Speed Sailing Odds And Ends…: Still no full report on Sandy Point Speed Week, but it doesn’t sound as if any records were broken. It did blow like hell, though, and if you want to see what that looked like check out this video, and this video, of a windsurfer whipping down the course in a near-sandstorm.

A little late…but here’s a report on the new kiteboarding speed record set last month by Namibian Olaf Marting. He blasted down the 500 meter course at Walvis Bay in winds up to 40 knots to set a new mark of 41.67 knots (besting old record-holder Manu Taub’s 39.79). The kiteboarders are coming on strong…



Olaf At Speed: “Just a little more kite refinement and I’m going to kick Finian’s ass…”