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On the Geneva course (Port Noir) - Le Bouveret - Geneva, Hydros.ch smashed it previous record setting a historic time, a faster time is hardly imaginable.

The hydrofoil catamaran Hydros.ch skippered by Daniel Schmäh smashed its own record on Saturday morning, 3rd May 2014, covering the nominal distance of 66.5 nautical miles (123 kilometers) between le Port Noir and Le Bouveret and back in 4 hours 30 minutes. It is an historic performance. It improves on the previous Blue Ribbon record by 15 minutes, following on the 8 minutes shaved off the existing record on 20th August 2013 that had been set by Philippe Cardis in Décision 35 in 2007. This exceptional performance, an improvement of more than 10% in comparison to that of Décision 35, is in no small part due to the hydrofoils with which Hydros.ch is equipped.

Setting off at 9h33 am, the Hydros.ch reached Le Bouveret at 12h18 pm, after 2h45 of determined sailing against a head wind, to cover the return distance to le Port Noir in a record time of only 1h30. This performance is subject to official approval by the CVSNG (Yacht Club of the Société Nautique de Genève).

Three of the most prestigious records on Lake Geneva are held by hydrofoils, the Blue Ribbon (Geneva-Le Bouveret-Geneva): 4 hours 30 minutes, the Kilometer Record: 31.4 knots and the Hour Record: 25.63 knots.

"Benefitting from magnificent wind conditions, we were able to easily navigate certain trickier passages with a weaker wind, especially from the Evian shore, to make a very fast return run in the Petit Lac, tacking only 4 times," said Daniel Schmäh, the skipper of the Hydros.ch. The Hydros.ch, with its high performance hydrofoils is a genuine high-tech platform, which has again
today showed that the innovative hydrofoil boat concept here to stay and it will revolutionize the world of sailing."

Source: Hydros