GenevaLunch » hydrofoils http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Hydroptere sets new speed record for sailboathttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/hydroptere-sets-new-speed-record-for-sailboat/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/hydroptere-sets-new-speed-record-for-sailboat/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:25 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31488 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The world speed record for a sailboat was claimed by Hydroptère in Hyères, on the the Mediterranean coast, 12 November. The boat, a hydrofoiled trimaran reached 50.17 knots over a nautical mile, 8 November. At one point it reached 55.5 knots (102.78km/h). The boat will be tested on Lake Geneva in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/hydroptere-sets-new-speed-record-for-sailboat/feed/ 0 Hydroptère breaks sailing speed barrier again, at 61 knotshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/22/hydroptere-breaks-sailing-speed-barrier-again-at-61-knots/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/22/hydroptere-breaks-sailing-speed-barrier-again-at-61-knots/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:54:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=9912 GenevaLunch.com Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France (GenevaLunch) -  Hydroptère, Alain Thébault’s flying boat, a trimarin on hydrofoils that is under development in partnership with EPFL polytechnic in Lausanne, Sunday pushed the sailing speed barrier yet further, marking 61 knots off Napoléon beach at Port-Louis. The boat ended by capsizing in the powerful squall. The established wind was 35-38 knots, [...]

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