Hobie TriFoiler Promotional Video (Hobie Archive Video)

Promotional video about the Hobie TriFoiler.

[@dumbcat]

Just imagine how awesome this ship could be by now if Hobie had continued working on the design.

[@davedonovan2681]

Hobie, look at the direction the sailing world is headed. time to bring this back with some design tweaks.

[@okcpicker]

Way ahead of its time!

[@michaelberens2976]

My family has one on a Lake in Minnesota. I'm the only one that still sails it. When everything is working well it is fabulous and fun. It's quite common that my Sail comes to an end when something breaks. The boat was just not engineered with sufficient strength given the pressures that build on all the fittings as you are pushing 30 miles an hour. A lot of money has been spent repairing the boat. It's an awful lot of work to maintain.

[@1silvervespa]

So why not improve the parts as you replace them ??

[@danceswithstone]

​@@1silvervespa Because eventually, you'd run out of money and the boat would be unrecognizable.

[@frankhoward7645]

Michael. Looking for a sailing partner/sailboat repairman? I've owned and maintained my Nacra 5.2 since I bought it new in 1977 and here's the best part. I'm in Minneapolis!

[@erichrkeil]

Rode one of these once or twice back in high school when I worked at a yacht club. Amazing piece of engineering, but definitely fussy about conditions. Lake weeds on the foils killed it. But man, on the right day it was an absolute blast!

[@dakellymon]

Brilliant. I love it.

[@ningpo6924]

this definitely says, " I WANT ONE !" ...... wow, yup... ahead of it's / his time, as Hobie always was...(RIP ...a void which can't be filled !~)

[@AngelLestat2]

Wow.. this was designed in 1981!! Looks like a solid modern design, not sure why it did not become more popular..

[@jamesaron1967]

1981!? Sure?

[@jonathanalea]

Cost

[@soodlorr]

Please make it again

[@michaelmcgrath7465]

Definitely time for a refresh.

[@vibratingstring]

One came to HPDO this year. What a cool machine!

[@markgallagher1376]

I just saw a video about the new Vortex Pod Racer that is priced at $75k. Hobie, you could beat that by a long shot. Please bring back the development of this concept!!

[@sunsetvillagecondoassociat4451]

A renter had one at my in-laws resort in northern WI in the 90s. Unfortunately, not enough wind to truly sail it; he moved it to Lake Superior.

[@AngelLestat2]

If the Doc in Back to the future could not get a delorean, I guess this could have work... It was also from that time... Incredible.

[@puertonavalantonio799]

Genial!!! Por el aire… O el viento...

[@rb30athorn]

I've seen one on the beach at Key sailing in Pensacola. If was on the beach and the weirdest sailing contraption I have ever seen. It had a speedometer in the cockpit that went up to 50! never saw it sail, still don't fully understand the side by side windsurfer sails, and how they are trimmed. This video shows little sail adjustment by the crew even in tacks? Some crazy vooDoo going on there would love to sail one.

[@1silvervespa]

With todays materials oh man could resolve the strength issues.

[@failure2communicate2u]

Wow! LOOK at all the wind turbines at 3:50! Forty years ago...in France.

[@DaveDaveydo]

holy awesome

[@dkcorderoyximenez3382]

One of the coolest boats ever...I'd kill to fly one...

[@morrisdennis]

Thats amazing

[@shovington67]

How about that antiquated music for 80's nostalgia? Oh damn! The ghetto blaster fell overboard in the deepest part of the lake.

[@SaulOhio]

Was that Alan Alda narrating part of this video? Cool machine. I'm working on a windsurfing hydrofoil myself.

[@timsnape]

stunning, will this ever come back into production ?

[@edben5652]

Its a shame the market didn't favor this over noisy jetski. I wonder how a 40 ft version would look like

[@bruceruttan60]

Cool idea!

