As I sat above the motor in the C8, a direct dry motor that was so quiet it felt like whispering, I couldn't help but wonder if anyone could hear me talking to the captain for the day, Candela CEO and sailing veteran Tangi de Lamotte. De Lamotte had sailed solo around the world and has years of experience with hydrofoiling, making him the perfect person to take us out of the marina and onto the open water. We were moving away from the dock at a pace of about four and a half knots, using 1.2 kilowatt hours per nautical mile, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement as we began our journey.

As we glided across the San Francisco Bay, de Lamotte explained to me how the C8's hydrofoils worked. According to him, the foils generate lift by pushing water over each side of the foil at different speeds, reducing drag and power use. This is in stark contrast to conventional speedboats that use 15 times as much fuel per mile as a family car. The C8's hydrofoils are a game-changer in terms of efficiency and performance, making it possible for the boat to reach speeds of up to 22 knots using just 1.2 kilowatt hours of power.

As we continued to sail, I couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder at the way the foils seemed to lift us out of the water. The ride was incredibly smooth, and I could see a speedboat riding along next to us, bouncing up and down in the waves. We were riding above it, not buffeted by its wake or motion. It was like flying through the air, with the only sound being the gentle whoosh of the wind and the hum of the motor.

De Lamotte told me that getting out of the waves on the hydrofoils is one of the biggest advantages of this technology. Conventional speedboats slam down on every wave and wake they hit, but not the C8. The foils keep us stable and level, making it feel like we're cruising along at a smooth pace.

But the C8's efficiency isn't just due to its hydrofoils. According to de Lamotte, the boat also uses data from sensors, gyroscopes, and accelerometers across the boat to measure its movement in the water. This info is then fed into the boat's flight controller, which makes constant adjustments to help the C8 stay stable. It's like having avionics in a drone, but instead of flying through the air, we're sailing on the water.

As I took over at the helm, de Lamotte told me that I was about to become a pilot, not just a driver. All I had to do was lift the throttle and off we would go. And with that, we set sail into the San Francisco Bay, ready to take on whatever the day might bring.

After cruising around the bay for 10 minutes, it was time for me to take over at the helm again. De Lamotte handed me the steering wheel, saying "you sure you want to do this?" I nodded eagerly, feeling a sense of excitement and anticipation as I prepared to fly the boat. With a gentle touch on the throttle, we took off into the wind, leaving the marina and its waves behind us.

As we glided across the bay, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at the power and efficiency of the C8's hydrofoils. And as for the price? It starts at $390,000, with optional extras like a hard top and space to sleep two adults and two children. But according to de Lamotte, it's worth every penny. The C8 is the future of boating, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

