if you are interested in a good read with a lot of technical observations from the pilot that sailed the Sailrocket to the new record (65+ knots), he
has a good blog/journal post on the record attempt and everything that happened - it's really well written and gives a really good feel for how it all
went down and almost makes you feel like you were in the #@%$#!pit. There are far more things happening than i ever considered. The adrenaline is
pumping when I buggy up into the high 50s and push it into the 60s watching the kite dance and feeling the buggy but i think this might beat it or at
the very least I can relate to it in some ways.
Freakin wild. That thing looks like it would be a mess if something went wrong. That guy driving it has some serious grapes.
Someone shared an article with be about how Rob Douglas (Team Blackdog) is out to get the record back. I guess there's soem discussion about the
difference between where the kiteboard speeds are set and where Sailrocket operates.
Kiteboards are in a ditch/controlled course while the Sailrocket is in open sea. Kind of an Apple/Oranges thing IMO.markite - 30-11-2012 at 09:37 AM
and the 2008 spectacular crash Feyd - 30-11-2012 at 01:08 PM
Phew that looked a lot better than I thougt it would.
Great post crash interview. "That was freestyle" pricelesssnowspider - 2-12-2012 at 10:23 AM
AMAZING both the event and the telling of the tale. Absolute chills through me! Having limited sailing experience but copious experimental kite flying
experience I was pleased that I was able to follow the events and sequences of coming at the beach , correcting ,and bring her up to speed. So well
done gents! Incredible.markite - 2-12-2012 at 10:43 AM
peter Lynn himself does a newsletter that you can subscribe to, and the latest has his take on the speed records and how it relates to kite speed
sailing and at the end a little teaser on what the Peter Lynn team is working on: http://www.peterlynnhimself.com/newsletter/Dec_Nl_12.html
