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Corley · Aug 20, 2013

With the wind situation in the last Bol d'Or hydroptere.ch would have been out there for a week

Doug Lord · Aug 20, 2013

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Corley said: ↑

The l'Hydroptere.ch and the Hydros team have now claimed the blue ribbon record. It's nice to see their persistence has paid off.

http://www.hydros.ch/actualites/247-hydros-bat-le-record-du-ruban-bleu-a-bord-de-l-hydroptere-ch

here is the rough translate from the article.

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

© Loris von Siebenthal / Hydros
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Thats great news-thanks Corley.....

Blackburn · Aug 21, 2013

Corley said: ↑

With the wind situation in the last Bol d'Or hydroptere.ch would have been out there for a week
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Exactly! All they would have needed was some extra croissants. What wimps!

Corley · May 4, 2014

The HYDROS team have improved their own time on the Blue Ribbon record route on Lake Geneva the new record is 4 hours 30 minutes.

https://www.facebook.com/hydros.ch

Doug Lord · May 4, 2014

Thanks! Good picture of the movable bow deployed on the facebook page. It moves to create a step:
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Corley · Sep 4, 2014

The Hydros team have continued in their record breaking ways this time improving the record on Lake Zurich by an hour on the Zurich-Rapperswil-Zurich route.

http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/zuerich/story/31746558

Doug Lord · Sep 4, 2014

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Thanks ,Corley-I just noticed the rudder gantries for the first time. I even posted a picture with them and it didn't sink in. If you go back to page 4, post 50 they aren't there.

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