Candela has started taking orders for the C8, and they're opening up test flights here in the San Francisco Bay. It's an opportunity for anyone to experience the thrill of sailing on hydrofoils firsthand. And as I stood there, feeling the wind in my hair and the sun on my face, I knew that I was ready to take on whatever comes next. Bring on the champagne!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign trailing out behind you no diesel or gas trailing into the water and no noise that's the promise of the Candela C8 speedboat a 100 electric hydrofoil boat that's designed to fly above the waves meaning that when you're on the water your ride is fast smooth and Incredibly silent since releasing its first hydrofoil speedboat in 2019 Swedish company Candela has been refining its design with a team of 50 Engineers the result is the C8 an all-electric 28-foot power boat that uses hydrofoils to float out of the water and cruise above the waves according to Candela this design reduces water friction by as much as 80 percent that combined with the lightweight 100 carbon fiber Hull means the C8 uses less power to push through the water and Candela says that is the secret to long range high speed electric travel at sea the C8 uses a 69 kilowatt hour battery from pole staff which gives it a range of about 57 nautical miles at cruising speed that's 22 knots or roughly 25 miles an hour it can get up to 27 knots at top speed when it's foiling all that power is driven by a remarkably small motor known as the Cod mounted on the rear foil Like a Torpedo its direct drive so there are no gears and it sits entirely underwater meaning there's no combustion engine puttering on the back of the boat all that makes the C8 phenomenally quiet when I first got in the C8 and the motor started I didn't notice I only really believed it when we started moving away from the dock so right now I'm sitting above the motor and I am speaking at like talking to a friend in the cinema kind of level and you can hear me because this isn't a diesel or gas engine kind of puttering away this is a direct dry motor it's so quiet I wonder if you can hear me if I'm whispering over it wow it's crazy my captain for the day is Candela CEO and sailing veteran Tangi de lamotte he sailed solo around the world and has years of experience with hydrofoiling so right now we're going out of the marina we are doing about four and a half five knots and we're using uh 1.2 kilowatt hour after our nautical mile and the crazy thing is that when we'll be flying we'll use the same amount of energy but we'll be doing 22 knots so that's how efficient the foils are whales aren't new to sailing but the C8 brings this technology to an electric Leisure boat and the foils solve one of the big problems with conventional speed boats all the power you need to push the hull through the waves according to Candela a conventional planing hull boat uses 15 times as much fuel per mile as a family car the hydrofoils work in the same way as the wings of an airplane water passes over each side of the foil at different speeds generating lift that pushes the hull of the boat out of the water reducing drag and reducing power use being in the C8 for takeoff also feels a lot like taking off in an airplane so the idea is like the plane you go straight and full power then we'll take off ready and now we are flying oh my gosh it really does feel like you're kind of flying through the air like I can I don't feel I don't feel the waves buffeting underneath us I can see a speedboat riding along next to us and then bouncing up and down in the water but we're just cruising along and you can actually see now that we're riding along next to this power but you can see the weight coming off that boat and we're still riding above that so we're not really getting buffeted even though there's all these waves coming off that speedboat next to us so that's pretty remarkable to feel and we feel a little I can feel a little bit of jostling but even then you can feel this boat correcting and just kind of stabilizing us out it's like having a gimbal for your boat it's really cool foreign getting out of the waves on the hydrofoils means we're not slamming down on every wave and wake we hit but it's not just the foils keeping the ride smooth the C8 also uses data from sensors gyroscopes and accelerometers across the boat to measure its movement in the water that info is then fed into the boat's flight controller which makes constant adjustments to help the C8 stay stable kind of like avionics in a drone according to de la mote that makes the C8 incredibly intuitive to operate in my carrier as a professional sailor we we use the foils as well but we are not allowed to have a software to help us control the foil so it's very different and of course we're using the wind but on this one we're using we're using electricity and a battery and a super high-tech software that adjusts the foils more than 100 times a second and that's why anybody can do it the beauty of the technology is that you don't see it it's there but it's doing everything for you but it it's not in your face after cruising around the San Francisco Bay for 10 minutes it was time for me to take the wheel alright I'm told I'm about to be a pilot because I'm not going to drive this I'm going to fly it they've let me behind the steering wheel I just have to lift the throttle and then off we go so you sure you want to do this all right oh oh and there it is I feel as we just kind of like took off and now we're out of the waves cruising along Candela has started taking orders for the C8 starting at 390 000 U.S for that price the company says you'll get all the bells and whistles you'd expect on a premium speedboat room for eight passengers including the captain optional extras like a hard top and space to sleep two adults and two children the company is also opening up what it calls test flights here in the San Francisco