Speed
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Speed
During the 2012 “Lüderitz Speed Challenge” 16 different nationalities will come together over 6 weeks. This week France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Turkey and Sweden have sent their representatives. Antoine Albeau, who is currently - and has been for 20 times in the past - the World Champion in Slalom held the previous (...)
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SpeedDream27
After an extended period refining the design and testing the internal keel canting mechanism, SpeedDream27, a prototype for what will become the worlds fastest monohull, was launched and sailed off Rockland, Maine. As a completely experimental boat there was quite rightly some anticipation as to how things would work but on its maiden sail, (...)
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Foilers
l’Hydroptère DCNS arrived in San Francisco Bay a month ago, when the America’s World Series regattas resumed between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. During several weeks, the flying sailors shared the technology of their "flying carpet" with the American public and their training sessions with guests on board. A few (...)
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Speed Classic
The french giant foiler, l’Hydroptère, which arrived in California in July in a bid to secure the Transpacific Record Record #sailingrecord (Los Angeles - Honolulu), set the record Record #sailingrecord around the legendary San Francisco Bay yesterday, 31 August (...)
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Kiteboat Project
For the last day of the year, here are two videos realized by crazy Americans who decided to go surfing and jumping waves in Maui aboard a Trifoiler modified. With its kite sail, they easily surf Surf #Surf around the shore.
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Vitesse
"Namibia", "Record Record #sailingrecord " and "Kitesurf Kitesurf #Kitesurf "are synonyms with the "Luderitz Speed Challenge" ... But this major kitesurfing event is poised to become the Mecca of speed sailing for windsurfers too! Nowhere else in the world has witnessed so many sailing records, as confirmed by statistics and thanks to the (...)
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P28 Gonet & Cie
The epitome of avant-gardism through the design of her structural rig, in association with her inverted π-shaped hydrofoils, today the “P28 Gonet & Cie” monohull reveals her lines as well as the essence which colours the project.
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North American Speed Sailing Invitational
The 2011 North American Speed Sailing Invitational comes to a close with 12 races completed racing almost everyday of the event. It was the first ever speed event to have port tack races.
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SeaSailSurfer of the month
On said kitesurfing is not sailing. Other said the Luderitz Speed Challenge’ spot is not deep enough. But the channel in Namibia is a fixed place with 500 meters marks and is more than 80 cm deep. When kitesurfers and windsurfers sail there, there are truly in the spirit of the original Weymouth and Brest Brest #brest Speed Weekds. (...)
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Speed
The Luderitz Speed Challenge had a great day on Thursday. Alex Caizergues’ record Record #sailingrecord has been beaten. The new holder is now American kitesurfer Rob Doublas. On the same day, French Charlotte Consorti made a run upper 50 knots.Very close to the Hydroptère previous absolute record Record #sailingrecord . She holds (...)
Speed records, runs, 500 m record
Record
#sailingrecord
Historique 500 mètres
Vitesse |
Date |
Auteur |
Engin |
Lieu |
Commentaire |
65,45 nœuds |
novembre 2012 |
Paul Larsen - AUS |
Vestas Sailrocket 2 |
Namibie |
engin de vitesse |
55,65 nœuds |
octobre 2010 |
Rob Douglas |
Kitesurf
Kitesurf
#Kitesurf
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Namibie |
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50,43 nœuds |
octobre 2010 |
Charlotte Consorti |
Kitesurf
Kitesurf
#Kitesurf
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Namibie |
1ère femme au-delà des 50 nœuds / Record
Record
#sailingrecord
du monde féminin |
54,10 nœuds |
12 octobre 2010 |
Alexandre Caizergues |
Kitesurf |
Namibie |
1er homme au-delà des 100 km/h |
51,36 nœuds |
6 septembre 2009 |
l’hydroptère / A.Thébault |
Foiler 18 m |
France |
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50,98 nœuds |
14 novembre 2009 |
Alexandre Caizergues |
Kitesurf |
Namibie |
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50,57 nœuds |
octobre 2008 |
Alexandre Caizergue |
Kitesurfs |
Namibie |
1er homme au-delà des 50 nœuds |
49,09 nœuds |
5 mars X |
Antoine Albeau |
Planche à voile |
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46,82 nœuds |
Automne 2004 |
Finian Maynard |
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Planche à voile |
Bat l’engin Yellow Pages |
38,86 nœuds |
1986 |
Pascal Maka |
Planche à voile |
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Les planchistes prennent le record |