Luderitz Speed Challenge 2015

[Gozo]

photo: Manfred Merle

[Olivier44]

LUDERITZ SPEED CHALLENGE 2015 – LATEST NEWS!

MONDAY 05 OCTOBER >
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2015 LUDERITZ SPEED CHALLENGE LAST NIGHT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS WITH LOCAL DIGNITARIES, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS AND LOCALS PRESENT. THE CEREMONY WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE SCREENING OF THE SHORT BUT HIGHLY IMPACTIVE 2015 EVENT’S VIDEO TEASER WHICH ENTHRALLED ALL IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE LUDERITZ NEST HOTEL.
SEBASTIEN CATTELAN, FOUNDER AND CO-ORGANISER OF THE EVENT COULD NOT MAKE THE OPENING CEREMONY IN TIME! HE WAS STILL WORKING HARD TO MAKE THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ONE KILOMETRE LONG CANAL. THE CANAL WAS DESTROYED BY UNUSUALLY VERY HIGH TIDES TWO WEEKS AGO AND HE HAD TO RE-START ALL HIS EFFORTS VIRTUALLY FROM SCRATCH. DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS UNTIL NOW, HE HAS BEEN WORKING 14 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK TO GET THE CANAL AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE – NOT EASY WHEN MOTHER NATURE IS THROWING EVERYTHING AT YOU! THE CANAL IS NOW 99.9% READY AFTER A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT & ENERGY (& STRESS) NEEDED AS THE MACHINES KEPT GETTING STUCK IN THE MUD DUE TO THE VERY HIGH TIDES.
THE NEXT 2 DAYS, THE RIDERS CAN DO PRACTICE RUNS AS THE WINDS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE ANY RECORDS. MUCH STRONGER WINDS ARE FORECAST LATER ON IN THE WEEK!
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED!

ALL THE BEST,
SEB & SOPHIE

[Olivier44]

Optimumkite Sylvain Hoceini. La poudre (titane) à parlé ..... 59.70 noeuds en Vmax pour Optimumkite Sylvain Hoceini dans moins de 30 nds de vent et dans un canal pas ouvert sur toute la longueur ... ca promet pour la suite.

[Gozo]

Voilà, Luderitz 2015 est lancé aujourd'hui, vent 25/30 nds un peu carré

La météo du spot :
http://www.windguru.cz/fr/index.php?sc= ... sty=m_menu
http://www.windalert.com/spot/45604

La liste des participants de l'édition 2015 :

52.05 nds : Antoine Albeau ( FRA-192 )
51.18 nds : Patrik Diethelm ( ITA-20 )
51.09 nds : Bjorn Dunkerbeck ( ???-11 )
49.92 nds : Mark Grinnell ( RSA-321 )
48.82 nds : Christian Bornemann ( GER-29 )
48.82 nds : Farrel O Shea ( GBR-81 )
48.72 nds : Markus Emmanuelson ( SUE-55 )
48.33 nds : JeanMichel Cloarec ( FRA-8888 )
48.31 nds : Remo Diethelm ( sui-201 )
48.21 nds : Martyn Ogier ( GBR-68 )
48.02 nds : Thierry Bielak ( FRA-44 )
47.86 nds : Manfred Merle ( GER-82 ) 35.00 nds
47.55 nds : Yann Coadic ( FRA- 11 )
47.41 nds : Alain De Gendt ( BEL-33 )
47.34 nds : Matthias Rottcher ( NAM-9 )
46.78 nds : Raffaello Gardelli ( SUE-580 )
46.73 nds : Aleksander Goncharov ( UKR-873 ) 35.00 nds
46.73 nds : Martin Toth ( CZE-7 )
46.55 nds : Christophe Richaud ( FRA-986 )
46.33 nds : boris Vujasinovic ( CRO-91 )
46.29 nds : Erik beale ( GBR-5 )
46.09 nds : Francesco D'Urso ( ITA-62 )
45.87 nds : Alberto Possati ( ITA-107 )
45.57 nds : Christain Benzing ( GER-77 )
45.51 nds : Alain Montauzou ( FRA-500 )
45.28 nds : Andrea Baldini ( ITA-223 )
45.28 nds : Pierre Blasini ( FRA-21 )
44.78 nds : Mitch waggstaff ( SA-1111 )
41.25 nds : Karin Jaggi ( SUI-14 )
40.87 nds : Andrew Redfern ( FIJI-1111 )

