Trans Atlantic Attempt!

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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