HYDROFOIL -- The Amazing Boats of Kotaro Horiuchi. Video posted by Ray Vellinga

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[@bullshiteria4672]

I came for the hydrofoil. I stayed for the 80s television series music.

[@autocon2002]

OH MY GOD THAT IS HILARIOUS! The 80's theme song, the "doo-doooo"s, the multiple takes of it racing by timed with the music...IT'S ALL SO CHEESY AND 80's AND LAME THAT I LOVE IT!

[@paulmahy]

I used to drive commercial passenger hydrofoils, this is a great concept. Please keep building!!!

[@pathosbedlam1026]

The point with this design is to stop the waves you hit from making the craft bounce and it's like adding shock absorbers to a boat, because it makes the ride so much more comfortable. It also reduces the fuel needed as there is less surface area touching the water, which means less wasted energy and better fuel efficiency. A good design for a daily water commute to work, and fun too.

[@YeOldeTowneCryer]

hydro foil is a great concept. With only a small foil in the water there is less resistance for greater speed and less fuel consumption.

[@MisterLEM0NS]

There are those 'things' you just have to have or try in life, a wingsuit, a miniature helicopter of plane, a gokart, one of those motorized skateboards you lay down on, stuff like that. This is one of em...

[@ChickenWingChampion]

I don't know what's more amazing, this boat or the music.

[@Eastsidegeorgiaboy]

I know when I was like 11, our family went to Wiesbadden Germany, and we Rode up and down the Rhine River on a Hydrofoil. It was way bigger than this though, and held like 50 people. This was in like 1994 when I went and rode this.

[@youpube8]

ahh the good times we had, i remember driving that beauty.

[@CenturyofTerror]

Advantages: Less friction = more efficient. Smoother ride from not slamming/bouncing on waves. Several disadvantages... Look what it takes to launch it and try to imagine what you would do to to get it from the garage to the lake. This would be for true foil lover. What a beautiful boat and great video.

[@NiCadHeliPilot]

*HEY!* The '80s called! They want their muzac back!

[@steve1978ger]

+ZZ Cat - ... but they can't have it, because it's so awesome?

[@NiCadHeliPilot]

steve1978ger That & we stole it. Hehehehehheheheheh Jokin' aside, it reminds me of Miami Vice.

[@A3Kr0n]

This video never gets old

[@Stockpile1]

This is amazing. No turbulence of wave impact. That spells a smooth uninhibited ride.

[@goropeza101]

I love how this little boat can slice thru another boat wake w/o any dramatic effects. I wonder how much horsepower this boat has?

[@Lycon721995]

"QUICK! TO THE HYDROFOIL!"

[@xXxcastenada]

Nice design. 40 mph is impressive speed on the ocean. The height would give it a smooth ride too. No sea sickness, ftw.

[@TheCmac1966]

Nice boat. The music and editing make me want to pierce my eardrums and gouge out my eyes.

[@coyoteshark]

Kool Design: broken Jetski, Kayak, bits and pieces, I could pull that off, Salute to you!

[@TwistedGentleman]

This video embodies the 80's

[@AugieButtinelli]

Nice...This is for those who appreciate and respect the water..Nice vessel.

[@darkenrahl2007]

you must be new to youtube.... 5 years ago this was the ONLY resolution

[@Fotrane]

Nothing like being out on the open water.....trapped in a space capsule.....ahhh the freedom....

[@wadeyearsago]

FINALLY! A boat video with music I love!!

[@electronicdawg]

Bevis....I believe this is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[@leonperez8135]

Playing it over and over for the cool sound track!

[@505197]

@JulioHooligan I believe it's on the back strut, there's an opening near the bottom you can see when it's out of the water.

[@kaysanger2192]

Thanks Ray! This defies description.

[@pwnyomoma]

Cool, eco-friendly and more efficient!

