"D Class" Yacht World Record

RECORD: World Record "D Class"

Yacht: Hydroptère

Sailed by: Alain Thebault FRA and a crew of 6.

Dates: 4th April 2007

Elapsed Time: 21.80 seconds over 500.96 metres

Average speed corrected for current: 44.81 kts

Venue: Quiberon Bay, France.

Previous record: Navarin/Columbo,
                            Techniques Avancees. 42.12 kts, Toulon 1997

  Record certified by World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSR)