Bora Gulari wins $1000 in the Velocitek Speed Challenge
Bora Gulari wins $1000 in the Velocitek Speed Challenge
Bora hits an amazing 25.3 knots in 10-15 knot wind.
Cascade Locks, Oregon (8th August 2009)
On the opening day of the
2009 CST Moth Worlds, competitors pushed their limits in an effort to
claim the $1000 cash prize for the highest speed in the CST Moth Worlds
Velocitek Speed Challenge. Efficiency was the name of the game with a
moderate thermal westerly and short chop pushing against the river
current. At 12:00 PM sailors left the beach with three hours to log
their top speeds on Velocitek devices.
The world's best Moth sailors were not fazed by the challenging
conditions and the top speeds were impressive.
In the end the three
fastest sailors proved to be:
1. Bora Gulari (USA), the Madman from Detroit, who hit 25.3 kts to win
this edition of the CST Moth Worlds Velocitek $1000 Speed Challenge.
2. Arnaud Psarophagis (SUI), last year's Speed Challenge winner and Nathan Outteridge (AUS), fresh off winning the 49er Worlds, both
clocking in at 24.3 kts.
3. Laser legend Brad Funk (USA), maxing out at 24.2 kts.
"These guys are hitting the mid 20's when it's just starting to
whitecap... on a single-handed dinghy that isn't even 12ft long. It's
completely insane. We want to congratulate Bora Gulari on his impressive
run at 25.3 knots and all the other sailors who took part in the 2009
CST Moth Worlds Velocitek Speed Challenge.”
Alec Stewart, Velocitek
President and Founder.
For full results and to watch a video of Bora explaining his winning
strategy check out www.velocitek.com/news.
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