Fred Haywood was the first Windsurfer over 30 knots, an unbelievable barrier in 1983.
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It is with deep regret ISAF announces that ISAF Vice-President Nucci Novi Ceppellini passed away on Friday 15 February 2008 in Genoa, Italy aged 65 years after a brave fight against cancer. Nucci was committed to the sport of sailing throughout her life, as an active and successful sailor, national race official and in the sport’s management. Nucci’s legacy is immense and her capacity to get things done has touched many areas of the sport.
F2 International and Fanatic are the first 2008 corporate members of the Speed:World:Cup, supporting the development of speedsailing around the world.
Due to the latest results of Driven by Wind the all time 500m and nautical mile rankings have been updated. Please check the records section for details.
There have always been unsubstantiated speed record claims, to such an extent that this was the reason for the establishment of the ISAF World Sailing Speed Record rules in the early 1970s. As WSSR rule 1 states " the purpose of these rules is to enable attempts to be made on Sailing Speed Records in any part of the world under comparable conditions".
