l’Hydroptère reaches 51.36 knots to beat Alex Caizergues world speed record
surfertoday.com 9/7/2009 — l’Hydroptère, the French foiling trimaran became the fastest yacht on the planet yesterday, setting a new record for the 500 metre mark of 51.36 knots, thus beating the previous record set by kitesurfer Alex Caizergues who held the previous record of 50.57kts set in Namibia last year. Alain ...

Sebastien Cattelan prepares to beat l’Hydroptère in the Luderitz Speed Challenge
surfertoday.com 10/14/2009 — Sebastien Cattelan, the driving force behind the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, has just returned from a preparation and testing session where he once again exceeded 60 knots. He reached 61.77 knots last year just after the 2008 Challenge ended after the run was closed, and also recorded a speed ...

Sebastien Cattelan prepares to beat l'Hydroptère in the Luderitz Speed
surfertoday.com 10/14/2009 — Sebastien Cattelan, the driving force behind the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, has just returned from a preparation and testing session where he once again exceeded 60 knots. He reached 61.77 knots last year just after the 2008 Challenge ended after the run was closed, and also recorded a ...

Strong winds blow the 2009 Lüderitz Speed Challenge
surfertoday.com 10/29/2009 — The first real training day of the 2009 Lüderitz Speed challenge began on Sunday, October 25th, for the riders who had already arrived, including: Felipe Johannpeter of Brazil; Basil Cambanis, Sjoukie Bredenkamp and Hennie Bredenkamp of South Africa, Peter Bjarke, Olsen of Denmark, Stefan ...