Swedish 'flying' boat aims to help save Venice from the waves

VENICE: Venice has long been in peril from the waves that motor boats create along its canals, eroding the foundations of historic buildings and threatening them with collapse.

A new electric boat that flies above the water, presented during the Salone di Nautica boat show, might be a solution. Erosion - a problem known as "moto ondoso" - is caused by the wakes of motor boats, water buses and ferries washing against the walls of buildings along the canals.