Here's where you can find the first photos of the high-speed Blubay TC45:

http://www.aeroyacht.com/BluBay/Power/TC45/gallery.htm

The Aeroyacht site bills the TC45 as "the world's first foil-assisted
offshore power cat" which sounds like hyperbole to me.

No word if Gregor Tarjan, owner of Aeroyacht, will resurrect his plan
to attempt a New York-to-Bermuda record run with the TC45.

The Bermuda Challenge Trophy, for record setters in outboard-powered
boats 40 feet and under, is held by a Prowler 306 which took 22 hours
23 minutes to scorch the 690-nautical-mile distance at an average
speed of 30.9 knots. The Prowler was powered by Honda BF225 4-stroke
outboard engines.

--Georgs

Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World launches in January 2007
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com

Georgs,

It certainly is hyperbole. Of course it depends on what you mean by
offshore. However no matter how you define offshore I am sure that Nic de
Waal of Tecnicraft Design here in Auckland would dispute any, and all, of
their claims.

I will allow them some leeway as they are using New Zealand sourced surface
drives!

Regards,

Malcolm Tennant.

Malcolm Tennant Multihull Design Ltd
PO Box 60513 Titirangi,
Waitakere 0642
NEW ZEALAND

ph +64 9 817 1988
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