Italian design studio Centrostiledesign has imagined a futuristic, foiled yacht that could almost be the boating world’s equivalent of a flying car. The concept yacht is dubbed the Future-E and would be made from recycled carbon fiber. It would be equipped with two electric motors, ensuring that it produces no emissions and no noise. The yacht’s party trick, though, are the four retractable foils that would allow it to float above the water.
Robb Report notes that the yacht’s foils
would extend as it picks up speed and when traveling at 16 knots, it will enter
full foiling mode and lift up out of the water, much like a foiled sailing
yacht. Centrostiledesign says the yacht could hit more than 30 knots and has
been equipped with an advanced kinematic system with electro-hydraulic
actuators and a gyroscope to reduce the impact of the waves, creating a
beautifully smooth and comfortable ride. Making the Future-E all the more
desirable is the fact that it has been imagined in both Coupe and Convertible
guise and sports suicide doors.
Detailed renderings show the interior of
the Future-E that is laden with large touchscreens housing all important
controls. There is a large captain’s chair and a second-row of seats that can
accommodate three passengers.
The Future-E comes from the mind of yacht
designer Davide Cipriani, the managing director of Centrostiledesign. It is
unclear if the company has any plans to actually commission its foiled yacht
but if it did, we can imagine it would prove quite popular among the rich and
famous.
