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The MOD X70 is a 70-foot catamaran priced at 8 million euros, built by MOD-X — the French company behind the original MOD 70 trimaran — in collaboration with VPLP designers.▶ 0:36 Its defining feature is two telescoping wing masts that raise and lower in eight minutes and rotate 360 degrees, allowing the sails to be trimmed entirely via a single throttle-style lever rather than any winches or sheets.▶ 1:42 The lever adjusts sail power from 0% to 100% by changing the flap angle on the inflatable wing sails, which hold their shape under pressure without flogging.▶ 5:47 The boat carries no combustion engines; all propulsion and hotel loads run on electricity.▶ 0:56 Nogba, a propeller manufacturer based in Ålesund, Norway, supplied variable-pitch propellers that regenerate charge from 8 knots upward — exceeding the designers' original projections.▶ 4:30 Large solar panels supplement charging.▶ 1:42 The boat has sailed several thousand electric miles since April without a power shortage.▶ 1:32 Target performance is 15 knots in 20 knots of wind.▶ 0:56 The mast system's ability to retract below crane height is cited as a potential pathway to commercial cargo ship application.▶ 6:27

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