Bay if this is the future of boating then I gotta say I can definitely get on board the idea that I can't smell the gas motor I can just fly over the ways with the sound of the birds around me and frankly throw me a glass of champagne I'm ready to go time to take offforeign trailing out behind you no diesel or gas trailing into the water and no noise that's the promise of the Candela C8 speedboat a 100 electric hydrofoil boat that's designed to fly above the waves meaning that when you're on the water your ride is fast smooth and Incredibly silent since releasing its first hydrofoil speedboat in 2019 Swedish company Candela has been refining its design with a team of 50 Engineers the result is the C8 an all-electric 28-foot power boat that uses hydrofoils to float out of the water and cruise above the waves according to Candela this design reduces water friction by as much as 80 percent that combined with the lightweight 100 carbon fiber Hull means the C8 uses less power to push through the water and Candela says that is the secret to long range high speed electric travel at sea the C8 uses a 69 kilowatt hour battery from pole staff which gives it a range of about 57 nautical miles at cruising speed that's 22 knots or roughly 25 miles an hour it can get up to 27 knots at top speed when it's foiling all that power is driven by a remarkably small motor known as the Cod mounted on the rear foil Like a Torpedo its direct drive so there are no gears and it sits entirely underwater meaning there's no combustion engine puttering on the back of the boat all that makes the C8 phenomenally quiet when I first got in the C8 and the motor started I didn't notice I only really believed it when we started moving away from the dock so right now I'm sitting above the motor and I am speaking at like talking to a friend in the cinema kind of level and you can hear me because this isn't a diesel or gas engine kind of puttering away this is a direct dry motor it's so quiet I wonder if you can hear me if I'm whispering over it wow it's crazy my captain for the day is Candela CEO and sailing veteran Tangi de lamotte he sailed solo around the world and has years of experience with hydrofoiling so right now we're going out of the marina we are doing about four and a half five knots and we're using uh 1.2 kilowatt hour after our nautical mile and the crazy thing is that when we'll be flying we'll use the same amount of energy but we'll be doing 22 knots so that's how efficient the foils are whales aren't new to sailing but the C8 brings this technology to an electric Leisure boat and the foils solve one of the big problems with conventional speed boats all the power you need to push the hull through the waves according to Candela a conventional planing hull boat uses 15 times as much fuel per mile as a family car the hydrofoils work in the same way as the wings of an airplane water passes over each side of the foil at different speeds generating lift that pushes the hull of the boat out of the water reducing drag and reducing power use being in the C8 for takeoff also feels a lot like taking off in an airplane so the idea is like the plane you go straight and full power then we'll take off ready and now we are flying oh my gosh it really does feel like you're kind of flying through the air like I can I don't feel I don't feel the waves buffeting underneath us I can see a speedboat riding along next to us and then bouncing up and down in the water but we're just cruising along and you can actually see now that we're riding along next to this power but you can see the weight coming off that boat and we're still riding above that so we're not really getting buffeted even though there's all these waves coming off that speedboat next to us so that's pretty remarkable to feel and we feel a little I can feel a little bit of jostling but even then you can feel this boat correcting and just kind of stabilizing us out it's like having a gimbal for your boat it's really cool foreign getting out of the waves on the hydrofoils means we're not slamming down on every wave and wake we hit but it's not just the foils keeping the ride smooth the C8 also uses data from sensors gyroscopes and accelerometers across the boat to measure its movement in the water that info is then fed into the boat's flight controller which makes constant adjustments to help the C8 stay stable kind of like avionics in a drone according to de la mote that makes the C8 incredibly intuitive to operate in my carrier as a professional sailor we we use the foils as well but we are not allowed to have a software to help us control the foil so it's very different and of course we're using the wind but on this one we're using we're using electricity and a battery and a super high-tech software that adjusts the foils more than 100 times a second and that's why anybody can do it the beauty of the technology is that you don't see it it's there but it's doing everything for you but it it's not in your face after cruising around the San Francisco Bay for 10 minutes it was time for me to take the wheel alright I'm told I'm about to be a pilot because I'm not going to drive this I'm going to fly it they've let me behind the steering wheel I just have to lift the throttle and then off we go so you sure you want to do this all right oh oh and there it is I feel as we just kind of like took off and now we're out of the waves cruising along Candela has started taking orders for the C8 starting at 390 000 U.S for that price the company says you'll get all the bells and whistles you'd expect on a premium speedboat room for eight passengers including the captain optional extras like a hard top and space to sleep two adults and two children the company is also opening up what it calls test flights here in the San Francisco Bay if this is the future of boating then I gotta say I can definitely get on board the idea that I can't smell the gas motor I can