Helmut Kock's Hydrofoils

Helmut Kock's Hydrofoiling Experiences Hydrofoil craft designed and built by Helmut Kock in the 1960s are still in service around the world today. Click here to read a brief but fascinating autobiographical summary.
Bolivia Arrow Lake Titicaca, Bolivia Helmut Kock, Designer and Builder Owner and Operator: Crillon Tours LTDA, La Paz, Bolivia		(47k)
Titicaca Arrow Lake Titicaca, Bolivia		(53k)
Inca Arrow Lake Titicaca, Bolivia		(82k)
Flecha Guaraní Lake Itaipu, Paraguay		(37k)
Biscayne Clipper Miami, Florida		(34k)
Towing test of a 3/4" x 12" scale model of a 65 ft hydrofoil boat built by Helmut Kock		(33k)	(34k)
Towing test fibre glass hull and bronze foils in the San Diego Bay		(18k)
32" Hydrofoil boat model towing test, 1954		(33k)	(24k)
Cabin Cruiser Model		(33k)	(30k)
38" Hydrofoil boat model		(18k)
Superfoil 16 ft Hydrofoil boat Miami, 1955		(16k)	(28k) Miami Boat Show 1955
Discoverer San Diego, California, 1961	(11k)	(15k)	(24k)
Albatros	(79k) First ride after launching	(36k) Fourth ride with 34 people on board	(28k) In Washington D.C. taking 509 people for a ride in two days of demonstration
(100k) In operation at Catalina Island, California, Aug - Sept 1961	(60k) In New York with U.N. Building	(34k) Albatros Fisherman with flying bridge	(90k) Production line of Albatros Boats at L. Harold Mfg. Co, Folkroft, PA