SailRaceWin: Awesome Images of the Hydroptère.fr delivery Lorient-Brest-Cowes by Christophe Launay/SeaLaunay

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Awesome Images of the Hydroptère.fr delivery Lorient-Brest-Cowes by Christophe Launay/SeaLaunay

The Hydroptère with the Needles in the background. Image copyright Christophe Launay/www.sealaunay.com @SeaLaunay

by Lia Ditton @LiaArtistSailor

They came. They went round (the Isle of Wight) a couple of times and have yet to conquer...

Christophe Launay was onboard for the delivery from France. Here's how it went in a nutshell.

LD: Where did you leave?
CL: Lorient

LD: Where did you arrive?
CL: Cowes, Isle of Wight

LD: How long did it take?
CL: 2 days altogether

LD: Top speed?
CL: 30 kts

LD: Lowest speed?
CL: 0.8 kts

LD: Was it cold?
CL: Cold when fast

LD: What did you eat?
CL: No burner. No stove, so sandwiches with tasty country bread cheese and meat

LD: Did you sleep dressed?
CL: With boots off

LD: How many people were you?
CL: 5

LD: Favourite moment?
CL: Passing through the Needles (rocky entrance to the Solent, rocky western tip of the Isle of Wight) at 25kts

LD: Worst moment?
CL: There wasn't one.

LD: Funniest moment?
CL: Many!

LD: Expectations...?
CL: To go faster

LD: Reality...?
CL: I want to fly close to the water again! And I miss my little cabin for sleep at 45 cms above the water.

Images below, and more on the SeaLaunay PhotoShelter