just fly over the ways with the sound of the birds around me and frankly throw me a glass of champagne I'm ready to go time to take offforeign trailing out behind you no diesel or gas trailing into the water and no noise that's the promise of the Candela C8 speedboat a 100 electric hydrofoil boat that's designed to fly above the waves meaning that when you're on the water your ride is fast smooth and Incredibly silent since releasing its first hydrofoil speedboat in 2019 Swedish company Candela has been refining its design with a team of 50 Engineers the result is the C8 an all-electric 28-foot power boat that uses hydrofoils to float out of the water and cruise above the waves according to Candela this design reduces water friction by as much as 80 percent that combined with the lightweight 100 carbon fiber Hull means the C8 uses less power to push through the water and Candela says that is the secret to long range high speed electric travel at sea the C8 uses a 69 kilowatt hour battery from pole staff which gives it a range of about 57 nautical miles at cruising speed that's 22 knots or roughly 25 miles an hour it can get up to 27 knots at top speed when it's foiling all that power is driven by a remarkably small motor known as the Cod mounted on the rear foil Like a Torpedo its direct drive so there are no gears and it sits entirely underwater meaning there's no combustion engine puttering on the back of the boat all that makes the C8 phenomenally quiet when I first got in the C8 and the motor started I didn't notice I only really believed it when we started moving away from the dock so right now I'm sitting above the motor and I am speaking at like talking to a friend in the cinema kind of level and you can hear me because this isn't a diesel or gas engine kind of puttering away this is a direct dry motor it's so quiet I wonder if you can hear me if I'm whispering over it wow it's crazy my captain for the day is Candela CEO and sailing veteran Tangi de lamotte he sailed solo around the world and has years of experience with hydrofoiling so right now we're going out of the marina we are doing about four and a half five knots and we're using uh 1.2 kilowatt hour after our nautical mile and the crazy thing is that when we'll be flying we'll use the same amount of energy but we'll be doing 22 knots so that's how efficient the foils are whales aren't new to sailing but the C8 brings this technology to an electric Leisure boat and the foils solve one of the big problems with conventional speed boats all the power you need to push the hull through the waves according to Candela a conventional planing hull boat uses 15 times as much fuel per mile as a family car the hydrofoils work in the same way as the wings of an airplane water passes over each side of the foil at different speeds generating lift that pushes the hull of the boat out of the water reducing drag and reducing power use being in the C8 for takeoff also feels a lot like taking off in an airplane so the idea is like the plane you go straight and full power then we'll take off ready and now we are flying oh my gosh it really does feel like you're kind of flying through the air like I can I don't feel I don't feel the waves buffeting underneath us I can see a speedboat riding along next to us and then bouncing up and down in the water but we're just cruising along and you can actually see now that we're riding along next to this power but you can see the weight coming off that boat and we're still riding above that so we're not really getting buffeted even though there's all these waves coming off that speedboat next to us so that's pretty remarkable to feel and we feel a little I can feel a little bit of jostling but even then you can feel this boat correcting and just kind of stabilizing us out it's like having a gimbal for your boat it's really cool foreign getting out of the waves on the hydrofoils means we're not slamming down on every wave and wake we hit but it's not just the foils keeping the ride smooth the C8 also uses data from sensors gyroscopes and accelerometers across the boat to measure its movement in the water that info is then fed into the boat's flight controller which makes constant adjustments to help the C8 stay stable kind of like avionics in a drone according to de la mote that makes the C8 incredibly intuitive to operate in my carrier as a professional sailor we we use the foils as well but we are not allowed to have a software to help us control the foil so it's very different and of course we're using the wind but on this one we're using we're using electricity and a battery and a super high-tech software that adjusts the foils more than 100 times a second and that's why anybody can do it the beauty of the technology is that you don't see it it's there but it's doing everything for you but it it's not in your face after cruising around the San Francisco Bay for 10 minutes it was time for me to take the wheel alright I'm told I'm about to be a pilot because I'm not going to drive this I'm going to fly it they've let me behind the steering wheel I just have to lift the throttle and then off we go so you sure you want to do this all right oh oh and there it is I feel as we just kind of like took off and now we're out of the waves cruising along Candela has started taking orders for the C8 starting at 390 000 U.S for that price the company says you'll get all the bells and whistles you'd expect on a premium speedboat room for eight passengers including the captain optional extras like a hard top and space to sleep two adults and two children the company is also opening up what it calls test flights here in the San Francisco Bay if this is the future of boating then I gotta say I can definitely get on board the idea that I can't smell the gas motor I can just fly over the ways with the sound of the birds around me and frankly throw me a glass of champagne I'm ready to go time to take off\n"