Big speed! Big crash!

HYDROPtere, originally uploaded by lzp.

This is the Hydroptere, sailng on The Discovery Route (from Cadiz to San Salvador)!

This strange kind of thing crossed the English Channel at 33,3 knots speed (average) with a peak at 39,8 kts

Yesterday night the Hyd. crashed into an UFO: Unidentified Floating Object.
The port foil is damaged, they called it quits for this attempt and headed towards Lanzarote (Canary Islands)..however a great place!

photo and news courtesy of www.sailinganarchy.com