Just peeled this off the Speed World Cup site - looks positive so far, though it's very early days;

21.08.08 12:40:38
Albeau ahead of volwater, moussilmani and lockwood now. topspeed is albeau with 39.2 knots in lightwind !
21.08.08 12:31:23
Albeau and Lockwood have a nice battle for the first place, with regular speeds of 38+ knots !

C'mon Slowie

The results aren't up yet, but it looks like slowie came 4th in his fleet.

Top effort!!!!

Smash 'em Slowie[}:)]

22.08.08 13:05:30
The ranking at the moment is albeau, dunkerbeck, maynard, lockwood, moussilmani

Its so good to see "Lockwood" up there with all the 'big' names.

YEAH!

ISWC Speed Windsurfing European Championship Karpathos 2008:
Day 3 Friday, 22 August 2008

What a day ! 3 complete rounds with two fleets today, with a new seasons top speed set by Antoine Albeau (FRA, Starboard)with 43.68 knots. He is leading the the competition now as well as Valerie Ghibaudo (FRA, Loft Sails) in the womens fleet.

The skippersmeeting was set to 9:00 as the forecast was promising strong wind early, and the wind was strong. The gold fleet hit the water sharp at 9:30, and everybody was doing 40s easily from the very beginning. Antoine and Bjorn Dunkerbeck (SUI, Proof, North) were both pushin for higher and higher speeds. Cyril Moussilmani (FRA, Fanatic, North) in third and Finian Maynard (BVI) in fourth.

After a short break, the Silver fleet was sent out, and it was a hard time for the mainly amateur sailors. In winds of up to 9 Beaufort almost all of them had problems to go up to the starting zone. With the top 7 sailors advancing to the next gold fleet race then the next round was started half an hour later, with again Antoine Albeau in first and Bjorn Dunkerbeck in second. Third this time Finian Maynard (BVI), and Chris Lockwood (AUS, Carbon Art, KA Sails) in fourth.

After a longer lunch break, the day went into the fourth round for the first discard of the competition, and this time it was Bjorn Dunkerbeck who was faster than anybody else. Albeau this time only in second, and Moussilmani in third.

All womens races were clearly dominated by Valerie Ghibaudo, with four bullets and a perfect score she is clear ahead of Anja Kruse (GER, F2, North) and Elke Schill (GER, F2, North).


Slowies currently running 5th
Results here:
http://www.speedworldcup.com/images/stories/documents/results/WSKarpathos2008Overall.pdf

we all know how fast Chris is at Sandy Point but wouldn't it be great to see AA and Bjorn down at Sandy Point.....what speeds could be achieved by these two?

Chris is just going to have to eat more pies. Top stuff to be in the top 5 and have a job.

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lao shi said...

Chris is just going to have to eat more pies. Top stuff to be in the top 5 and have a job.

That brings everything into perspective great achievement by Chris.
I still don't know why the heavier guys go faster? if you rig your gear to suit your weight then there shouldn't be that much difference if any.

Choco,the big guys are not only heavier but taller.The weight means that your upper body doesn,t move around as much,upsetting the board trim. The extra height means more leaverage. Tall,heavy people go fast when its a tight course,the lighter,height challenged have a better chance when its broard.This is a general rule. Its also helps to have lots of skill. Go Slowly

24.08.08 14:13:30
Dunkerbeck still in the lead ahead of albeau, moussilmani, maynard, lockwood.

24.08.08 14:22:29
Extension ! Lockwood in 4th now, in the last minute of the race ! Its a close battel for the top 5 places !

that sucks guys...imagine having to wear shorts and all the bloody wind would spoil you drinking at the bars

Looks like he might have borrowed Steve Stratfolds rig.

Not sure if Steve is there but the sail number looks like Steve's though.

Damn its miserable here... 28 deg, warm water. Its all tooo much.

Yes I borrowed a 7.2m yesterday from a viking called Morten. It was extremely gusty and had no chance with my 6.6m. Spin the wheel and see if you get wind. SOmetimes you get lucky and hook a 25kt gust (which never seems to last for the run), other times you stall on the run. The start is very difficult since you have to pinch extremely high in 5-20kts of wind, and then you have less than 100m to get started before the run. Basically its more important to be able to get upwind here than to be fast downwind. Hence the big sails. No wind today. Literally. Hanging for another couple of rounds...