Swiss pilots Mayeul van den Broek and Benoit Gaudiot wait onboard as teammates prepare the run to sail the Swiss "SP80" futuristic boat off the coast of Port-la-Nouvelle, southern France, on December 4, 2024, ahead of their attempt to break the world sailing speed record the next year. Developed with the support of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), this hybrid boat-aeroplane, the Swiss "SP80", aims to reach 80 knots (148 km/h) using only the power of the wind, due to profiled hulls, foil and a kite instead of a mast. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)