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Light winds to test Wot Rocket
The Wot Rocket project team will tomorrow assemble the half sail boat/sail plane at Kurnell in Sydney’s south before testing for the world speed sailing record attempt commences on Botany Bay. With light autumn NE/NW winds forecast for rest of the week however, there may be few, if any, windows with...
The island of Cheju to starboard for Gitana 13
This record between Yokohama and Dalian is just what Lionel Lemonchois and the sailors in Gitana Team came in search of when initiating the idea of this Asian Tour: discovery and adventure… And as the skipper of Gitana 13 confirmed this morning, already it's like another world. ...
Testing before flying!
Australia¹s attempt to reclaim the 500m world speed sailing record . Pilot Sean Langman and co-pilot Martin Thompson practicing an emergency evacuation from the upside down pod of Wot Rocket in the waters off Woolwich Dock...
Wot Rocket's countdown to speed record attempt
The countdown to Australia's attempt to reclaim the 500m world speed sailing record last held in 1993 will begin this week with a Wot Rocket crew safety drill before on-water trials commence on Botany Bay next week. ...
Groupama 3 back home at the Multiplast yard, Brittany
More than two months after its capsize off New Zealand, the maxi trimaran Groupama 3 is back in the yard in which it was created, after being transported by cargo ship across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans as far as Lorient. On the programme, no less than six months work in order to be ready to mak...
The North Pacific in 11 days 12 minutes 55 seconds
And number two! Gitana 13 adds the North Pacific crossing to its list of conquests by covering the 4,482 theoretical miles of the (direct) course in 11 days 12 minutes and 55 seconds. Leaving San Francisco on Saturday 29th March at 22h45’45’’UT, for the second record of their 2008 campaign, Lionel L...
A few hours from the goal
The low has been true to form and the men aboard Gitana 13 have experienced one of the most lively days so far on this their tenth day at sea. They've had to deal with the most violent of winds, massive seas and impressive storms, racking up the miles no matter what was thrown at them; such was the ...
WSSR ratified Outright Speed Record
The World Sailing Speed Record Council has ratified the Outright World Speed Record of 49.09 knots set by Antoine ALBEAU of France. Antoine ALBEAU (FRA) set the new outright world speed record mark on the purpose built canal in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, France. ...
Difficult up front!
After nine and a half days at sea, the bows of the maxi-catamaran in the colours of LCF Rothschild Group are now positioned less than 730 miles from the finish. However, the last few hours at sea, in this North Pacific record attempt, promise to be intense for Lionel Lemonchois and his ten crew...
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