[@davidcourt4749]

Search the Americas cup

[@jclar3565]

I don't know jet skis are on the decline too! They kept making thrm faster until they would blow through a whole tank of fuel on one outing LOL

[@stealhty1]

Boy this craft will indeed Smoke ANY other sailboat in my bay,no matter how much of a catamaran you wanted to call it

[@brandonjohnson7190]

Id be really interested in this, if the hull was open

[@Paiadakine]

i remember see one of these Harborside in san pedro. cool sailboat

[@siswaabadi7780]

Amazing

[@christianhenri662]

Génial, pourquoi nous n’en n’avons pas chez nous? 👍👍😍😍

[@glendeco]

Very cool. I would love to play with one.

[@udmbfckx2916]

I really thought these were going to become really popular and competition would rise.....But due to the complexity of hw setup and portability vs the more traditional cat or monohull, plus the additional cost of the design, it never really took off.... Even though it could take off and leave everyone else behind. How crazy would it be a Fort Lauderdale, FL USA to Bimini, Bahamas crossing? 3 to 6 hours?

[@Soothsayer210]

It is 2019 now, are TriFoilers still around? or did it give way to newer designs. I have not heard about TriFoilers before. Just happened to see this video.

[@interspeciesfamily8043]

SO want this

[@Jackle61]

I'm afraid to find out what that price might be. It would be cool if they took orders, and when they had enough to build 25 or 50 of them they'd build them. Sort of "limited edition" type thing.

[@angusmacsac]

Does anyone have the original footage used in this upload and could you reupload a better quality please?

[@fragmaka]

From the other's comments, you need flat water and wind. A hard combo. From what little I know of marketing, there'd have to be orders in place for at least 10 times your numbers if not more. Not sure of the answer unless there are similar crafts out there

[@richardjohnholden5104]

1997, the start of an evolution, we brought out same ideas same time

[@jwgmail]

dude.... yes.

[@jwgmail]

Ha, I'm back watching this video. I wonder how many trifoilers are in working condition today.

[@kenhanson4015]

WHAT??? Hawkeye is narrating the video and no wisecracks? Is the world coming to an end?

[@allthewayallinyourhand7683]

Nice product...

[@pakde8002]

Old video but still crazy as to see a small trimaran doing 40+ knots.

[@Jackle61]

What's the draft on one of these with all hulls down? Who owns the rights to the design, and would it be possible to have one custom built,,, for a price?

[@TheSailor450]

When did Hobie stop producing the TriFoiler and How much was it sold for ???

[@landen99]

How do you adjust the sails? I don't see it.

[@alessandro.iacobelli420]

Bellissimo

[@darrenjones3681]

As foils seem to be the in thing right now maybe Hobie should reintroduce it

[@ChristianNally]

Is that Alan Alda on the voice over?!

[@weatheranddarkness]

Is that Alan Alda on the voice over?

[@TheHjkane]

That has got to be Alan Alda narating this.

[@srf2mch]

Is this hull the base for the Kite Boat video? It's looks the same with the masts & rigging removed.

[@colin-manyeates-clan5221]

Share please I designed a kite-boat 30 years ago.. so if someone made one I'd like to know... thanks

[@user-zy7el5qz8h]

Класс! Сколько такой сейчас стоит?🙄

[@nobrizzle]

Is that Alan Alda commentating ?

[@ifitaintbrokefixit3975]

If you got 2 windsurfs laying around...

[@chrisc9611]

Was Alan Alda the narrator?

[@fourbypete]

I wonder if they still sell them and how much they cost.

[@pauljames1682]

trifoiler.info/media/index.php?title=Main_Page

[@bladegrape7248]

TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[@id10tcertified]

How the hell didn’t this catch on: I bet if they marketed it now they’d sell quicker than they could make them.

[@solstar4778]

Wonder how long you could keep that speed up? Say a ocean crossing ?

[@norrispalmer3250]

Spent a lot of time on a friends Cat....if there are white caps you don't go. It will vibrate apart.

[@onpahanvaan]

This wouldn't survive any kind of offshore conditions as it's not designed for that but there are now fully foiling ocean going multihulls though they are much bigger and faster than this one. Two French foiling Ultim class trimarans Gitana 17 and Sodebo 3 did attempts this winter for the new circumnavigation record. Both of them had to abort about third of their way in because of some small breakages but they were well ahead of the previous record and I think they will succeed in near future.

[@Flaaaaanders]

Like, who did that song man..? It's claahsic.

