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.

[@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.

[@youpube8]

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

[@Stockpile1]

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

[@Lycon721995]

"QUICK! TO THE HYDROFOIL!"

[@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.

[@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?

[@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...

[@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.

[@ChickenWingChampion]

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

[@A3Kr0n]

This video never gets old

[@xXxcastenada]

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

[@darkenrahl2007]

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

[@coyoteshark]

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

[@TheCmac1966]

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

[@TwistedGentleman]

This video embodies the 80's

[@Fotrane]

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

[@electronicdawg]

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

[@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)

[@wadeyearsago]

FINALLY! A boat video with music I love!!

[@leonperez8135]

Playing it over and over for the cool sound track!

[@AugieButtinelli]

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

[@ParaglidingManiac]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 ... ) ?,

[@LTF85199]

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

[@dragilxcom4176]

Great vintage porn music :D

[@pwnyomoma]

Cool, eco-friendly and more efficient!

[@criso760]

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

[@WeNeedLoveAndTruth]

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

[@AlphabeticsAnonymous]

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

[@kaysanger2192]

Thanks Ray! This defies description.

[@evopwe]

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

[@rvell7829]

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[@robertlanham8076]

Ray Vellinga looking for plans to experiment with new type of composites and graphene

[@Norcalflat]

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

[@Seb_Hu]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@KvagGthull]

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

[@OREOZsensation]

80s music is awesome!

[@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.

[@reformed_law_abiding]

it looks more fuel efficient and faster than regular boats today

[@bigjoe65459]

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

[@matthewmeek4289]

Man the 90s was dope

[@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

[@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!

[@valiumsummer]

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

[@gmbdantas]

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

[@apelikemenace]

That thing looks squirrelly as fuck

[@paulsypersma4507]

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

[@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?

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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 .

[@erty311]

so glad im not the only one.

[@turboroscoemaguedavedicker7281]

Thanks Ray for sharing....

[@MrSoLiDIcEplays]

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

[@scavenom2008]

bad ass bass on the sound track!!!!

[@xxxbbbqqq]

You're a genius.

[@besoder]

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

[@666zerowolf]

those foils are amazing!

[@zeppelin67637]

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

[@ironlamb]

Cool. Funky music too.

[@LOWAML]

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

[@goosebumper88]

this music makes me think that #6 is trying to escape in that thing

[@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

[@Online4Investing]

Looks like a blast.

[@Odderek]

wow, when it's up on the stand things it could cut through any wake without even trying

[@floatncoffee]

the early 80s called, they want there soundtrack back :)

[@sebces2576]

this is strangely aesthetic

[@14vdul]

NICE TURN ANGLE

[@TheGreezeball]

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

[@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.

[@richardbanford7507]

Awesome soundtrack!

[@Herik77]

I was really scared by the video quality in the first seconds

[@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

[@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster]

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

[@Ryzler13]

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

[@Pokoyo1346]

I rarely see any vids without comments RWJ related

[@kffive]

I was waiting for Godzilla to eat that Hello Kitty Tampon.

[@rolandgue]

you are to genius for this world

[@beauchabot]

BEST MUSIC EVER!!!!

[@Zergriv]

NIce 80's video

[@xIsteelerIx]

I would feel so badass riding past people in that shit.

[@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.

[@descargaelbano]

I was waiting to hear someone start singing "Candy Girl" at 0:07

[@qt2073]

IF THIS IDEA TAKES OFF I LL SELL HELMETS AND BODY ARMOR TO DOLPHINS AND WHALES

[@merkleb]

BEST MUSIC EVER!

[@testuser1337]

my first thought to the music of 0:28 .... KITT, I NEED YOU BUDDY!

[@utterbullspit]

I need one of these, NOW!!!

[@Rippy0870]

@sworteu Hydrofoils have been around since 1906, which would make it over 106 years.

[@bubblerings]

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

[@thybigballs]

Until the foils get ripped off from hitting a submerged tree and you're left with huge rips in the hull. The canopy wouldn't even need to be fully submerged to make it impossible to open, especially with it's large surface area. That's not glass, either. That's plexi-glass. Good luck trying to shatter it with you're cute little emergency glass breaker. Open top would be much safer.