The Ferrari sailboat will be passed in 2026 with the start of the first water tests: a single -dough of 100 feet that will resemble a spaceship
The Cavallino General Staff, plus the most famous sailor in Italy. Where you don’t expect it, in Maranello, on the Via Emilia of the engines but in a place without the sea, the first Ferrari sailboat is being born. «A dream that comes true, the brand that passes from earth to water and heaven – says the president John Elkannsitting next to the“To Vigna -. Ours will not be a yacht, but a spacecraft ».
Will resemble an spaceshipin fact, the Hypersail project entrusted to Giovanni Soldini, for years linked to Elkann in the sailing companies on the Trimrano Maserati. The flying sail on the foil, invented by the New Zealand masters in America’s cup And then troubled in the rpm of the world, it makes a quantum jump: it will become A 100 -foot Ferrari single -witch (I launch by 2026 but the times of the project are not revealed, like the construction site in Tuscany and the budget, which is a pharaonic rumor), 40 meters high, 20 of width, 30 in length, two side foils such as the AC75 of the America’s Cup, however with keel and bulb (also with the wings: absolute novelty) in search of the stability necessary to navigate in the ocean.
«A very story ambitiouswe have chosen the single -groups instead of the multi -car because it has advantages in terms of aerodynamics – explains Soldini, Team Principal as well as skipper -, but it is less stable than a catamaran: it must be able to straighten, the keel and bulb make it heavier and, therefore, more stable “.
The great challengeunder the fascinating dress of the Ferrari livery (he will have references to Modena yellow, historical color of the Cavallino before the red), is the labor of competenze e know how From the cars (the sporting line rather than Formula 1) to the sail, not surprisingly in the conference room of Maranello wanders the F1 Team Principal Vasseur and to explain the details of the fascinating mix are two engineers, Marco Ribigini e Matteo Lanzanecchia. «This is a project that comes from a white sheet – underlines Soldini -, and which concerns the future. Let’s try to imagine something that has never been created, and that will change the sail for everyone ». At the base of everything, the desire for innovation of Ferrari.
As in F1, the engine is the team. There is Ferrari with the skills on aerodynamicsmechanical and control systems; There is the study of Guillaume valuesnaval architect responsible for structural design and appendices; There is the Soldini team, which is following The construction in top secret place And that will make the boat flying on the waves that was not there before: in the view of record oceanic and regattas but a 100 -footing boat had never been seen, so the participation will pass from the green light of Federvela International and will have to be verified from time to time. Nine patents already obtained, you are deposited. The synergy with the world of sports car resumes the thread from the last, the Ferrari F80, from the suspension software transformed into algorithm For the Ferrari boat, the power supply (100 control units, over 15 km of cables) will guarantee the soft power (electrical panels and wind turbines on board), the rest will do the sailors, from 12 to 8 on board, depending on the needs (to be defined).
Waiting for the launch, the search for sponsor. Meanwhile, Soldini trains on the simulator, while Ferrari Full Time technicians moved to the project Ferrari Hypersail Full time and other eighty employees of the Maranello company are involved between cars and sailing. The last word is of John Elkannwho inherited the great passion for sailing from his grandfather Giovanni Agnelli: «No, the America’s Cup does not care: there are stringent and limiting rules there. The Ferrari boat is free: We can push ourselves where we want, the only border is infinite ». Good wind. To fly a 100 feet on the ocean waves you will need a lot.
