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Seaglider hydrofoils handle five-foot waves, enabling 90% harbor utilization worldwide

Billy Talheimer · The CEOs Behind America’s Next Frontier in Air & Sea Travel · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Sep 7, 2025 · at 42:56

Billy Thalheimer, CEO of REGENT, discusses how hydrofoils solve historical wave limits for seagliders and wing-in-ground craft.

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“So we have this hydrofoiling mode that lets us take up to five feet waves and we've pulled, you know buoy data from all around the world and we're like 90 plus percent utilization in every harbor in the world.”

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