[@nickopedia5669]

Just recently picked up a couple free Yamaha VXR 650 waverunners and boy do I have some plans. (they need a LOT of work though)

[@ParaglidingManiac]

You got that right. I wish to go back there. Times of opportunities

[@miguelmouta]

Im a windsurfer, and one day at just 15 Knots I was catapulted by a simple cap floating invisible, UNDER the water, which grasped on the board fin . Boy, what an impact ! Some windsurf boards avoid algae thrust ( also a catapult danger) by employing a less angled fin . Who knows Mr Horiuchi can understand that and employ the HUE helicopters system to avoid grasping troubles ( and give us a royalty for this consultation ... ) ?,

[@bobert4him]

Quite right. You've got a point. Either way a person would be in deep (pun unintended) trouble. Weather to get sliced by a fast underwater wing or bludgeoned by a fast moving hull. A far, far less important consideration would be the cost to the owner of the 'foil vs the standard speed boat.

[@kscottbrown1]

I'm well aware of the history and the tech behind hydrofoil's. I was not bashing Horiuchi's design just making a statement. Do you get out on the water much? If you did you would know there is all kinds of stuff floating around out there just waiting for you to hit it. And since I can find no history of that design ever going into production it just may be a valid statement. So where are the video's of the boats you have built? "yeah..that's what we thought... silence / anger"

[@senorspiegel]

@smobyles there is way less drag; water is very heavy to move around the entire boat, if you just have to move it around 2 small foils, it takes less work i.e. you go faster maybe?

[@Bellinghamster]

You must have to balance it like a bike. Even if the boat itself doesn't make good sense it looks like fun and I enjoyed the video.

[@Specter1957]

i seem to recall that Feliz Wankel made a boat like this about thirty years ago, cross between a torpedo and a hydofoil...called the Z boat

[@criso760]

The quality of the video looks like a video tape camera, goes well with the music

[@GarnettM]

This craft needs a third down rigger on the back this way gives it a caster affect for the person in the back TO WOBBLY THIS WAY cool idea .

[@ironlamb]

Cool. Funky music too.

[@turboroscoemaguedavedicker7281]

Thanks Ray for sharing....

[@Seb_Hu]

@smobyles driving on the small thingies under the boat means Less resistance -> more speed and less fuel

[@bigjoe65459]

i remember seeing this boat on an old tv show called , beyond 2000

[@WeNeedLoveAndTruth]

The 'Foil is awesome!!! The music.....ahhhhh......I think it was named "Torturous Boredom."

[@KvagGthull]

looks like a 80´s commercial break for waterproofed suppositories :D

[@evopwe]

the music is what make this more appealing...i want one..lol

[@autocon2002]

You know what needs to be done now? There needs to be a TV crime drama or something with this boat as the hotshot cop's vehicle....Like Blue Thunder or Airwolf, but on water!

[@AlphabeticsAnonymous]

A true 90's badass... (complete with theme music)

[@LTF85199]

Why didn't this energy saving idea ever got popular?

[@numeristacom]

@JA7036 Less drag of water on the hull, it rides on a pair of small fins under the water, and it can go a lot faster on less power - and have a smoother ride - than if it just floated.

[@valiumsummer]

@dieseldog00 My guess would be the water intake is located at the front of the rear foil.

[@OREOZsensation]

80s music is awesome!

[@dragilxcom4176]

Great vintage porn music :D

[@Staunchuary]

@JA7036 Apparently it's because it takes more energy to displace the same volume of water than it does air, basically because water is more dense or some shit.

[@15751Chris]

Wait till about 4:02 min into it at that point I couldn't help but start nodding my head to the intense sounds comming thru my speakers, WTF who am i kidding i was jamming out the whole time, forget the hydrofoil

[@erty311]

so glad im not the only one.

[@reformed_law_abiding]

it looks more fuel efficient and faster than regular boats today

[@TheGreezeball]

COBRA!!!!! G.I. Joe in zodiacs getting chased by these with machine guns mounted in their noses. Cobra always had the coolest kit.

[@scavenom2008]

bad ass bass on the sound track!!!!

[@xxxbbbqqq]

You're a genius.

[@Norcalflat]

The pudding comes after he ditches the coast guard and gets to his cove hideout.

