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Alain Thébault is a French yachtsman, born 19 September 1962 in Dijon.
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SeaBubbles website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thebault, Alain French male sailors (sport) French sailors 1962 births Living people 20th-century French sportsmen
Alain Thébault is a French yachtsman, born 19 September 1962 in Dijon.
With Éric Tabarly
Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly (24 July 1931 – 13 June 1998) was a French naval officer and yachtsman. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Ostar in 1964 and 1976, ending English domination ...
, he participated in the conception of a multihull
A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one Hull (watercraft), hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls). There are other types, wi ...
on hydrofoil
A hydrofoil is a lifting surface, or foil, that operates in water. They are similar in appearance and purpose to aerofoils used by aeroplanes. Boats that use hydrofoil technology are also simply termed hydrofoils. As a hydrofoil craft gains sp ...
s, named l' Hydroptère, with a team of engineers, many of them from the aeronautics industry.
L' hydroptère was launched in 1995 and reached 35 knots the same year. Since 2005, with the support of Swiss banker, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie in Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
, he modified his yacht for an attempt to reach the speed of 50 knots and more.
After the Pacific crossing between Honolulu and Los Angeles, where Alain Thébault joined his three daughters. They thought about SeaBubbles : boats 100% electrics flying over water thanks to the foils technology. He develops the SeaBubbles company with Anders Bringdal (quadruple world champion of windsurfing and sailed many times with Alain Thébault on the Hydroptère).
See also
Bibliography
* Alain Thébault, ''Pilote d'un rêve'', Paris,Flammarion Flammarion may refer to:
* Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author
* Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, second wife of Camille Flammarion
* Sylvie Flammarion (1836-1919), French feminist and paci ...
, 2005,
* Alain Thébault, ''Le mur du vent'', Paris, Editions de La Martinière, 2008,
References
External links
* .SeaBubbles website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thebault, Alain French male sailors (sport) French sailors 1962 births Living people 20th-century French sportsmen