Velocitek

Congratulations to Nathan Outteridge (1st place), Bora Gulari (2nd place), Scott Babbage (3rd place) and Simon Payne (4th place) who all raced with the Velocitek SpeedPuck. Nice work boys!

This Just in from Willie Crear, Jet-Setting Velocitek Evangelist Extraordinaire:

"I shipped an A scow over to your Finnish importers, Vesa and Timo Salo of Vinces Oy, in January. This weekend I flew over to sail in their big inland lake race, the Päijännepurjehdus race 2010. The race is 62 nautical miles long and we won the overall trophy for fastest yacht completing the course, 6 hours, 40 minutes and 40 seconds. The old record had been set by a 30' trimaran in 7 hours and 24 minutes.

We averaged just about 10 knots for the whole race; the Velocitek showed a peak speed of 16.1 knots."

Congratulations Willie!

Congratulations to Aaron McCulley and Clay Cassard of Team Velocitek for their second place finish in the GT300 distance race. McCulley and Cassard sailed their F18 Infusion over 300 miles in four stages to get from South Padre Island to Galveston, Texas with a total elapsed time of only fifteen hours and two seconds. This translates to an average straight line speed of over 17 knots!

Here's what Clay Cassard had to say about how the SpeedPuck helped him maintain such amazing boatspeed.

"After this race, I can confirm the SpeedPuck is a valuable tool for long distance racing. It allowed me to tweak the boat and see how changes impact the boat speed......IT WORKED GREAT."

Practical Sailor Magazine has recognized the Velocitek Speedpuck as the PS Best Choice among handheld performance tools. The designation is awarded to products featured in Practical Sailor that PS editors believe outperformed comparable products in Practical Sailor's tests.

For more than 30 years, Practical Sailor has been highly regarded by serious sailors for its unbiased evaluations of boats and sailing products. Practical Sailor is a subscription-supported magazine that accepts no advertising. You can read Practical Sailor's independent reviews of the SpeedPuck and the SC-1 here: http://www.velocitek.com/assets/files/PracticalSailorReview.pdf

Velocitek is proud to announce that the SpeedPuck has been selected as the official instrument for the US Multihull Championship (aka The Alter Cup).

The Championship will be contested from May 24 - 27 at the Houston Yacht Club. Contestants will race 10 identical AHPC C2 Formula 18s. Each boat will be pre-equipped with a Velocitek SpeedPuck mounted on a spinnaker pole bracket.