Flying Phantom Essentiel

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{{Primary sources|date=March 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}

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|designer = Gonzalo Redondo and Martin Fischer

|location = France

|year = 2015

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|builder = Phantom International

|role = Sailing dinghy

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|displacement = {{convert|375|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Catamaran

|construction = epoxy/glass sandwich

|loa = {{convert|18.04|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|beam = {{convert|8.37|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = retractable hydrofoils

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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudders

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|182.99|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|53.82|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea gen = {{convert|215.28|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|236.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Flying Phantom Essentiel, (English: Essential), is a French hydrofoil catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Gonzalo Redondo and Martin Fischer and first built in 2017.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/flying-phantom-Essentiel|title = Flying Phantom Essentiel sailboat |access-date = 26 July 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url = https://archive.today/20200726205009/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/flying-phantom-essential|archive-date = 26 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{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}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/phantom/flying-phantom-essential|title= Flying Phantom Essentiel|access-date= 14 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220414202548/https://sailboat.guide/phantom/flying-phantom-essential|archive-date= 14 April 2022|url-status= live}}

The Flying Phantom Essentiel is intended as an easier-to-sail hydrofoil for beginners than the Flying Phantom Elite. The company described the design goals as "an 18' all around boat easy to use, able to foil in a wide range of conditions and attract new people to foiling. This foil configuration makes the boat to be more user friendly and less physically demanding for the crew."