LUDERITZ, NAMIBIA: SPEED FREAKS ONLY
Sep 24, 2019
3 minutes
WORDS AND PHOTOS: MARTIN CARTER (unless otherwise stated)
Photo: Stefan Csaky
“AT 53 KNOTS YOU COVER NEARLY THE LENGTH OF A SWIMMING POOL EVERY SECOND AND YOU WILL HAVE JUST THREE SECONDS TO STOP BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF WATER.”
Namibia is home to the oldest desert known to man, a huge diamond industry and, tucked away in the small, southerly coastal town of Luderitz, a super narrow, flat water speed spot. It is considered to be the holy grail by the fastest sailors in the world and its origins
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