The hydrodynamic engineering Caponetto Hueber, responsible for the foils system of some Copa América and the new flying hydrotax SeaBubbles has its headquarters in the former Victory Challenge base

The Marina de València has in recent years become a centre of innovation and industrial activity related to high-level nautical in full growth. The company of engineering and naval technology Caponetto Hueber, responsible for the hydrowings of some of the teams of the America's Cup, has chosen to establish its headquarters in the Valencian dársena. From its offices located in the former Victory Challenge base, they develop projects ranging from competition ships to innovative solutions for urban mobility such as the SeaBubbles, the flying hidrotaxi that is already serving in the Seine and that will probably soon expand to other cities with river or lake.

The study, specialized in hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, combines its work with ships and state-of-the-art competition multicasts with the development of solutions for naval architects and ship designers, to whom they help to improve the efficiency, speed or behaviour of the units. "We optimize the forms and we make more and more conceptual design to help the naval architects think about the ships in a different way, using more modern ways to improve efficiency in general," they explain from the firm.

Mario Caponetto and Francis Hueber began working together in 2004 on the project of Luna Rossa, and in 2007 they joined the Oracle Team USA, where they were in charge of developing all the digital tests, carrying out the tests of helmets and appendices on a few ships. "that at that time they didn't fly yet but they were going faster and faster.", and recording two consecutive wins, 2010 and 2013, in the prestigious competition.

One of his latest projects has been the revolutionary SeaBubbles, a hydrotax with an electric engine and with a technology of foils or hydrowings, which allow him to plan on the waters. "We applied all our knowledge and know how to develop this" flying taxi, "whose new wings were built in only six months. The SeaBubbles has an electric engine, because the idea is that it was a clean, clean and noise-free ship.