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Emirates Team NZ: An unsurprising lesson learned on Lake Gairdner

by Emirates Team New Zealand 9 Oct 2022 16:49 PDT 5 October 2022
Checking and removing the salt-build up from the first run of Horonuku on Lake Gairdner - Wind powered land speed record - South Australia - October 2022 © Emirates Team NZ

The Project Speed team reflect on the lessons learned from the first day on Lake Gairdner, and have to cope with an unexpected but probably unsurprising issue.


Checking and removing the salt-build up from the first run of Horonuku on Lake Gairdner - Wind powered land speed record - South Australia - October 2022 - photo © Emirates Team NZ
Horonuku ready to go again on Lake Gairdner - Wind powered land speed record - South Australia - October 2022 - photo © Emirates Team NZ

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