benny14 6 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Alex Caizergues, from Port St. Louis du Rhone, has hit hard. During his first run of the day, with 45 knots of wind blowing along the lagoon of the mythical spot of Luderitz, Caizergues takes from the start, a mind-blowing speed properly seated on his board with his 8 m2 kite : it exceeds 100 km / h on the water, 54.10 knots! http://www.marineweather.co.nz/page.php?id=38 Let the debate begin... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Impressive but sailing? 'wind powered' record is probably more apt. Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 .......now this is a high speed sailing machine.. http://www.hydroptere.com/index.php?page=en/home and they are building a maxi version. The vids are awesome to watch The teams aim is for the third boat l, hydroptere maxi, to push for a round the world record of .........40 days !! Link to post Share on other sites
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