50 knots broken again, new outright speedsailing record
Alexandre Caizergues (FRA) is the fastest sailor on earth now, with a blistering 50.57 knots run today, accompanied by several more 50s and high 49s. Several more national outright records have been broken today in Luderitz, full results, pictures and interviews at www.luderitz-speed.com
Speed:World:Cup
Subject to WSSRC ratification, Sebastien Cattelan (FRA) has finally broken the magical 50 knots barrier, the holy grail of speed sailing. Accompanied by several high 49 knots runs from himself, Alexandre Caizergues and Jerome Bila (all France) he was the only sailor finally getting to 50.26 knots.
Full details, pictures and reports can be found at
www.luderitz-speed.com
My tour into the history starts with a new Movie from veteran photographer Jonathan Weston. It’s called Wind Legends and stars the top names in windsurfing telling the story of the sport.
More about the movie can be seen at windflicks.com
Wind Legends - The Movie
The site includes a few film trailers - It’s worth viewing them all.
Part 2:
Following a link on Jonathans site lead me to a wealth of historical footage @ stableroad.com Pay particular attention to the Windsurfing page. Heres pics of some of the videos on the site.
The Windsurfing Tapes
More Windsurfing Tapes
Whilst I (Rory Ramsden) admire Svein’s zeal for promoting Olympic windsurfing, I have 16 years of experience in managing both IMCO and now the RS:X classes. This has lead me to the following conclusions.
See more @ http://windsurfingnz.org/node/1796
Previous Posts on this subject:
2008/09/15: Press release: Formula OD
2008/06/05: 2012 Olympic board - RSX or FWOD
2008
October 4-6: ONBOARD Speed and Wave sailing comp. Beachport SA.
October 5: SUP Stand up Paddle comp. 7am meet at Seaford Carpark.
November 1-2: ONBOARD Kite, Sail & SUP Demo weekend. Barmera SA.
November 15-16: ONBOARD Sail and Kite Demo Weekend. Milang SA.
2009
April 11–15: ONBOARD Robe Easter Wavesailing classic. Robe SA.
The poster for this event is now available
Click for full poster
