KITE SURFING THE ATLANTIC
At the age of 43, Manu Bertin, the founding father of kite-surfing has
lost none of his enthusiasm for a challenge. He will be setting out in
mid-April from the island of La Gomera in the Canaries to kite-surf across
the Atlantic. It was from this same island that Christopher Columbus set
out to discover the new world. To succeed in this new campaign and to
continue to evolve, Manu will be using different means pulled along by a
kite one after the other:
- the kite-surfing board with which he has already crossed the English
Channel, the Mediterranean and the Straits between Maui and the main
island of Hawaii (with a wing kitesurf mast / upright position)
- an inflatable longboat - named Cochise - for the periods of rest and
eating (kite-surfing with one cord / laying down).
The 50-foot catamaran "Baies du Monde" will help him with the logistics
and supplies (going from one means to another). Manu Bertin will not go on
board during the attempt. This rapid TS 50 yacht is skippered by Pierre
Corriveaud, the winner of the Jules Verne Trophy on the Geronimo trimaran
in 2004.
To follow his progress:
http://www.manubertin.com
http://www.rivacom.fr/index.php?page...nt=manu_bertin