Heidi Ulrich ( SUI- ) top speed: 35.00 nds
Christian Maillet ( FRA-145 ) top speed: 38.60 nds

[speedsurfer142]

I am sorry to post this, but there are huge problems in Lüderitz. The windsurfing riders want there money back. The canal is unsailable for windsurfers. Read the artikle in this Namibian Newspaper. It is in German sorry.

http://www.az.com.na/sport/schlammschla ... nal.427423

[Gozo]

I am sorry to post this, but there are huge problems in Lüderitz. The windsurfing riders want there money back. The canal is unsailable for windsurfers. Read the artikle in this Namibian Newspaper. It is in German sorry.

http://www.az.com.na/sport/schlammschla ... nal.427423

Ca confirme ce que j'ai pu lire et voir...je voulais par dire de connerie Le niveau de l'eau est bas, les berges au vent sont trop hautes, surtout au départ. Depuis mardi il y a du vent et même si c'est pas fort bah les autres années ca courrait quand même. Alain De Gendt post en fin d 'ap et là j'ai compris qu'il est pas content

[Gozo]

2015

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L'arrivée

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[Philip]

Sur le facebook du Luderitz speed challenge, il y a une heure :
"Aujourd'hui, les conditions ne sont pas assez bonnes. Nous en profitons pour faire quelques arrangements. Demain la course devrait démarrer à 12 h."

[Gozo]

Il manque 60 cm d'eau dans le canal...certaines zone dans l'arrivée à peine 15 cm !!! De plus la pompe qui a pris cher dans les grandes marées y a 15 jours est quasi out !!!
Le problème semble impossible à résoudre rapidement. ...source sûr

[Gozo]

Nouveau jouet pour Alain Montauzou ( FRA-500) afin de battre son best 500 de 45.51 nds ...Bon ride
PC2: 39 de large


PS: beaux staps PC2

[Gozo]

Samedi 10 Octobre 2015

Luderitz 2015 sur la bonne voie ???
C'est lancé aujourd'hui, vent 25/30 nds wink:

La météo du spot :
http://www.windguru.cz/fr/index.php?sc= ... sty=m_menu
http://www.windalert.com/spot/45604

La liste des participants de l'édition 2015 :

52.05 nds : Antoine Albeau ( FRA-192 )
51.18 nds : Patrik Diethelm ( ITA-20 )
51.09 nds : Bjorn Dunkerbeck ( ???-11 )
49.92 nds : Mark Grinnell ( RSA-321 )
48.82 nds : Christian Bornemann ( GER-29 ) 37.57 nds 41.67 nds 42.00 nds
48.82 nds : Farrel O Shea ( GBR-81 )
48.72 nds : Markus Emmanuelson ( SUE-55 )
48.33 nds : JeanMichel Cloarec ( FRA-8888 )
48.31 nds : Remo Diethelm ( sui-201 ) 38.00 nds
48.21 nds : Martyn Ogier ( GBR-68 )
48.02 nds : Thierry Bielak ( FRA-44 )
47.86 nds : Manfred Merle ( GER-82 ) 38.33 nds 40.85 nds 41.48 nds 42.96 nds
47.55 nds : Yann Coadic ( FRA- 11 )
47.41 nds : Alain De Gendt ( BEL-33 ) 39.50 nds
47.34 nds : Matthias Rottcher ( NAM-9 ) 38.50 nds 40.51 nds 42.62 nds 43.07 nds
46.78 nds : Raffaello Gardelli ( SUE-580 )
46.73 nds : Aleksander Goncharov ( UKR-873 )
46.73 nds : Martin Toth ( CZE-7 ) 39.00 nds
46.55 nds : Christophe Richaud ( FRA-986 )
46.33 nds : boris Vujasinovic ( CRO-91 )
46.29 nds : Erik beale ( GBR-5 )
46.09 nds : Francesco D'Urso ( ITA-62 )
45.87 nds : Alberto Possati ( ITA-107 )
45.57 nds : Christain Benzing ( GER-77 )
45.51 nds : Alain Montauzou ( FRA-500 )
45.28 nds : Andrea Baldini ( ITA-223 )
45.28 nds : Pierre Blasini ( FRA-21 )
44.78 nds : Mitch waggstaff ( SA-1111 )
41.25 nds : Karin Jaggi ( SUI-14 )
40.87 nds : Andrew Redfern ( FIJI-1111 )

