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55 Knots has fallen

Alan Cole — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:15:25 +0000

The kitesurfers have now smashed the 55 knot barrieer over 500m – The speeds have yet to be officially ratified by the WSSRC, but Sebastien Cattelan has done it again at the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge. After writing history just over two years ago by being the first kiter to break the magical 50 knots...

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Getting Closer to 40 knots

Alan Cole — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 08:17:15 +0000

Day 2 of what should be a good weekend for speed sailing and after yesterday’satempt was somewhat foiled by wind and tides not coinciding my plan was to get in an early session as the tide came in and the sun rose. I was on the beach at 6.30am in the pitch dark. The wind...

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New World Kite Speed Record at Luderitz

Alan Cole — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:08:59 +0000

November 14, saw Frenchman Alex Caizergues break the world kiteboarding speed record with an incredible speed of 50.98 knots, improving on the previous world record of 50.57. With two weeks still left in the competition at Luderitz, everything is still up for grabs, including the highly sought after world outright speed sailing record of 51.36...

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Another World Speed Record

Alan Cole — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:33 +0000

That mad French boat l’hydroptere has done it again, this time breaking the 50 knot barrier over a mile. It achieved an average speed of 50.17 knots (92.91km/h) over one nautical mile (1.852 km) setting a new world record. To put this in perspective, it is a whole 10 knots faster than the fastest windsurfer...

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