At first glance, the act of hydrofoiling may seem like a mirage. But no, it’s real. A hydrofoil is a small surfboard with a carbon fiber “wing” attached to its bottom. Thanks to the science of ...

Hydrofoils have fascinated naval architects and marine designers for years. Fitted with underwater wings, these designs traverse the waters at great speed with a minimum of drag. As with many ...

Many of the electric boats we've covered fall into two broad categories: modestly powered vessels limited to floating around at low speeds (some even have names like ...

What do you get when you combine the buoyancy of a boat, the power of an electric bicycle and the efficiency of hyrdofoils? An awesome new way to zip across the water, apparently. The Hydrofoiler XE-1 ...

Boats have come a very long way indeed since humanity discovered that simple wooden constructions were convenient ways to cross swaths of water. The majestic cruise ships of today are essentially ...

Boats aren't typically supposed to fly. That is to literally float a few centimeters or more off the surface of the water at blistering speeds, but interestingly some do and it isn't a new innovation.

While the electrification of cars is moving at a fast pace, passenger ferries continue to be almost exclusively powered by fossil fuels. That’s because the current battery capacity isn’t enough to ...

You could say that the the aquatic equivalent of the car is the motorboat, and the aquatic equivalent of the motorcycle is the Jet Ski – but what about the equivalent of the e-bike? That's what New ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bill Springer would rather be on a superyacht. And he often is. This article is more than 10 years old. It would be if it were up ...

Mark Zuckerberg was the talk of the internet on the Fourth of July when he posted a video of him holding the American flag while surfing on what appears to be a hydrofoil. Now, the Facebook CEO is ...

The Navy had better hope loose tweets don't sink ships. A video inadvertently shared by the U.S. Navy’s research and development arm this week revealed a previously unknown hydrofoil ship. The video, ...