Heidi Ulrich ( SUI- ) top speed: 35.00 nds 34.22 nds 35.12 nds 36.47 nds
Christian Maillet ( FRA-145 ) top speed: 38.60 nds

[Gozo]

Je mets à jours les temps au fur et à mesure

Le vent varie entre 19/35 nds et l'écart entre les kites et windsurf...un gouffre

[Gozo]

Le vent est plus constant et les windsurfers s'élancent. Premier temps officiel pour la suisse Heidi Ulrich 34.22 nds

[Captain Hadock]

Nouveau record en vitesse Max pulvériser nouveau record personnel sur 500 53,04 knot
et 250 m dans 58, 15 . Et attention les yeux 67,52 de v Max

Source: https://CENSURE.ecole

[lejya]

Pour info quelques explications de l'état du canal en début de semaine dernière
Mail reçu ce jour de Sophie ROUTABOUL & Seb CATELAN

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Mother Nature & Its Challenges



The preparations for 2015 event was severely hampered by unusually high tides which did much damage to the kilometer long channel just two weeks before the start of the event. The damage to the canal provided a huge challenge for event founder and organiser, Sebastien Cattelan. It is only due to his enormous experience at building this artificial kilometre long canal combined with perseverance and huge personal effort (14 hour days/7days a week) and with all available local machinery (not easy in the middle of the desert in Africa!) that the canal was 99% ready by 05 October, the first day of the 2015 event. However, the winds were not strong and constant enough during the whole course to allow the windsurfers to tackle their PBs and/or records. The kite surfers had no such issues. They performed from day one and in fact, the Czech Republic National Kitesurf record fell on only day 2!



​Martin Hulinsky / New Czech Record in kitesurfing



Those riders who know that this sport is dependent on the weather and at the mercy of Nature, make the most of every opportunity to maximize their performances. The originally lower than perfect water-level has been taken care; originally with pumps and not with the assistance usual high tides. Thankfully, the high tide has now come back and is currently filling up the canal quicker and more efficiently (than pumps) and the canal is now getting longer and deeper than ever before.

The critical factor which allows riders to better PBs and break records is THE WIND. The winds have only been strong enough for the windsurfers to sail properly two days this week. However, on the *off-days* has allowed both windsurfers and kite surfers to train and to fine-tune their new equipment for stronger coming winds and better (wind angle) conditions, at the start and end of the 500M official distance.

The expectations of all riders coming to the Chris Benz Lüderitz Speed Challenge event is now higher than before due to the fact that this event has produced an unbelievable number of national records (now 79) and 12 world records! However, no matter how good the canal is, performances are dependent on two other main factors: strong constant winds and perfect wind angles. We are confident that LUDERITZ will once again deliver strong winds, it is now case of how well prepared and focused the riders are/will be in the coming weeks.



​Manfred Merle: Previous German Record Holder

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Below are some excellent performances already achieved, during this, the first week of the 2015 competition;

PERFORMANCES + FIRST NATIONAL RECORD:

· Martin Hulinsky (Czech Republic) has set and broken his country’s national Kite surfing record no less than 5 times with an ultimate speed so far of 43.52 kts
· Heidi Ulrich (Swiss ladies windsurfer), participating in her first Speed Challenge, continued to improve with 36.47 kts and is getting close to the current ladies Swiss Windsurf Record of 41.25 kts held by the Champion Karin Jaggi.
· French Kite surfer Sylvain Hoceini, repeatedly beat the 50 kts five times this week, broke through the 51kts barrier 3 times and is currently leading the 2015 event with a highly impressive 53.04 kts. His persistence and training since Monday (05.10.15) has definitely paid dividends as he has also beaten his personal best of 52.90 kts, achieved at the 2010 Lüderitz Speed Challenge event!

Yesterday (11.10.15), most of the riders have taken the opportunity to train in moderate wind and to get more used to the channel to be 100% ready for when the much stronger winds come next week. The current weather forecast shows very good days on Thursday and Sunday with good conditions in between. Until then (due to the Namib Desert & Atlantic Ocean’s wild nature), the organizers will continue to work hard to keep the 1 kilometre long canal in the best possible condition.

Seb, Sophie and their team wish to thank all riders and followers for their valued support!