WSSR ratifies two new world records

6:13 AM Mon 10 Nov 2008 GMT

The WSSR Council announces the ratification of two new world records for the Yacht Hydropt?re.

Holders of the absolute speed record over one nautical mile and of the 500-meter record in Category D since April 2007, Alain Th?bault and his crew have just improved their performances and established two new records:

Siling off Napoleon Beach at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rh?ne, with a northwest wind blowing at 28 knots and a small swell of 0.6 meters, in the presence of Christophe Simian, WSSRC commissioner, these performances show l'Hydropt?re's increase in power.

Record: D Class World Record
Yacht: Hydropt?re
Name: Alain Th?bault and a crew of 10
Dates: 29th October 2008
Start time: 10:51:15.7
Finish time: 10:51:36.8
Elapsed time: 21.1 seconds
Distance: 501.3 metres metres
Average speed corrected: 46.15 knots
Venue: Port St Louis. France

Previous record: 2007 Hydropt?re, Alain Thebault FRA 44.81 kts

Record: Outright Nautical Mile World Record.
Yacht: Hydropt?re
Name: Alain Th?bault and a crew of 10
Dates: 29th October 2008
Start time: 10:50:53.4
Finish time: 10:52:16.9
Elapsed time: 1minute 23.5 seconds (83.5 seconds)
Distance: 1853.5 metres
Average speed corrected: 43.09 knots
Venue: Port St Louis. France

Previous record: 2007, Hydroptere, Alain Thebault 41.69 kts

John Reed (Secretary to the WSSR Council)

www.sailspeedrecords.com

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