paul
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attempt on speed record
Friday saw the first day of all four Challengers simultaneously on the speed course, after Antoine Albeau had just return from a PWA
competition on the neighboring island of Fuerteventura where he finished second.
The Arinaga speed course opened on Friday at about 4:30 pm. While the wind speeds never exceeded 32 knots, remarkably all four
Challengers sailed well into the 40’s, with Bj??rn Dunkerbeck setting the days benchmark of 41,94 knots, (apparently on a
slalom board)just ahead of Anders Bringdal who clocked 41,56 knots.
Setting a new personal best Antoine Albeau clocked a 41,72knots, while Robby Naish called it a day after reaching 40,56 knots on his
first day out in Arinaga.
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All this was to change by Tuesday, when Robby Naish was testing the 500-meter course, looking to get a feel for his equipment in this
environment. Just after a couple of runs and without any preparation for it, Robby clocked 38,47 knots - mere inches off the kite speed
record.
But things were about to get even better after a series of speed runs at the top of the course, called into the base camp by the WSSRC
Commissioner Graham Ward. Ward had relieved Michael Ellison earlier last week.
As the high tide was dropping by late afternoon the remaining Challengers Anders Bringdal, Bj??rn Dunkerbeck and Robby Naish started to
produce speeds averaging well over forty knots at the first few hundered meters of the course, measured over the 100-meter distance of
the repaired course.
In the end Naish found himself flying over the water with 44,20 knots, Bringdal with 44,30 knots and Bj??rn Dunkerbeck with a whopping
46,30 knots - taking a peak at the current world record of 46,52.
It called for cheers at the end of the day with the certainty, that the speed course is very effective and close to be repaired over
the full 500-meter distance.
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justal
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Go on Bjorn... you can do it!!! 
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paul
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| posted on 31-7-2003 at 07:38 |
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nah I want Robby to get both the windsurfing and kitesurfing record, that would be pretty kewl
(although I suspect Bjorn is faster on a windsurfer)
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paul
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this sure looks fast, might convert a few folk away from freestyle ?
there getting pretty efficient out there, but they've only got till sunday then it's off to france in october:
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Although today’s wind direction was not ideal, blowing North-Northeast at 19 knots mean, Bj??rn Dunkerbeck was able to
manage a run over the 500 meter distance at 41,64 knots average, while Robby Naish was able to claim his best for the day of 38,48
knots
paul has attached this image:
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Whats the deal with the sail. I have seen some pictures before, but have not read up on the kit. Is it that 'colour' for speed, or is
it one of the new anti UV sails I have heard about?
Is there wind on the way??
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paul
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I had a peek on pryde's web site, basically it's a double surface sail as they are faster, essentially it's like having huge camber
inducers to force more shape into the luff of the sail, hence the strange look, I've downloaded the PDF so I'll have a read and
summerise later
link to pryde press release
[Edited on 2-8-2003 by paul]
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| posted on 28-9-2003 at 06:22 |
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French Attempt put on hold
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Two month after the Canary Islands event concluded, the WSSC decided to postpone their plans for France until spring of 2004.
Meteorologists continue to warn that record temperatures - which swept across Europe this summer - caused exceptionally unseasonable
climate conditions for months to come. After taking a critical view on the likelihood of acceptable wind conditions for the South of
France, this uncertainty prompted the organizers of the Speed Challenge to move the dates back by a few months.
After narrowing down the location for the next stop of the Challenge to the Languedoc-Roussillo region and to a place where the Rh?¥ne
Valley meets the Mediterranean Sea, two communities emerged as the finalists in bidding for the event. The Mediterranean coastal cities
of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rh?¥ne and the Ville de Gruissan are likely to make the ideal locations to hosts the World Speed Sailing
Challenge.
With the postponement of France, the organizers are currently reviewing the viability to move to New Zealand ahead of schedule,
although no decision has been taken yet.
Since July the undisputed icons and World Champions of windsurfing Robby Naish, Bj??rn Dunkerbeck, Anders Bringdal and Antoine Albeau
embarked on breaking a new frontier in sailing when they set out to become the fastest men on water powered by wind.
check http://www.worldspeedsailing.com for all the latest.
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