[@666zerowolf]

those foils are amazing!

[@matthewmeek4289]

Man the 90s was dope

[@MrSoLiDIcEplays]

k i kept watching, this is actually pretty fucking sick, and its unblurred. thank christ.

[@paulsypersma4507]

Yall keep those hovercraft hybrids commin,q makin a good one,eldridge air curtain ,kinky.

[@oneredball]

Combine that with a wing in ground effect and wow.That would be awesome.

[@chuanist]

Don't know what you're saying. He does turn it at a heck of a lean angle with the hull above water. It turns like a motorcycle and about as fast.

[@Reefari]

That's cool, cheers Greg

[@richardbanford7507]

Awesome soundtrack!

[@Online4Investing]

Looks like a blast.

[@Zergriv]

NIce 80's video

[@miguelmouta]

Tx for the advise.

[@apelikemenace]

That thing looks squirrelly as fuck

[@rolandgue]

you are to genius for this world

[@jeremywang4614]

this song was sang from AJ Rafael hes in my profiles friend list hes pretty cool!! He's friends with my bro so thats how i know him so ya! this songs also called So Quiet. hope that helped!

[@fanico1983]

@dieseldog00 There's a cavity inside the rear elm and maybe a water pump just like in a standard motor car pumps the marine water in the proximity of the cylinders so you can have an open circuit cooling system.

[@bubblerings]

Is there a lower jet, also... or just the one that shoots out like a fire hose??? Cool post!

[@gmbdantas]

The song seems to be the one played right after the hero after killing the Godzilla. But I want one of this boat !

[@besoder]

your english teacher called... she wants her apostrophes back

[@beauchabot]

BEST MUSIC EVER!!!!

[@LOWAML]

@dieseldog00 you can see the tiny jet intake in the bottom of the rear foil at 0:20

[@SmokeRises]

hard to understand how the jet works, inlet and with the outlet so high above the water. how much HP does this boat have ?

[@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster]

@13AJJONES Less water contact = lower overall drag coefficient. Water resistance is much greater than that of air.

[@utterbullspit]

I need one of these, NOW!!!

[@onhcet]

Good! It is like a bike on water. I think it is very good for day to day water transpot. I thought it should sell well in waterside city eg venice.!!!???

[@14vdul]

NICE TURN ANGLE

[@kscottbrown1]

I'd like to have the boat without the hydrofoil. Redesign the hull with steps like a speed boat so it would turn properly and get up on plane. With the new smaller higher powered engines that are available now thanks to the large PWC market you could make one hell of a fast responsive boat. Build it out of carbon fiber and fill the voids with foam so it wouldn't sink if you did hit something at high speed.

[@Drafty01]

@dieseldog00 I'm guessing the rear strut is actually hollow and is the intake duct for the jet. seems the only way it could do this.

[@rps13sr]

the price for alien tech is alot since we dont know where aliens really are. what i believe budbrother to be saying is that. They paid alot to find the aliens from outer space and learned the electronics of it and brang it back to earth

[@3333glen]

Genius. I love it!

[@Ryzler13]

I just bought a new japanese hydrofoil boat....lets go fishing....oh dam!

[@zeppelin67637]

All 360 of them might have been a place to start.

[@illmagnified]

I wonder how expensive one of these costs? It would be nasty to buy a few for me and my friends.

[@rkd350z]

this thing is carving!!!

[@goingfishing313]

mr kotaro that is one bad ass boat awsome

[@thatciggaweed]

wouldent it be better for the jet to discharge into the water rather than the air? i meen surley theres more resistance in the water so its going to propel itself better. i see little or no need in this.

[@merkleb]

BEST MUSIC EVER!

[@pronto355]

I think you might find that you would need the shit underneath as you would probably need something to stabilize it when you built up speed otherwise it might roll in a tight turn But then again that's only my theory

[@rolandgue]

realy fantastic

[@TheLaptopDoctor]

Add a gyroscope from a Segway to achieve better balance. (center of boats body mass)

[@jg6582]

Wouldnt it be faster just to make the boat into a plane?