{"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:\/\/www.subtechsports.com\/en\/solo-kite-sail-across-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLO KITE SAIL ACROSS THE ATLANTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"90607\" class=\"elementor elementor-90607\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed27dbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed27dbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb86cda\" data-id=\"fb86cda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0882103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0882103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Name:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Francisco Lufinha<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Age:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">38<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">World Records:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">3<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Previous Guiness World Record: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Longest Journey kitesurfing 862 kms | 48 hours<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">This Expedition: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Solo sail across the Atlantic on a custom built kite boat<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Preparations:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">1+ year including building the boat and custom made controller to control the kite.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Start\/Finish:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Cascais, Portugal \/ Finish Martinique, Caribbean<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Distance:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">3600nm \/ 6700km<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Duration:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">24 Days (Plus stop over in Canary Islands due to technical problems)<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Energy:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">100% Renewable energy: Kite, Solar panels, Hydro generator.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><b>Bags used: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subtechsports.com\/product\/pro-drybag-100l-2-0\/\">4x PRO DRYBAG 100L<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\">\u00a0<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1346e6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1346e6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e81607\" data-id=\"2e81607\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f71a7ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f71a7ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>Announcement after just crossing the Atlantic<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-819a1b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"819a1b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9f899a\" data-id=\"f9f899a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01ef711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"01ef711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=HX9qjwpJWfc&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b500eee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b500eee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a14579f\" data-id=\"a14579f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-480edca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"480edca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>Update from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60e1599 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60e1599\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae5c497\" data-id=\"ae5c497\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3aaa36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b3aaa36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/hAGiBi17_NY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7ddffd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7ddffd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f71202\" data-id=\"5f71202\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c447d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c447d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">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><strong>\n<\/strong><p>As Fancisco put it: \u2018We are CHANGING TOMORROW NOW and this mission is a proof of that!\u2019&nbsp;<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-780c3af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"780c3af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a90e6b\" data-id=\"6a90e6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a4104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9a4104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>About the Special Built Kite Boat&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 2rem;\"><\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa01647 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa01647\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dda97a\" data-id=\"2dda97a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67577a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"67577a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=kTXBhjuH-P8&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-462f46a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"462f46a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a1d2e7\" data-id=\"1a1d2e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e6e9a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e6e9a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">We are looking forward to follow\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franciscolufinha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francisco Lufinha<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11ed89b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11ed89b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f77520\" data-id=\"7f77520\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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