Vestas Sailrocket flashé à 54 noeuds

[foolonhill]

Le prao hitech vestas sailrocket a passé les 54 noeuds "instantané" hier en Namibie avec un passager (journaliste) à bord.

Le skipper a l'air vraiment confiant pour la suite, voici un extrait de son blog

Hi all, just a quick one to say that we have punched through 54 knots, 62 mph and 100 kmh. The fun part is that we did it two up and VESTAS Sailrocket 2 was far from optimally trimmed. It was a wild ride. The day was quite unsettled but I decided to make the most of it and take Adam from WIRED USA for a shot in the back seat. We have never sailed two up before. VSR2 struggled to get started but once she found her feet... WHOOSKA! It was a crazy ride that took me...well... I'll do the full update tomorrow. I just saw the photos and they are wild. Adam had the ride of his life. In 1 ride he's been as fast as I've ever been.

This boat will do the business. It WILL beat the current world record. I know that now. The question is how much we can get out of it.

Triple rum and cokes in a pint glass are the drinks for a new best speed.

So where are we with the new foil? I don't know... all I know is that it's fast. There is so much to tell about that last full-on run.

Update to follow... everyone is sitting here madly downloading data, HD video footage and photo's... and slurping on rum. We are still sailors remember.

Cheers, Paul.

Vous trouverez tout ici:

http://www.sailrocket.com

[Reynald]

D'autant plus impressionnant qu'à la différence des kites et planches, il est sur mer ouverte, comme l'hydroptère...