Gustav Hasselskog, CEO of the Swedish company Candela he founded in 2014, steps aboard a futuristic vessel at dock in Stockholm’s Frihamnen harbour.
Low and sleek, the Candela P12 pulling away from the quay has more in common with an aircraft fuselage than a traditional commuter ferry.
“We will go full power up to 17 and then she lifts above the water and then we fly at around 25 knots.”
As Captain Lars Billström calls out the numbers from the helm, the 30-seat vessel rises smoothly above the surface, lifted by hydrofoils controlled by onboard computers.
The churn of ferry travel disappears, and there is almost no wake, as Stockholm’s shoreline slips silently past.
