April 20, 05 : KiteShip Garners Two Guinness World Records
In April 2005 Guinness World Records announces that KiteShip Corporation has been awarded two world records.
From Guinness: "A 420 sq meter (4521 sq ft) traction kite manufactured by KiteShip Corporation (USA) was used to propel an 8.5 tonne (18,740 lb) yacht near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 6 december, 2004, the largest kite ever used to pull a vehicle of any kind."
And, "A 70 sq meter (750 sq ft) traction kite manufactured by KiteShip Corporation (USA) pulled a 25 tonne (55,115 lb) Americas Cup Class yacht at a speed around 7 knolts (13 km/h or 8 mph) for 45 mins in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, on 17 December 2002"
"We are very proud to be recognized for these achievements," said KiteShip founder Dave Culp. "We are currently shipping kites 5-15 times as large as any competitors' prototypes. We've shipped half a dozen OutLeader™ kites larger than 2000 sq ft and we are looking forward to building much larger kites yet."