A report on Flyak

Hydrofoil adaptation to the conventional kayak.

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The Italian hydrofoil Gianni M, the largest hydrofoil in the world.

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Lifting surface, or foil, that operates in water.

Lifting surface, or foil, that operates in water.

The Italian hydrofoil Gianni M, the largest hydrofoil in the world.

The two types of hydrofoils: surface-piercing and fully submerged

Forlanini's hydrofoil over Lake Maggiore, 1906

Alexander Graham Bell's HD-4 on a test run, c. 1919

A schematic illustration of self-stabilizing systems for fully submerged hydrofoils. Its computer gathers data for the boom position and current water level to determine the required flap position.

A Project 206M "Shtorm" patrol fast attack craft hydrofoil of the Cuban Navy.

Aerial port beam view of the Italian Sparviero class hydrofoil-missile NIBBIO P-421 underway.

USS Aquila, a military hydrofoil. The T-shaped foils are visible just below the water.

HMCS Bras d'Or, a military concept hydrofoil.

Team New Zealand's AC72 at the 2013 America's Cup, San Francisco Bay.

Ukrainian-built Voskhod on the North Sea Canal, the Netherlands

TurboJET's Urzela JetFoil on West Lamma Channel, Hong Kong

TurboJET's Barca Foilcat

Flying Poseidon (built 1982 ) had just berthed at Rhodes from Fethiye when the sister Kometas hydrofoil from Bodrum also arrived from Turkey in 2011.

The first Kometa 120M, named Chaika (Seagull) after Valentina Tereshkova's callsign, moored in Sevastopol

Hydrofoil high-speed boat Meteor on a Lake Ladoga, Russia.

Passenger hydrofoil Flying Dolphin Zeus moving at high speed near Piraeus, Greece.

A new kayak design, called Flyak, has hydrofoils that lift the kayak enough to significantly reduce drag, allowing speeds of up to 27 km/h.