l'hydroptere.ch and the Hydros team claim the Blue Ribbon record on Lake Geneva

The Hydros team's persistence has paid off with them claiming the Blue Ribbon Record (Ruben Bleu) on Lake Geneva.  Despite a rudder breakage they have managed to improve on the current record which is held by a Decision 35 catamaran by 8 minutes.

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And here is the rough google translate.

Hydros beats the record of the Blue Ribbon on board the Hydrofoil. Ch

 Hydros beat this afternoon Leman Ruban Bleu record on the route Geneva (Port Black) - Le Bouveret - Geneva 4:45 (subject to approval of the Cercle de la Voile Société Nautique de Genève).

Geneva, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. - The flying boat Hydrofoil the PS led by Daniel Schmäh just beat the record for the Blue Ribbon between the Port and the Black Bouveret, the theoretical distance of 66.5 nautical miles (123 km). It improves by eight minutes the time set by Philippe Cardis in Decision 35 in 2007.

"We had great wind conditions today," says Daniel Schmäh, skipper of the Hydrofoil. C. "The wind held the top lake, which is quite rare and has been lacking in recent attempts. We broke a rudder on the back, but have decided to continue because we were in a good timing. We have learned from many banks saw the wind direction, which is the more extended distance. "

Sustained by Lombard Odier & Cie team was not his first test since he had already made ​​several attempts to break the record this year, without success. Winning valid for three years of technological development this record, the Hydrofoil. Hp and is the third ship to join the winners of the Blue Ribbon.

Crew of Hydrofoil ch Tuesday, August 20, 2013:. Schmäh Daniel (skipper), Antoine Anceau Yves Courvoisier, Stéphane Dyen, William Coyon

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L'Hydroptere.ch relaunched by HYDROS team for new season of record attempts on Lake Geneva

L'Hydroptere.ch was originally conceived as a testbed boat for the new L'Hydroptere Maxi.  These days it is owned and sailed by the HYDROS team and has just been launched for a new season of record attempts on Lake Geneva.

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rough bing translation below:

The arrival of spring marks the beginning of season for the flying boat, launched Thursday last in Morges. "Everything went well", says Daniel Schmäh, skipper the hydrofoil .ch. "we put the boat in the water crane and have directly lying it. The boat was well prepared and the perfect weather, the launch was fast and efficient! "After a day devoted to the installation of la baume, of the electronics and sails, the crew was able to navigate this weekend:"We had between 10 and 15 knots of wind, interesting conditions for the first navigation", says Guillaume Coyon, flight and boat captain of the hydrofoil .ch."small worries of hydraulic adjustments that we noticed during these two first navigations could be resolved.We therefore sailed again today. We could not yet make any actual measures to evaluate the changes made during the winter construction, the wind was still a little weak

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Team HYDROS video of hydroptere.ch in action

A video from team HYDROS showing the interesting foiling/planing vestigal hull catamaran Hydroptere.ch in action in their Lake Geneva records programme.