Luderitz Speed Challenge - l'Hydroptere record broken

3:06 AM Wed 13 Oct 2010 GMT

'Luderitz Speed Challenge - Windguru chart' Luderitz Speed Challenge

It's official - after today the Hydroptere is no longer the fastest sailing vessel. It's previous record of 51.36 was broken numerous times today by Kite surfers! 2nd Lagoon Luderitz lived up to all expectations today with many new records being broken. Scores of competitors dramatically improved on their Personal Best sailing speeds and five competitors reached 50 knots and more! Winds of around 40 were recorded. The new Speed Channel is proving to be a definite winner for competitors. Once again the organizers of the Luderitz Speed Event have produced record breaking conditions for competitors to be recorded in ...

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