The world’s top speed sailors will converge on Luderitz and will attempt to break speed sailing records at the 4th Luderitz Speed Challenge from 4 to 31 October.
This year the challenge will be to break the 54 knots barrier and to be able to achieve this, the canal will be wider at the start to make entry as easy as possible. The sand removed from the canal will be laid to create a wall to protect during the high tide.
As a result of these changes the canal will be safer compared to previous years.
The canal will now be 10m wide, 700m long and 1m deep.
For the first time the three disciplines of  … Details
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