GenevaLunch » hydroptere 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 Alinghi knocks 1.5 hours off Bol d’Or record D35 time!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/19/alinghi-knocks-1-5-hours-off-bol-dor-record-d35-time/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/19/alinghi-knocks-1-5-hours-off-bol-dor-record-d35-time/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:44:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58945 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Ernesto Bertarelli’s D35 Alinghi whipped into Geneva Saturday afternoon to complete the Bol d’Or sailing race in a record 6 hours 25 minutes. The previous D35 category record had stood since 2004 when Zebra 7 finished in just under 9 hours. Bertarelli’s craft, one of a number of his boats named Alinghi, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/19/alinghi-knocks-1-5-hours-off-bol-dor-record-d35-time/feed/ 0 Lake Geneva region has week of hefty science/tech successeshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/27/lake-geneva-region-has-week-of-hefty-sciencetech-successes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/27/lake-geneva-region-has-week-of-hefty-sciencetech-successes/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:22:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46355 GenevaLunch.com Travel bargains, solar panels, antimatter detectors, flying boats and an all-new old solar system! Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Lake Geneva region has been showing its mettle in science and high tech areas this week. The world’s fastest sailboat project unveiled its new prototype, an entrepreneur has won a major award for his travel bargain’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/27/lake-geneva-region-has-week-of-hefty-sciencetech-successes/feed/ 0 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 Hydroptere lab boat moves to shipyards: 2010 for flying boat on Lake Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/18/hydroptere-lab-boat-moves-to-shipyards-2010-for-flying-boat-on-lake-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/18/hydroptere-lab-boat-moves-to-shipyards-2010-for-flying-boat-on-lake-geneva/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:35:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=15439 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Hydroptere project to create a world record-breaking flying boat that will go around the world in 40 days is moving from lab phase to boat-building in two locations in Switzerland and France, the group has announced. Drawings were unveiled in Lausanne this week for the lab boat, Hydroptere.ch (see image) [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/18/hydroptere-lab-boat-moves-to-shipyards-2010-for-flying-boat-on-lake-geneva/feed/ 2 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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