[@ucinggaronk5155]

fingalslastpint god hates fossil fuel! Contamine his creation

[@maxces2830]

perfect, does not have to reinvent

[@gerrys6265]

40 knots at what windspeed and relative direction?

[@MajorCaliber]

13-15 knots, abeam... AWESOME conversion efficiency of side-force to forward-velocity

[@fCauneau]

Why not selling ?

[@330MillionGods]

Why they don't change the angle of sails ? Sails are always alighned parallel to boat.

[@burnerjack01]

Too bad, looks like a blast!

[@hstrinzel]

I like this one much better than Oracle's $100M design. Seems much safer.

[@SaulOhio]

Sounds like Alan Alda narrating

[@MrTidjon]

would love to play with one.... to bad I can't afford even a 1/10 of it! :-/

[@michaelbuckley1087]

Is that Alan Alda narrating?

[@harryhatchet9767]

sounds like it.

[@currentcomentor1026]

A boat so wide it has two parallel main sails.

[@jamesaron1967]

It has been done before and since.

[@fragmaka]

In this day and age. I am sure everything has it's price LOL

[@danpedrick1686]

I want...

[@juanantoniocabanasguerrero9902]

PASA LA PAUTA PARÁ HACERLO COMPA?

[@johanswart8116]

To think they past 65 knots with sailbout

[@cowpoke02]

how do you stop ? haha .. never flipped ? i will stat with a canoe . pretty awesome .

[@bruceruttan60]

you turn into the wind.

[@coinsiren2865]

I want 1

[@anthonyoropallo7264]

If they mate this tech with the new UFO they would really have something

[@perfdavid]

So what happened? Someone who had no business in it got killed going fast and sued? Or just to complicated to rig and sail?

[@johnmarker4262]

why is hawkeye narrating this video?

[@vovadgandumbadze6141]

Как так может быть на парусах и по ветру и против.там мотор стоит паруса для видимости

[@vyleart]

nope: Apparent wind vs True wind, different angle.

[@domhoward19]

isnt one sail always getting dirty wind

[@colin-manyeates-clan5221]

short answer NO...in fact if you put them closer together they would assist one another and get more power..

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Looks easily broken..expensive to fix

[@Claasinator001]

monny ???

[@user-hu8fe6gp9g]

Фига се скорость 🤕

[@VSPLES]

как на волне он пойдет?))) да и топляк если встретит?))))

[@CombraStudios]

Wonder what would the ancient polynesians with their bamboo crapboats say

[@user-tv4nn1nh4g]

👍👍👍🇺🇦

[@morrisdennis]

Looks complicated

[@mjcyrano68]

love it and then find out it is an abandoned design. What makes this level of stupidity so ubiquitous?

[@jamesaron1967]

Usually, it's dried up funds for further development, but in this case seeing it's a big company it could be a number of reasons.

[@mariusanghel8347]

+++++++++

[@eram64]

How many hours before this gets completely boring?

[@DestroyerX61]

I'd say about 10,000 hours. Best part? No need for fuel.

[@jlm4836]

I can see when it crashes its going to be broken. With computer assist through your phone this could be controlled by an amateur

[@interspeciesfamily8043]

aaaaaaarrgghh 😜

[@laprepper]

Allan alda? Lol

[@bruceruttan60]

WHat?? Too many parts broke? What's wrong with this babe?

[@HobieOfficial]

Thanks for reaching out. Is this question directed at us? If so, can you clarify? Thanks!

[@fatherfoxstrongpaw8968]

i'd like to know more about this boat. can you tell us more about it besides "we don't make it any more? @@HobieOfficial

[@adamlutsch1975]

Maybe it's customer service ...

[@user-ox6nc6ly7f]

fast but can't handle waves.

[@eastcoastsailingcenter7768]

lol america's cup sailGP

[@vmolos]

сказка и БЕЗкрена

[@SV-Valhalla]

possibly the worst sounding band and off key vocalist I have ever heard in my lifetime. love the video though.

[@homefront3162]

Glenn Jacques shitty music

[@AngelLestat2]

@Guybrush Threepwood more like 80s music, this was designed in 1981! They were ahead of their time.

[@tejedi84]

Horrible music