Kites ready to smash 50 knots in Luderitz, Namibia!

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Kites ready to smash 50 knots in Luderitz, Namibia!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh6vcN7g ... re=related

Looks like 50 knots will fall very soon... :twisted:

Bjoern Dunkerbeck also posted a personal best time here and is confident that windsurfers will crack 50 soon.
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That was over the full 500 m and the new rule of 50 cm water depth, right? (The last is really unfair to kites, though maybe acceptable as a safety thing....)

THat 0.1 knot must be just so frustrating, the sailor who breaks 50 will have a place in history.....
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Copied from a post on Boards.uk site:
Official results: Day 4

Rob Douglas 49.84 (world record)
Sebastian Cattelan 49.59
Alex Caizergues 48.79
Sjoukje Bredenkamp 45.20 (new world women’s record)
Hennie Bredenkamp 47.59 (new Africa record)
David Williams 43.32 (new UK kite record)
Jurgen Geiger 44.90 (new Namibia record)
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