The entire day was without the slightest puff of wind. We waited, read books, slept in the shade of Astrakan. The heat took our breath away. Then suddenly we felt the first gust of wind and the sails filled. We were finally sailing the playa! Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97fjOmGg2jc

After a fantastic week of testing on Koeningsegg’s test track Astrakan is ready to be disassembled and placed into a container for shipment to Black Rock Desert. We have been lucky with the weather and able to test Astrakan in everything from light breeze to gusty winds of 7-8 m/s where she has achieved speeds of up to 30 kph.