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Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Alain Thébault
- Alain Thébault is a French yachtsman, born September 19th, 1962 in Dijon. With Éric Tabarly, he participated in the conception of a multihull on hydrofoils, named l'Hydroptère, with a team of engineers, many of them from the aeronautics industry. L'hydroptère was launched in 1995 and reached 35 knots the same year.
- Since 2005, with the support of Swiss banker, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie in Geneva, he modified his yacht for an attempt to reach the speed of 50 knots and more.
- After the Pacific crossing between Honolulu and Los Angeles, where Alain Thébault joined his three daughters.
- They thought about SeaBubbles : boats 100% electrics flying over water thanks to the foils technology.
- He develops the SeaBubbles company with Anders Bringdal (quadruple world champion of windsurfing and sailed many times with Alain Thébault on the Hydroptère).
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