This Iconic 100-Foot Race Boat Was Just Given Radical New C-Foils

Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally. 

The Australian shipyard just announced that the 100-foot Palm Beach XI has flown across the water using radical new C-foils (curved foils). The yacht lifted cleanly off the water with nearly seven feet of bow rise, reaching 29 knots as it sailed around Sydney Harbour.

The foils are just one of several changes the Palm Beach team has made to the historic 20-year-old sailing yacht in…