Racing for the first time on Lake Geneva the seven-strong TF35 fleet is the next generation in high performance foiling.
After an intense design and development process throughout 2018-19, the innovative TF35's journey slowed in 2020, as events across the world were postponed due the COVID-19 pandemic. The additional time has been put to good use as the confirmed seven crews got to grips with their new racing machines.
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"The feeling, it's like skiing in powder, there is nothing but the vibration of the foils," Arnaud Psarofaghis, Alinghi.
Our brief: design a boat that would fly in very light wind, to have electronic stability and that all the boats are exactly the same.
The first day of sailing went far beyond expectation as in only nine knots of breeze the TF35 was comfortably foiling reaching 17 knots boat speed upwind and 23 knots downwind with a very stable flight.
Here we go - the final preparation of boat zero before tomorrow's splash.
The rig is in and boat zero for the TF35 is taking shape ahead of her first splash.
After two weeks of hard work the rig and sails are up on boat zero in preparation for test sailing later in the month.
