Boeing 929 Jetfoil

Boeing launched three Jetfoil 929-100 hydrofoils that were acquired in 1975 for service in the Hawaiian Islands, which were operated by Honolulu-based operator Seaflite. Seaflite operated three Boeing 929-100 Jetfoils between 1975 and the company's demise in 1979. When the service ended, the three hydrofoils were acquired by Shun Tak Holdings' Far East Hydrofoil (now TurboJET) for service between Hong Kong and Macau.{{cite magazine |title=Jetfoil Turns 30 |date=May–June 2004 |issue=2 |magazine=Classic Fast Ferries |url=http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2004_2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040727175711/http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2004_2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 27, 2004 |access-date=2023-05-31 |format=PDF}} About two dozen Boeing Jetfoils saw service in Hong Kong–Macau, Japan, South Korea, the English Channel, the Canary Islands, the Korea Strait, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.

In 1979, the Royal Navy purchased a Boeing Jetfoil, HMS Speedy, to provide the Royal Navy with an opportunity to gain practical experience in the operation and support of a modern hydrofoil, to establish technical and performance characteristics, and to assess the capability of a hydrofoil in the Fishery Protection Squadron.{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=D K |last2=Catchpole |first2=J P |last3=Shand |first3= A M |title=The Evaluation Of The Hydrofoil HMS Speedy |journal= Royal Institution of Naval Architects Transactions |date=1984 |volume= 126 |url=http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/record/tris/00649154.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033539/http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/repository/record/tris/00649154.html |archive-date=2011-07-21 |quote=HMS SPEEDY was procured in 1979 to provide the Royal Navy with an opportunity to gain practical experience in the operation and support of a modern hydrofoil, to establish technical and performance characteristics, and to assess the capability of a hydrofoil in the UK 'Offshore Tapestry' role. The present paper describes the operational and technical evaluation of HMS SPEEDY undertaken in 1980-82, and outlines the results obtained. }}

In 1980, B&I shipping lines opened a Jetfoil service from Dublin to Liverpool with the Jetfoil Cú Na Mara ({{Langx|en|Hound of the Sea}}). The service was not a success and was discontinued at the end of the 1981 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishships.com/a_history_of_roll_on.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060319220350/http://www.irishships.com/a_history_of_roll_on.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-03-19|title=A History of Roll on |website=irishships.com}}

The Belgian Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT) operated the Jetfoils Princesse Clementine and Prinses Stephanie on the Ostend–Dover route from 1981 until 1997.

In North America, the Boeing Jetfoil saw regularly scheduled service between Seattle, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia during the summer tourist season of 1980. Leased from Boeing, a single Jetfoil, the Flying Princess, was operated by the non-profit Flying Princess Transportation Corp., with the close co-operation and assistance of the B.C. Steamship Company.{{cite web |website=Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History |title=Princess Marguerite I, II, and III: Three Historic Vessels |first=Daryl C. |last=McClary |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7478 |accessdate= December 11, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/HANSARD/32nd2nd/32p_02s_800703p.htm#03135%7ctitle=http://www.leg.bc.ca/HANSARD/32nd2nd/32p_02s_800703p.htm#03135 |date=July 3, 1980 |title=Estimates: Ministry of Transportation and Highways

|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia }} Regularly scheduled service ran from Seattle to Victoria to Vancouver from April to September 1985 by Island Jetfoil. Boeing reclaimed the Island Jetfoil boat and sold it for service in Japan.{{cite news|url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2567665&date=19971022&query=Hydrofoil+Comeback+Proposed|title=Hydrofoil Comeback Proposed|work=The Seattle Times|first=Polly|last=Lane|date=October 22, 1997|access-date=November 8, 2009|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707022623/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2567665&date=19971022&query=Hydrofoil+Comeback+Proposed|url-status=dead}}

Built under license by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, Japan

Built under license by Shanghai Simno Marine Ltd. CSSC, China

• Boeing hydrofoils
• Pegasus-class hydrofoil

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830064921/http://www.kjps.co.jp/english/eindex.html Kawasaki Jetfoil homepage]
• [http://www.boeing.com/history/products/jetfoil-hydrofoil.pagehttp://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/hydro.html Boeing history page JETFOIL Historical Snapshot].

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