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Re:Candela P-12 taking off – Electric hydrofoiling passenger... by thriftwy on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:39PM (#38368039)
Boats are, in general, an unpopular way to carry passengers these days, and of those, hydrofoils have a significant share. It's debatable whereas anything ense has "taken off" if hydrofoils didn't.
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Re:Candela P-12 taking off – Electric hydrofoiling passenger... by abraae on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:27PM (#38368679)
There must be thousands or tens of thousands of ferries around the world, yet hydrofoil ferries are as rare as rocking horse shit, so I don't think this is correct.
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Re:Candela P-12 taking off – Electric hydrofoiling passenger... by thriftwy on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:23PM (#38369524)
I know only a couple of non-ferry scheduled passenger boats (no car deck) and half of these are easily hydrofoils. I guess that depends on the region, though.
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