We all know that the speed record for wind surfing is about 90km/h, and also that longest trip by a windsurfer is about 8500 km but what is the longest distance completed by a windsurfer in a single trip ? I did some digging and could not find an definite answer. I heard a story that one guy in Aus has done 313km but surely some people have gone further.

there was a guy who attached a windsurfing sail on top of a enclosed yacht and sailed i think the atlantic a few yrs. back if that's considered windsurfing?!?

if your talking single trip i assume you mean non stop? not sure how Kato's 300 odd was done if he stopped and rested during his epic?. if not a french woman has windsurfed acrossed the atlantic non stop i believe..on an enclosed yacht type arrangement as well,of course she rested below decks when needed....

The best i,ve done non stop is 8 hours,but i am jybing which gives your legs and arms a bit of a rest from being in the same position.Sailing on the same tack for a long time is a lot harder. The 309 trip I had 2 stops,1 short and 1 for about 45min.

kato said...

The best i,ve done non stop is 8 hours,but i am jybing which gives your legs and arms a bit of a rest from being in the same position.Sailing on the same tack for a long time is a lot harder. The 309 trip I had 2 stops,1 short and 1 for about 45min.

that's gold kato, you call gybing having a rest. for me it's harder than sailing straight.

my rest normally involves a cigarette behind the car.....

The limiting factors for me are wind and sunlight... so many times I've been ready to go but had to cut it short because either the wind doesn't arrive or I run out of sunlight.

When I did 220 odd k's I started at around 10:30 am and sailed till sunset, if there was wind at dawn I might have made 270 or so -- to do 300 plus you really need to be sailing fast and have consistent conditions all day. It makes Kato's efforts even more amazing to me, you really need serious amounts of commitment and good conditions to achieve those numbers!

Tarifa - Morocco was done by kites a few years ago - it's not very far at all - 20km maybe? Biggest problem is liasing with Gibraltar Straits traffic control because of the massive amount of shipping that goes through there...

I was reading the US windsurfing mag last night and it had a artical about Cuba's windsurfing from Cuba to the USA, there has been like 10 or so people do it and they have all made it, it was a good article where reading it was in the April or May mag.

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Paris, June 8, 2006.

Dear Raphaëlle Le Gouvello,

After successfully crossing the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Pacific, you just connect after sixty days spent at sea, the port of Exmouth in Australia to the coasts of Reunion Island.
You are the first to be carried out and crossing the Indian Ocean windsurfing and I am pleased to extend my deepest and most admiratives congratulations on this achievement.

I want to salute the courage and mental strength which were exceptional yours to deal with the vagaries of lucidity this adventure and overcome the "heavy weather" as the capsizing in order to arrive at Port.

The action you have undertaken to raise awareness through the development of a kit, the younger generations the major environmental challenges of this new millennium, confirms the sense of civic and responsible approach that has always been yours and it is an example for all.
By combining this success to the whole team to you every day together and identified this wonderful challenge, I request you to accept, Dear Raphaëlla Le Gouvello, my cordial good friendships.
Bravo !
Great feat! It's fantastic,

Jacques Chirac

Paris, June 8, 2006.

Charles said...

We all know that the speed record for wind surfing is about 90km/h, and also that longest trip by a windsurfer is about 8500 km but what is the longest distance completed by a windsurfer in a single trip ? I did some digging and could not find an definite answer. I heard a story that one guy in Aus has done 313km but surely some people have gone further.

GPS multi
What kind of distance are we talking here,
1/ GPS multiple back and forth runs
2/ A to B in a straight line by map
3/ A to B by GPS
4/ With or without breaks or sleeping
5/ On a true Windsurfer or some yacht like creation.

1/ you could clock up high k's and only travel 1 km on flat water.
2/ eg. I sailed from Warnbro to Scarbrough, in a straight line it's 50 km.
3/ By GPS it would be a lot different after going around Point Perin, zig zagging down wind and wave sailing for an hour at Scarbs.
4/ Is it for one session, or total over a day or longer.
5/ On a sailboard you can chuck in the car or something that needs a trailer?

Mr. No-one said...

Charles said...

We all know that the speed record for wind surfing is about 90km/h, and also that longest trip by a windsurfer is about 8500 km but what is the longest distance completed by a windsurfer in a single trip ? I did some digging and could not find an definite answer. I heard a story that one guy in Aus has done 313km but surely some people have gone further.

GPS multi
What kind of distance are we talking here,
1/ GPS multiple back and forth runs
2/ A to B in a straight line by map
3/ A to B by GPS
4/ With or without breaks or sleeping
5/ On a true Windsurfer or some yacht like creation.

1/ you could clock up high k's and only travel 1 km on flat water.
2/ eg. I sailed from Warnbro to Scarbrough, in a straight line it's 50 km.
3/ By GPS it would be a lot different after going around Point Perin, zig zagging down wind and wave sailing for an hour at Scarbs.
4/ Is it for one session, or total over a day or longer.
5/ On a sailboard you can chuck in the car or something that needs a trailer?

I was thinking straight line A to B( # 2) in a single run with a real windsrufer. not on some boat with extended stops for silly things like sleeping.

O and 50km, very nice.

There was a mad French chick that went Exmouth Australia to Reunion island South Africa.....

Just as the spring swells pumped up the west coast o6/07 ?........ carnt really remember exactly but she floated around for 40 plus days. Whist the west coast crew wacked 8-10 foot dubble bubble troubles......... She made it over approx 3500km .

There was two doods (brothers ) they were from some Euro wonder land .... tryed to row across last week and got flogged 50 mile, off i think it was Carnarvon or Exmouth .............one of them had a heart attack.