43.09 kn

Father of a certain Antoine Albeau, Jean-Marie had a front row seat for the world record run for speed sailing on the 5th March at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Passionate windsurfer in his own right, but acting as coach and caddy for the day (but what a day !) he talks us through his view of an emotional day !

Starboard have just announced the release of exact replicas of Antoine Albeaus 3 speed boards.
They will hopefully be in the shop by the later part of June..... (Probably August)

Double world champion in 2006, triple world champion in 2007, Antoine Albeau wrote himself into the history books on March 5th 2008 by setting a new world record for sail speed. With his 49.09 knots, the big Frenchie has set the bar very high indeed and establishes himself as the men closest to that 50 knot mark, and very much the man to beat. Here’s the WJ interview with a champion in every sense of the word !

Not content simply with being among the 6 fastest sail-powered people in the world with his 46.57 knots, Patrik Diethelm made his run on F2 manufactured production equipment. One of the 3 windsurfers to have really shown last Wednesday 5th March on the canal at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, ITA-120 tells us his story of the day, and how he’s started dreaming of the absolute record…