Flying Phantom Elite
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Primary sources|date=March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
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|designer = Martin Fischer
|location = France
|year = 2015
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|builder = Phantom International
|role = One-design racer
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|displacement = {{convert|363|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Catamaran
|construction = Carbon fibre and Nomex honeycomb sandwich
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|keel type = retractable hydrofoils
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|199.18|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|53.82|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/flying-phantom-elite|title = Flying Phantom Elite sailboat |access-date = 26 July 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200726162225/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/flying-phantom-elite|archive-date = 26 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= http://www.phantom-international.com/elite.html|title= Elite|access-date= 15 July 2020|author= Phantom International|work= phantom-international.com|year= 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170725224041/http://www.phantom-international.com/elite.html|archive-date= 25 July 2017|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/phantom/flying-phantom-elite|title= Phantom Elite|access-date= 14 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220414202540/https://sailboat.guide/phantom/flying-phantom-elite|archive-date= 14 April 2022|url-status= live}}
The Flying Phantom Essentiel was developed in 2017 as an easier to sail hydrofoil than the Flying Phantom Elite.{{cite web|url= http://www.phantom-international.com/essentiel.html|title= Essentiel|access-date= 15 July 2020|author= Phantom International|work= phantom-international.com|year= 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170806063906/http://www.phantom-international.com/essentiel.html|archive-date= 6 August 2017|url-status= dead}}
Production
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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/phantom-international|title = Phantom International|access-date = 26 July 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200726183632/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/phantom-international|archive-date = 26 July 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
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 {{convert|363|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.
The dual rudders are T-shaped, while the dual hydrofoil daggerboards are L-shaped. All are made from pre-preg, autoclave-cured carbon fibre.
The boat's mainsail and jib are made from VXM Black Technora membrane, while the gennaker is polyester.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170725224041/http://www.phantom-international.com/elite.html Official website archives]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-iQ82Dsnj0 Flying Phantom Elite video]
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Category:2010s sailboat type designs