Outright World Records

500 m Men Hydroptere 51.36kn
500 m Women  S. Bredenkamp 45.20kn
Nautical Mile Men Hydroptere 50.17kn
Nautical Mile Women Z. Davis 34.74kn
 

Hall of Fame

maka.jpgPascal Maka was the first one taking the crown of speedsailing to the windsurfers. He now organizes record attempts.
 
National Records: Namibia
500 m Men J. Geiger 44.90kn
500 m Women  I. Sardinha 31.18kn
Nautical Mile Men F. Stein 37.56kn
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2009

  • IKA Overall Women

    1. M. Gil, USA
    2. C. Consorti, FRA
    3. S. Bredenkamp, RSA
    4. J. Grobbelaar, GBR
    5. Caroline Adrien, FRA

  • ISWC Overall Women

    1. V. Ghibaudo, FRA
    2. Z. Davis, GBR
    3. B. Hoefer, GER
    4. M. Raisi, FRA
    5. M. Geldhof, BEL

  • ISWC Nations

    1. France
    2. Netherlands
    3. Germany
    4. Sweden
    5. Italy

  • IKA Overall Men

    1. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    2. Sylvain Hoceini, FRA
    3. Rob Douglas, USA
    4. D. Williams, GBR
    5. D. Leroy, USA

  • ISWC Overall Men

    1. A. Bringdal, SWE
    2. H. Kreisel, NED
    3. B. Dunkerbeck, SUI
    4. C. Bornemann, GER
    5. D.-J. Knol, NED

  • ISWC Board Manufacturers

    1. Carbon Art
    2. Starboard
    3. Mistral
    4. JP
    5. Proof

  • IKA Nations

    1. France
    2. USA
    3. Great Britain
    4. Germany
    5. South Africa

  • ISWC Sail Manufacturers

    1. Loft Sails
    2. Challenger Sails
    3. Severne
    4. North Sails
    5. Neil Pryde

Seasons Top Speed

44.19 kn

Dave Williams
at the Speed Europeans
Dungarvan, Ireland

Rider of the day

Panagiotis Drakopoulos, GRE
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Luderitz, NAM

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Spot Record: 50.57 knots
Alex Caizergues, FRA, 2008

 
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Handheld GPS World Record Claims not recognized by ISWC and IKA PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 06 March 2009

The International Speed Windsurfing Class (ISWC) and the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) have to clarify their position on the newly created GPS Speed World Records, introduced by the website GPSSS www.gps-speedsurfing.com) and GPSKS (www.gps-kitesurfing.com). 

These world records can not be recognised by us and we feel they will introduce confusion into the world of speed sailing.

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Feed Sailrocket: Mile results... PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 28 February 2009

We don't expect to be sailing for the next few days as it seems we are to endure a light wind patch.

We will use the time to remove the wing and service all the parts. Yestereday we checked the calibration of some of the key components of the PI RESEARCH logging system to make sure the information we were getting was spot-on... It was.

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Swedish Open moved to Mai, Spanish event postponed PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 February 2009

The Swedish open event will be held in Oeland and has been moved from autumn to the beginning of May. Please check the events section for details, registration and website will be available shortly

The Spanish open, which was intended to be held end of March, has been postponed to a later date in the season. We will keep you updated on this.

 
Feed Sailrocket: A pretty good stab at the mile for starters!!! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 February 2009

Hi all, just got in and the team are tearing through the data, photos, footage... and snacks.

Looks like we did somewhere around a 41.2 knot average (all subject to WSSRC ratification) over the mile which should be enough to move us up to second in the mile ranking overall and take the course record off Dunkerbeck along with a few other smaller titles (Australian mile, 'B' class mile). Hydroptere is still king in this department  for the time being... but we will be back. We did a 44.02 knot 500 meter run and a peak around 46.

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2009 Kitespeed Worlds PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 February 2009

The 2009 Kitespeed World Championship will be held in a one-off event in Port St. Louis du Rhone from 29.03.2009 till 05.04.2009. Registration is open from now using the online registration at the right hand side of this website. 

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2008 Kitespeed World Champion PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
The PKRA Speed has announced a correction in the 2008 world ranking, with Alexandre Caizergues winning the title ahead of Sebastien Catellan. This after an extended discussion about the applied rules. The ranking lists will be updated accordingly.
 
Feed Sailrocket: BIG WEDNESDAY shapes up!!! PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 February 2009

The forecast is predicting winds from 19-25 knots and it has been pretty spot on for the past few days. The tides are perfect and VESTAS SAILROCKET sits patiently waiting outside. Big things can happen on days that start like this.

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Feed Sailrocket: World Record Attempt 2... Run 1 PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 22 February 2009

Walvis bay delivered the goods today with perfect conditions that would have enabled us to push to the limits... but we aren't ready for that just yet.

We will approach that stage with caution. Seeing as we have just fitted the new curved foil we need to make sure that the complex steering/control system is 'dialled in' to it. Remember that at high speed we are trying to operate the rudder within fractions of a degree of movement. To do this, we need to have the rudder aligned practically perfectly with the loaded angle of the main foil. It is after all the main foil which determines the centre line of the boat and not the boat itself. As mentioned in an earlier blog, we use an array of Lasers, jigs and digital equipment to do this. It took two days... but the effort seems to have paid off.

 

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Feed Sailrocket: The soldiers line up! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 19 February 2009

Greetings everyone as all the pieces begin to drop into place for no doubt another action packed VESTAS SAILROCKET speed session.

Tomorrow will mark the beginning of our second WSSRC ratified assault on the World Outright Speed Sailing Record. The rest of the team are currently on their way across the 400 odd kilometers of desert from the airport in Windhoek to the operations base here on the coast in Walvis Bay... along with Mike Ellison from the WSSRC.

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