Jetfoil Tsubasa

Operated by Sado Kisen on the route

The high-speed Jetfoil with capacity of 244 passengers can travel at 80 km/h even through 3.5 m rough waves by traveling with its body elevated from the seawater. It is propelled forward by a water jet pump driven by a gas turbine engine that injects approximately 150 tons of seawater per minute at a high pressure of 9 kg per square centimetre. Additionally, the ship is lifted to the water surface by the lift generated by hydrofoils located at the front and rear of the hull. The Jetfoil flying over the water’s surface is quite similar to an airplane. It is called an “airplane in the sea” because it uses water instead of air to generate lift to raise the hull above the sea surface. The Jetfoil navigates between Niigata Port and Ryotsu port daily.