Regatas Global Ocean Race 2011-2012, Vuelta al Mundo por etapas A Dos en Class 40

[maka]

Conrad Colman nos explica que va batiendo récords de velocidad
con 35 nudos al 120 del viento el barco planea a 26 nudos de
velocidad
http://www.conradcolman.com/2011/12/the-flying-boat/

As the wind built this morning we changed down from our A6 spinnaker made for VMG running in heavy conditions to the Code 5 fractional gennaker. Its also called a chicken chute, so what better for playing chicken with southern ocean front?! The sky stayed blue and the white caps sparkled, before being blown into the air as the wind built and stayed at 35 kts. We were fully pressed but still able to maintain control at 120-130 true wind angle and played the waves to surf for extra speed. Sam and I both saw 26kts of boat speed on the dial, and it always shows less than the GPS….