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

Fred HaywoodFred Haywood was the first Windsurfer over 30 knots, an unbelievable barrier in 1983.
 
National Records: Austria
500 m Men M. Pucher 42.78kn
500 m Women  D. Ubelacker 30.09kn
Nautical Mile Men F. Grabner 38.48kn
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2009

  • IKA Overall Men

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

  • IKA Nations

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

  • ISWC Overall Women

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

  • 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 Men

    1. B. Dunkerbeck, SUI
    2. H. Kreisel, NED
    3. D.-J. Knol, NED
    4. C. Lockwood, AUS
    5. M. Bengtsson, SWE

  • ISWC Nations

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

Seasons Top Speed

44.19 kn

Dave Williams
at the Speed Europeans
Dungarvan, Ireland

Rider of the day

George Krafft, RSA
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Port St. Louis, FRA

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Spot Record: 46.88 knots
Hydroptere, FRA, 2008

 
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009

...ease at 16:30, and at 17:00 the conditions improved enough for the silver fleet to start into the first half of the seventh round, which will be completed tomorrow with the gold fleet race. The ...
Monday, 03 August 2009

3. ISWC AGM 2009
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... to the meeting in question. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing, signed by or on behalf of the appointer and in the following form: I, the undersigned, _______________...
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

...etting onto the course was stressful. The RIB was trying to get to the other end but I caught them up half way. It felt fast. the wing was all the way in but the flap wasn't. I was out in the rough...
Thursday, 09 April 2009

Well the last day fizzled. It looked great but by the time we were half way across the lagoon it was obvious that it was only a short spike. We waited a bit but then canned the day. That was it fo
Sunday, 05 April 2009

...dy in the RIB getting everything ready. We have seen that we can get over there and setup easily within half an hour when pushed. So we'll go for it and see what happens. Maybe it's just the wind play...
Friday, 03 April 2009

... shot up to the mid 30’s but then sat there due to the 20-22 degree setting of the wing... like half throttle. This gave me plenty of time to line up the course. Visibility was surprisingly g...
Thursday, 02 April 2009

...We didn't actually get into the 40's for a while at the start. The kilometer average was for the second half of the run. This is probably a typical issue for the mile course as it is hard enough to fi...
Saturday, 28 February 2009

...ked down from the surface at high speed). Actually fitting the foil to the boat takes about a day and a half as we have to be very precise with every angle. The speeds and forces we are aiming to deal...
Thursday, 19 February 2009

...he shores of Ireland tomorrow. The long term forecast is giving hope for thrilling racing to the second half of the week, when the prevailing west-southwest flow shall kick in again. ...
Sunday, 30 November 2008

11. New WSSRC waterdepth rule
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...he run in question, the shallowest part of the course must be covered by water with a depth of at least half the static immersed beam of the craft involved, or 10cm, whichever is the greater. (G...
Monday, 01 September 2008

...ting zone. With the top 7 sailors advancing to the next gold fleet race then the next round was started half an hour later, with again Antoine Albeau in first and Bjorn Dunkerbeck in second. Third thi...
Tuesday, 26 August 2008

...ting zone. With the top 7 sailors advancing to the next gold fleet race then the next round was started half an hour later, with again Antoine Albeau in first and Bjorn Dunkerbeck in second. Third thi...
Friday, 22 August 2008

...an der Vlugt (NED) and Christophe Prin-Guenon (FRA). The second heat was postponed for one and a half hour to get hold of the best wind conditions of the day in the afternoon. What followed now...
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

...l we highly recommend for being closest to the spot (200 meters): Double room for one person incl. halfboard, incl taxes 77,- €/day+pers. Double room for two person incl. halfboard, incl tax...
Saturday, 14 June 2008

...l we highly recommend for being closest to the spot (200 meters): Double room for one person incl. halfboard, incl taxes 77,- €/day+pers. Double room for two person incl. halfboard, incl tax...
Saturday, 14 June 2008

17. ISWC AGM 2008
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... to the meeting in question. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing, signed by or on behalf of the appointer and in the following form: I, the undersigned, _______________...
Sunday, 01 June 2008

18. A new player enters the arena
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Wot Rocket is half sailboat and half sailplane; a nine metre long canoe style hull with two tiny foils, each about a sixth of the size of a Moth foil and a nine metre rigid sail, then a transverse bea
Wednesday, 07 May 2008

...west coast and down to the canal on the south coast and do it all in less than 12 hours. I got there at half past midnight and got up at 6.00am to rig my equipment, that was the hardest part !!! It wa...
Sunday, 16 March 2008

20. All eyes set at southend
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... setting a new British waters record. 10 out of the17 competitors also achieved personal bests and over half the fleet went over 40 knots… undeniably the Ray has proved without doubt it has the...
Wednesday, 23 January 2008

21. Owen Kitchin, RSA
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...titive dinghy sailing in Optimists, Lasers, Fireballs and 505's.  In 1983 was talked into buying a half-share in a Ten Cate Hunter by my Dad - this turned out to be a great move!   I fo...
Thursday, 03 January 2008

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...g Association, which was administering the discipline of speed windsurfing in the last three years on behalf of IFCA. Effective May 2007, the ISWC has become an ISAF international class, and th...
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