l'Hydroptere improves her two speed records

10:42 AM Fri 31 Oct 2008 GMT

'l'Hydropt?re during training' Hydroptere.com

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:

- an average of 42.98 knots* over one nautical mile
- an average of 46.30 knots* over 500 meters

Accomplished 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.

Alain Th?bault and his crew, today composed of Jean-Mathieu Bourgeon, Fran?ois Brillant, Fran?ois Cazala, Damien Colegrave, J?r?mie Lagarrigue, Adrien Lombard, S?bastien St?phant and Jacques Vincent, are satisfied with this training session.

They are taking the time to fine-tune and to tame l'Hydropt?re, whose performance improves with each sailing session. 'We have had good weather conditions to improve our own records, but unfortunately they have not been sufficient to take on the absolute speed record over 500 meters. What is more, the swell has forced us to rein in the boat', concluded Alain Th?bault while stepping on land.

With these two new records under their belt, the Hydropt?re Team is, step by step, drawing closer to the final goal: to break the absolute speed record over 500 meters.

* Pending ratification of the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC)

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