• The world’s first 100-foot monohull with a foil on the keel, designed to fly on three points of contact.
• Open innovation and two-way technological transfer between the sports car and nautical sectors.
• The yacht, built in Italy, will be energy self-sufficient, powered by renewable energy sources.
• Launch and initial sea trials scheduled for 2026.

Ferrari unveils its new Ferrari Hypersail project, an unprecedented sporting challenge in the world of sailing that blends racing tradition with technological innovation. The name Hypersail honours Ferrari’s racing heritage and its Hypercars, the ultimate expression of performance in the realm of endurance.

Led by Team Principal Giovanni Soldini, Hypersail aims to establish an outstanding research and development platform focused on offshore sailing. To explore new frontiers in technology and innovation, the project draws upon the expertise of the Ferrari team, which, in close collaboration with specialised nautical experts, is directly involved in the entire cycle of conception, engineering, and testing.

The yacht, designed by French naval architect Guillaume Verdier, also represents a great nautical achievement: a groundbreaking 100-foot flying ocean racing monohull prototype that will stabilise its flight on three points of contact. Verdier’s most notable innovation is the use of a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and, alternately, the two lateral foils.

The 100-foot yacht will also be the first of its size in the world to be entirely energy self-sufficient.

Currently under construction in Italy, the yacht is scheduled to launch in 2026, after which it will undergo its initial sea trials.

Open Innovation and technology transfer

To drive innovation and create value, the Hypersail project is grounded in open innovation, aiming for close collaboration and the exchange of ideas and external expertise between Ferrari, its partners, and suppliers. This approach is used to develop systems in the areas of aerodynamics, energy efficiency, power management, and kinetic energy.

Technology transfer from the realm of Ferrari sports cars is also central: the yacht will sail with a flight control system developed from the expertise acquired in the automotive sector – employing aerodynamic and structural calculation processes designed to ensure performance and safety for a monohull that will soar across the ocean for extended periods – with no stopovers, no pit stops, and no external support of any kind.

The search for entirely original solutions applied to the nautical world led to the filing of nine patents, with six more currently being drafted. The contribution that the pursuit of maximum performance at sea is making to the evolution of the Prancing Horse’s sports cars is equally significant.

Energy autonomy

The monohull is designed to operate exclusively using renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and kinetic energy. There is no combustion engine on board, and all the power required to run the control and motion systems for the foils, keel and rudder, as well as the full suite of on-board computers and instruments, must be generated autonomously while under sail.

Reconciling total energy autonomy with the excellent performance expected from a yacht of this size, in the variable and often extreme conditions it will encounter, necessitates a careful energy balance and rigorous resource management. This has involved optimising the efficiency of every individual component and energy generation system.

A challenge that many had previously deemed impossible.