VIDEO: Sailing with l’Hydroptère
Published on May 29th, 2015
Alain Thébault (FRA) and his crew on the 60-foot foiling trimaran L’Hydroptère training off Los Angeles Harbor to prepare for an attempt to beat the transpacific crossing speed record from Los Angeles to Honolulu, Hawaii. The outright record for the 2215nm distance of 04:19:31:37 was set by skipper Olivier de Kersauson (FRA) and crew on the 110-foot trimaran Geronimo in November 2005.