FOILS AND CATS

There are a few other recreational catamaran builders that use hydrofoils. One of the first was a design by Morrelli and Melvin called the Corsair Foiler 2200, a 22-footer released in 2004, which drew from work the company had done in the 1990s. The fastest is the Insetta 35 IFC (Internal Foil Catamaran), a 35-foot center-console with a 10-foot-8-inch beam that can reach 60 mph, which is about the speed limit for hydrofoils. Taking the hydrofoil concept to the max is the Nemesis One, a luxury sailing cat design that’s 338 feet long and 127 feet wide, which would barely fit within the confines of a football field, including the end zones. Its projected top speed is 58 mph.