High speed electric seaglider for UK-France trips

BREST, (France): Brittany Ferries and US start-up Regent plan to develop a high-speed electric seaglider that would skim above the water to take passengers between France and Britain, the French company said Wednesday. The project is based on a craft being developed by Boston-based Regent that could result in “50-150 passenger capacity sailing between the UK and France by 2028,” a statement said.

Regent expects the first commercial passengers to travel on smaller electric craft by 2025, it added. A trip from Cherbourg, France, to Portsmouth in England is forecast to take 40 minutes.