Looks as though the official World Speed Sailing record has been broken. Rob Douglas recorded 49.84 knots on the course at Luderitz... So close to the 50 knot barrier as well!

Quite a few other records were borken too:
Sjoukje Bredenkamp 45.20 (new world women’s record)
Hennie Bredenkamp 47.59 (new Africa record)
David Williams 43.32 (new UK kite record)
Jurgen Geiger 44.90 (new Namibia record)

YouTube video of the run here

Al.