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I know there are a few on here who are into sailing; so how d'you fancy piloting this:
sail beats motor at 1 knot. 🙂
Ha!
and even better the crown has been wrestled from the low slung pant wearing tea baggers
Still remember the days when Weymouth speed week was the place to be for speed - even had a go myself with a fully camber induced North Prism on my trusty F2 Sputnik.......that was when 30 knots was fast!
Makes my 21kts on a Melges 24 seem pretty pathetic.
I didn't make 30 knots! That was the record at the time. I was something like 21st on 22.5 knots!
Windsurfing world speed record is up to 52.05knots now....dangle boarders start next week though 🙁
yeah but we all know its not really sailing! - looks like the windsurf crew might break 100kph though!
It is hard to get your head around how fast that is in a sail driven craft - as above, we thought we were haulin' at 15, maybe heading close to 20 knots on a International Canoe, Hobie 18 or Prindle 18-2....or the Tempest/Fireball/505/470 at 10-15 knots... Brilliant effort, and masses to be learned from what and how they did things IMO.
Matt, absolutely; the wake from that Vesta looks like the rooster tail from a drag boat! At that speed, you really wouldn't want to be flipped out onto the water; you'd certainly bounce a bit... 😯
They have just set a new world record today...OBLITERATING everthing else with 65.37 knots av over 500m (thats 10knots quicker than anyone else!!!!) and 67.37kts peak 😯 (77mph!!!)