Ferrari Sets Sail in Spectacular Fashion with Hypersail

Ferrari is heading out to sea and doing so in anything but a modest fashion. The Italian marque is taking on the ocean not with an ordinary yacht but with a futuristic, wing-borne, 100-foot monster called Hypersail.

Hypersail marks a first for Ferrari: a single-hull racing yacht that lifts itself above the water on three points of contact, effectively flying across the surface.

As expected, this isn’t just a sporty side project but an “open innovation platform” and a showcase for “cross-pollination of technologies.” Aerodynamics from the automotive world, energy management systems, and the harvesting of kinetic energy are all coming aboard. The result is a yacht that needs no ports or support vessels: only wind, sun, and a Maranello-grade dose of self-belief.

The project is helmed by sailing legend Giovanni Soldini, whose CV is so long and gilded it could double as a spinnaker. He’s joined by the equally renowned French designer Guillaume Verdier.

Ferrari promises that this floating tech showroom will inform the future of its automotive design as well. And why not, if you can build a craft that flies above the ocean powered by sunlight, designing the next supercar should be child’s play.

The prototype is set to hit the water in 2026. In the meantime, stock up on popcorn. Ferrari has already filed nine patents for the yacht, with six more on the way.