Ferrari’s Hotly Anticipated 100-Foot ‘Flying’ Yacht Is Taking Shape

Ferrari is gearing up to launch the Prancing Horse of the seas.

The Italian marque revealed the livery of the new Hypersail during Milan Design Week, with the 100-foot foiling yacht expected to hit the seas later this year.

Unveiled in June 2025, the Hypersail is engineered for offshore racing, which Ferrari chairman John Elkann says is perhaps “the ultimate expression of endurance.” It strikes a delicate balance between form and function, with Ferrari’s design studio working closely with the in-house engineering team and French naval architect Guillaume Verdier to create a stylish sailing yacht that can perform at competition. 

The Hypersail reflects the design DNA of the nameplate, with a sleek carbon-fiber exterior that delivers in terms of aesthetics as well as aerodynamics and hydrodynamics. It, of course, takes cues from Maranello’s finest: The streamlined silhouette evokes the proportions of the Monza SP1/SP2, while the coachroof recalls the lines of the Le Mans-winning Hypercar 499P. 

The livery also nods to Prancing Horses past. It combines a new gray tone, known as “Grigio Hypersail,” with the iconic “Giallo Fly” yellow. The latter bright hue—inspired by the helmet famously worn by driver Luigi Musso—first appeared on the 275 GTB. The yellow runs across the cabin, foils, and hull lines, creating a contrast against the gray that mirrors the color separation on the 512 BB. All surfaces, developed directly by the in-house design studio, ensure maximum technical efficiency, just like Ferrari’s four-wheelers.

The marque says the Hypersail will feature the “most advanced offshore sailing technology,” too. It will be equipped with foils that lift the hull above the waves, allowing it to “fly” over the water with less drag and more speed than a traditional planing yacht. The Hypersail may fly more smoothly than other foilers on the market, with the monohull stabilizing on three points of contact. It will use a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and the two lateral foils.

The yacht will also be fitted with a flight control system shaped by technology from the automotive industry. Foiling yachts typically run software that adjusts the foils hundreds of times a second to maintain safe, level flight.

To top it off, Ferrari claims the Hypersail will be the first 100-foot yacht in the world to be entirely self-sufficient. Solar panels will be integrated into the deck and hull sides, allowing the yacht to generate energy from the sun. It can get further grunt from the sails, of course. 

“Hypersail is a vessel unique in scale and technology, engineered to deliver peak performance within an environment as singular and unpredictable as the ocean,” Matteo Lanzavecchia, head of vehicle engineering at Ferrari and chief technology officer of Hypersail, said in a statement. “This is achieved through its core concept: foiling, made possible by a sophisticated control system, leveraging the expertise gained from our automotive developments, and powered by energy recovered from renewable sources such as wind, solar, and motion.”

The yacht is currently under construction in Italy, with launch expected sometime in 2026. The project is also on show from now until April 26 at the Ferrari flagship in Milan.