And another one: Hydroptère vs. the world’s fastest kite surfer, Alexandre Caizergues. Caizergues used to hold the sailing speed record before Hydroptère.
Because Alinghi lost the America’s Cup (and we have to focus on the Winter Olympics anyway), here something much cooler: a hydrofoil sailing boat. World record vehicle Hydroptère, to be precise – fastest sailing boat over 500 meters and one nautical mile. Reaches speeds in excess of 50 knots (almost 100 km/h or 62 mph).
And one week before that, I was in Italy with the alumni of my exchange program. Crossed Bernina pass with the train – world cultural heritage! The blurry pic shows the unique spiral viaduct in Brusio.
My weekend? Nothing special.
I escaped the lousy weather by going to the mountains for two days. Two good friends got married.
Oh, and they let me play on this organ here during the service :)
I started following the Bloodhound SSC 1000 mph car project some time ago, and before that I knew about the current land speed record holder, ThrustSSC.
But the predecessor of ThrustSSC, Thrust2, has somehow escaped my attention so far. Too bad, considering its awesome looks!
I have a feeling that the “Batman” and “Batman returns” Batmobile designers have not overlooked it, though…
Image credits: Wikipedia
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