag Pike on board and Dag was Nav officer with Sir R in 86!

We have a hugely experienced team from both the shipping world and high end powerboat racing. The challenge for us was to bring the knowledge of both racing and shipping together to support Atlantic Glider's designer (we call him Stig) who has been working on the engineering design for the last 6 years. His dedication to this is unbelievable and his genius shines through in the design.

We know from racing that a technical vacuum exists and we intend to fill it. I guess you could call us the McLaren of the seas but with low carbon wings!