New speed record of 52knots

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shear tip
shear tip
NSW
1125 posts
NSW, 1125 posts
1 Apr 2007 9:07pm
According to boardseekermag.com/


Windsurfer, well 2 windsurfers actually. Yesterday 2 windsurfers broke the 50knot barrier with a spped of 52.64 knots on a Tandem, in winds of only 34knots. The board in question was a custom design that was narrow enough to allow such speeds, it also took a lot of fin and sail testing to get the most effective combination. The windsurfers Steve Todd and his wife Jane also said they had to try loads of different fins but eventually they found that the 32cm Foil from Australian brands Ka Pro A series was up to the job.

...Oh, and it's still am in the UK on April 1
divaldo
divaldo
SA
2878 posts
SA, 2878 posts
1 Apr 2007 8:51pm
April Fools?

..if not that's farken fast!
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
1 Apr 2007 7:28pm
You reckon that's bad, check out slashdot.org/ .

They take this day to new, hitherto unplumbed depths...
plev
plev
QLD
181 posts
QLD, 181 posts
1 Apr 2007 9:33pm
Usually tandem is the equivalent of towing a caravan behind an F1 car.
April fool yup! April drongo nup! I'll need to see GPS data or at the very least all boxes ticked by George "the Almighty" Dubyuh.
kato
kato
VIC
3527 posts
VIC, 3527 posts
1 Apr 2007 9:47pm
Having run tandems to a peak of 35kt and passed many a single windsurfer all you could say is show us the data.
Jethrow
Jethrow
NSW
1282 posts
NSW, 1282 posts
2 Apr 2007 8:46am
I don't know, but maybe the fact that the fins they used were the APRO-FOIL and the comment at the end spelt out april fool but maybe I'm just reading to much into what would otherwise be a great day. Good one though!
DavMen
DavMen
NSW
1510 posts
NSW, 1510 posts
2 Apr 2007 9:09am
Hahahahaha

Good one! finaly someone with a good sense of humor well done Boardseeker!
Did anybody get done or hear of any other fool's day joke's!

DavMen
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