| Flying Phantom Elite | |
| Designer: | Martin Fischer |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Builder: | Phantom International |
| Role: | One-design racer |
| Displacement: | 3630NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Catamaran |
| Construction: | Carbon fibre and Nomex honeycomb sandwich |
| Loa: | 18.11feet |
| Beam: | 9.84feet |
| Keel Type: | retractable hydrofoils |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudders |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 199.18square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 53.82square feet |
| Sailarea Gen: | 258.33square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 253square feet |
| Successor: | Flying Phantom Essentiel |
The Flying Phantom Elite is a French hydrofoil catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Martin Fischer and draws on the work of Alex Udin, Franck Cammas and the Groupama sailing team. It is intended as a one-design racer and was first built in 2015.[1] [2] [3]
The Flying Phantom Essentiel was developed in 2017 as an easier to sail hydrofoil than the Flying Phantom Elite.[4]
The design was built by Phantom International in Dinard France from 2015 to about 2017, but the company is no longer in business and it is now out of production.[1] [3] [5]
The Flying Phantom Elite is a racing sailboat, built predominantly of a pre-preg carbon fibre and Nomex honeycomb sandwich. It has a fractional sloop rig with a carbon fibre mast. The hulls have reverse-raked stems, vertical transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by a tiller and retractable hydrofoils. It displaces 3630NaN0.[1] [2] [3]
The dual rudders are T-shaped, while the dual hydrofoil daggerboards are L-shaped. All are made from pre-preg, autoclave-cured carbon fibre.[1] [3]
The boat's mainsail and jib are made from VXM Black Technora membrane, while the gennaker is polyester.[2]
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