{"id":90607,"date":"2022-01-02T11:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T10:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.subtechsports.com\/?p=90607"},"modified":"2022-01-03T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T10:11:11","slug":"solo-kite-sail-across-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/solo-kite-sail-across-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLO KITE SAIL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Francisco Lufinha
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Age:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>38
<\/span><\/span><\/span>World Records:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>3
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Previous Guiness World Record: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Longest Journey kitesurfing 862 kms | 48 hours
<\/span><\/span><\/span>This Expedition: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Solo sail across the Atlantic on a custom built kite boat
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Preparations:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>1+ year including building the boat and custom made controller to control the kite.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Start\/Finish:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Cascais, Portugal \/ Finish Martinique, Caribbean
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Distance:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>3600nm \/ 6700km<\/span><\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>Duration:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>24 Days (Plus stop over in Canary Islands due to technical problems)
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Energy:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>100% Renewable energy: Kite, Solar panels, Hydro generator.
<\/span><\/span><\/span>Bags used: <\/b>4x PRO DRYBAG 100L<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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Announcement after just crossing the Atlantic<\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Update from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean<\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Huge congrats Francisco on your accomplishment and for setting an example to the world of the importance of ocean preservation, environmental awareness and renewable energies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong>

As Fancisco put it: \u2018We are CHANGING TOMORROW NOW and this mission is a proof of that!\u2019 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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About the Special Built Kite Boat <\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We are looking forward to follow\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Francisco Lufinha<\/a>\u00a0on his upcoming mind-blowing adventures.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Name:\u00a0Francisco LufinhaAge:\u00a038World Records:\u00a03Previous Guiness World Record: Longest Journey kitesurfing 862 kms | 48 hoursThis Expedition: Solo sail across the Atlantic on a custom built kite boatPreparations:\u00a01+ year including building the boat and custom made controller to control the kite.\u00a0 Start\/Finish:\u00a0Cascais, Portugal \/ Finish Martinique, CaribbeanDistance:\u00a03600nm \/ 6700kmDuration:\u00a024 Days (Plus stop over in Canary Islands due […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90607"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90622,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90607\/revisions\/90622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}