The moulded beauty, 10.50 metres long and 2.30 metres wide, is made of African Sipo wood, which is reminiscent of mahogany in its glossy lacquer finish. Titanium and carbon elements help to achieve a displacement of 2.4 tonnes - albeit only for a short time. From 16 knots, three foils push upwards, where she flies sparingly over the water surface at 18 knots and a maximum of 30 knots.
Spirit Yachts co-operates with the technology partner of the British America's Cup team
Equipmake supplied the drive train consisting of an electric motor with 80 kilowatts of peak power and an integrated gearbox as well as the 120-kilowatt-hour battery pack, which allows an astonishing 100 nautical miles when foiling at 22 knots. Spirit cooperated with BAR Technologies, the technology partner of the British America's Cup team, for the foil control system.
The lines are modelled on those of the "Rum Runner", a vessel of roughly the same length that is at home on Lake Geneva and has taken its aerodynamic silhouette from the Baby Bootlegger; this in turn is a successful racing boat model from the 1920s that Al Capone's smugglers used to transport rum from Canada to the USA. The P35 EF even moors at shallow private jetties. The three foil masts then move upwards through shafts and flaps in the hull and superstructure, which reduces the draught to 0.75 metres.
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