Some speed records

Date Craft Skipper Location Speed (knots) Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Comment 24 Nov 2012 Vestas Sailrocket 2 Paul Larsen AUS Walvis Bay, NAM 65.45[1] 121.1 75.2
18 Nov 2012 Vestas Sailrocket 2 Paul Larsen AUS Walvis Bay, NAM 59.23[3] 109.69 68.1
28 Oct 2010 Kitesurf Robert Douglas USA Lüderitz, NAM 55.65 103.06 64.0
28 Oct 2010 Kitesurf Sebastien Cattelan FRA Lüderitz, NAM 55.49 102.76 63.8 14 minutes before Robert Douglas’ record. Homologated by the WSSRC.
12 Oct 2010 Kitesurf Alexandre Caizergues FRA Lüderitz, NAM 54.10 100.19 62.3 First record above 100 km/h
4 Sept 2009 l’Hydroptère – hydrofoil trimaran Alain Thébault FRA Hyères FRA 51.36 95.11 59.1 Nautical mile record broken on the same run. An instantaneous maximum speed of 55 knots was recorded.
2008 Kitesurf Alexandre Caizergues FRA Lüderitz, NAM 50.57 93.65 58.2
2008 Kitesurf Sebastien Cattelan FRA Luderitz, NAM 50.26 93.08 57.8 First record above 50 knots
2008 Kitesurf Robert Douglas USA Luderitz, NAM 49.84 92.30 57.4
2008 Windsurf Antoine Albeau FRA Stes.Maries, FRA 49.09 90.91 56.5
2005 Windsurf Finian Maynard IRL Stes.Maries, FRA 48.70 90.19 56.0
2004 Windsurf Finian Maynard IRL Stes.Maries, FRA 46.82 86.71 53.9
1993 Yellow Pages Endeavour – proa Simon McKeon AUS Sandy Point, AUS 46.52 86.15 53.5
1991 Windsurf Thierry Bielak FRA Stes.Maries, FRA 44.66 82.71 51.4
1990 Windsurf Pascal Maka FRA Stes.Maries, FRA 43.06 79.74 49.5
1988 Windsurf Erik Beale GBR Stes.Maries, FRA 40.48 74.96 46.6
1986 Windsurf Pascal Maka FRA Sotavento, SP 38.86 71.96 44.7
1980 Crossbow II catamaran Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 36.00 66.67 41.4
1977 Crossbow II catamaran Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 34.40 63.70 39.6
1977 Crossbow II catamaran Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 33.80 62.59 38.9
1975 Crossbow II catamaran Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 31.80 58.89 36.6
1975 Crossbow proa Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 31.10 57.59 35.8
1973 Crossbow proa Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 29.30 54.26 33.7
1972 Crossbow proa Tim Colman GBR Portland, UK 26.30 48.70 30.3