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The History of Speed sailing, från Exocets hemsida
The History of Speed sailing. kopierat från Exocets hemsida, http://www.exocet-original.com
# 1972 : Crossbow I sets World Speed sailing record at 26.3 knots.
# 1972 : First RYA Speed week held at Weymouth.
# 1976 : Crossbow II move the record to 36 knots.
# 1977 : Windsurfers first appear at speed competitions. Ken Winner and Mike Waltze come across from Hawaii to enter the Weymouth event, but are beaten by Dirk Thijs from Holland who does 19.1 knots on a standard Windglider. No straps no harness.
# 1980 : Jaap van der Rest sets new record at 24.45 knots at Maalaea Bay (Maui) on a Ten Cate Special. He took several weeks with a paid RYA observer to break the record.
# 1982 : Brest Speed Week; Out of 225 competitors, Philip Pudenze breaks the World record with a run of 26.5 knots. Most competitors now sailing on special speed boards, and the ”25 knots club” got formed with only six members.
# 1982 : RYA Speed Week; Pascal Maka sets new World record at 27.8 knots on a Jimmy Lewis custom board.
# 1983 : Weymouth Speed Trials; Fred Heywood enters the scene with a new record of 30.82 knots aided by a massive back up team from Hawaii including Barry Spanier and Geoff Bourne, – and using a carbon wing instead of a mast.
# 1984 : Peter Bridgeman (UK) becomes the second man to break the 30 knots barrier.
# 1985 : Port St. Louis France; 50 knots wind speed and 8 sailors beat the World record. The fastest of them is Michael Pucher at 32. 35 knots.
# 1986 : July 21st. Sotavento, Fuerteventura; Windsurfing becomes the fastest sailing sport in the World as Pascal Maka breaks the fourteen years dominance of Crossbow II with a speed at 38.86 knots. On a Jimmy Lewis board and Gaastra sail. Three others also break the record: Eric Beale (36.73) Jimmy Lewis (36.31) and Fred Heywood. (36.13) Eugen Dunkerbeck claims production board record on an F2 Starlit at 34.60 knots, and yes.- that was a wave board.
# 1987 : The Camargue Wind Club finish construction of the 800 meter long St. Marie speed canal. It was also angled perfectly to accommodate the Mistral winds.
# 1988 : Pascal Maka beats off the challenge from the nine-ton hydrofoil Trimaran ”Paca” with 310 sqm rig. Maka (84 kg) uses a 4.4 sqm Gaastra Slalomfoil to amaze the yachting world.
# 1988 : November; Eric Beale breaks the 40 knots barrier with a run of 40.5 knots at the speed canal, now known as the ”Trench”. However, the run was made at a private trials and the dominant Pascal Maka was not invited.
# 1989 : Sotavento; Roddy Lewis wins with 38.28 knots with Dunkerbeck close behind on a slalom board.
# 1989 : Pascal Maka retakes the title wth a 42.91 knots run at the Trench.
# 1990 :F2 Sputnik 270 was launched. Dave White immediately uses it to set a new production record at 39.10 knots.
# 1990 : Speed is now officially huge. F2 and Tushingham are running speed teams and the sailors are super stars.
# 1991: March; Thierry Bielak sets new record of 43.06 knots at the Trench in private trials.
# 1991: July; Thierry Bielak pushes up the bar again at the Trench. 44.66 knots.
# 1991: Nick Luget and Tushingham win the Wind Swatch event at the Trench with a run of 41.22 knots, beating record holder Bielak and Maka in the process.
# 1991: Dunkerbeck blasts everyone away with a 43.34 knots run in Tarifa to become the fastest sailor in history on a natural (off shore) course.
# 1991: October; Dave White breaks production Board Speed Record at West Kirby on a F2 Sputnik 270 at 42.16 knots.
# 1993 : ART launch the 5 foot long inflatable ”carrot” to help speed sailors to waterstart their many cammed monsters.
# 1993 : Australia. Yellow Pages Endeavour, a 30 foot proa. Retakes the World Record with a speed of 46.52 knots.
# 1993 : Thierry Bielak lift the Windsurfing record to 45.32 knots at the Trench.
# 2002 : Grand Canaria; Bjorn Dunkerbeck and a team from Proof Boards break 40 knots. Bjorn vows to try again.
# 2003 : Robby Naish and Bjorn Dunkerbeck announce they are to challenge Yellow Pages’ record at locations in France and The Canaries.
# 2004 : 46.82 knots. Finian Maynard set a new record at the Trench -
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