24 hours World Guinness Record by L' Ordegno!
Bavisela event Trieste - May 2005

by: Leo de Vries.

On 6th of May 2005, in Trieste, Trieste Waterbike Team made History with their human powered boat l'Ordegno.
With three peddlers on board they made the "24 hours record attempt without changing the crew" and crushed the previous record! They covered a distance of 176,8 km.
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L' Ordegno, 24h for a Guinness!

Stefano Venier from Trieste Waterbike team sent a message to Waterbiking.org: WE DID IT...!!!!!!

The 24 hour record attempt has been done !!!!

After a careful preparation of this experienced team Trieste Waterbike Team managed to cover a distance of 176,8 km within 24 hours. The existing record of 90.28 km has been crushed with this impressive achievement. The team reached the finish at 4:48 AM on Saturday morning.

Start of l' Ordegno - 24 hours World Guiness Record

Finish of l' Ordegno - 24 hours World Guiness Record

On their website www.cartoleriadiemme.it there is a link to "water bike team" and then "news".

A 6 minutes video recoding is available from this "Guinness World Record".

The "Bavisela" event is organized  every year in Trieste and finishes with the Europe Marathon. During this event the "Ordegno, 24h for a Guinness" took place.
Andreas Schlief and Christian Mayer witnessed the record attempt for IHPVA to register this positive result, the Ordegno has entered the Guinness World Record Book.