WORLD RECORD
We broke the record for the longest ride on eFoil – 170 km in 8 hours!
TRADE FAIR FOR BOAT PRAGUE
We would like to invite you to the upcoming weekend For Boat trade fair, where you will have the opportunity to have a closer look at the LIFT eFoils products and get detailed information about its specifications and features.
We will be happy to share our experience with you and answer any questions you may have about eFoil and its use.
We look forward to your visit in Hall I, between Halls 1 and 6.
Petr and Jana
Yourwave.cz
In late January 2023, I started thinking about an adventure trip. The original plan was to circumnavigate Thailand’s largest island, Phuket, in the Andaman Sea on the smallest vessel of today: an efoil. Exit Naithon beach to the south and after a few hours return to the same beach from the north. When planning this event, my friend Thierry and I came up with a more interesting route. Drive to Krabi, stop at Phi Phi Island on the way and return to Phuket. To be able to complete such a route, it was necessary to find an escort vessel on which to carry spare batteries.
Thierry contacted three friends who own a boat in Phuket and the next day he told me that we had a serious problem because everyone liked the idea and wanted to be there. We chose the perfect boat Jean Michel from KOYAO Island Resort. Jean Michel and his wife and crew of two was a fantastic captain and knew exactly what route to take to see the beautiful beaches and stunning uninhabited islands.
We set the date of the trip for March 4. At dawn we met at the Ao Po marina where the boat is moored, it took us about 30 minutes to load everything we needed to leave at 7:45. We sailed northeast to the island of Koh Yao Noi, Jean Michel wanted to show us its stunning KOYAO Island Resort around which we sailed to the islets of Koh Ku Du. From there we headed southeast past Ao Nang to Railay beach. We caused quite a stir on the very popular Phra Nang beach, because they have probably never seen an efoil there before.
The next destination with a short stop for swimming was Phi Phi. There we had lunch on the beach and continued back to Phuket to return to the marina before sunset, which was just barely possible. Using an app on my smartphone, I measured the distance traveled the entire time. The total number of kilometres travelled reached 170 km. Thus we broke the world record, which was also set in Thailand, by crossing the Gulf of Thailand from Pattaya to Hua Hin for a distance of 120 km.
We had 6 batteries with us, but we had to charge them on the way using the generator on board the ship. Total driving time was almost 8 hours and I used 11 batteries. Along the way I saw several flying fish, one sailfish and countless beautiful places. The weather was perfect, but we rode about a third of the way in a strong headwind.
We arrived back to the marina at 18:30. Everybody enjoyed the trip and the fact that we managed to overcome the longest distance covered in a day on the efoil by 50 km was a nice bonus. Several of our partners participated in the trip. For the YourWave team, there was a rider Petr Hozák, my fiancée Jana Krejčová, who documented the whole event and supervised the mascot Julinka.
The KOYAO Island Resort team was represented by Captain Jean Michel, his wife and a crew of two (thank you for your willingness to provide the boat). The other team of Shameena restaurant was represented by Thierry, his partner Ben and her son Shain (thank you very much for organizing the whole event, for the excellent refreshments on the way and after the return). Other participants of the trip were David and Katya Vojtěch for the team Autocentrum DavoCar (who documented the event perfectly and lent their equipment).
