Any one tried any speed sailing on their kites ?
Whats the fastest? I'v done 33kts at tiwai today Just for shits and grins.
Think I can go a lot faster with a diffrent board any ideas? :?:

That sounds fast but my car does 220

speed kills and dents your cars

Cool pj Who are you?

How you measuring that, GPS??

Heaps of articles floating around out there from Mr Naish and the like on what makes a fast plank.

Hey Fraser,

You still doing the Inverrrrrrcarrrrrgil stint?
I imagine your just about on ice down there now, Ha!
mmmmm nice and warm up here.

Drop us a line some time, be good to catch up.

For speed I think a super pin single fin would be the way.
And a foil kite, maybe the phantom or a hybrid design.

Chris and Pete at Peter Lynn Kiteboarding would have some good ideas.
But you might have to wait until the thaw next spring.

lee
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For hybrid kites you mean something like a C Quad or a cross between a ram air and an LEI? For boards are we talking about directional boards or TT boards for all out speed? Lastly where in Auckland is a good place to get some good speed runs in?

Manuel Taub has broken the kitespeed WSSRC record lately in Leucate.

Leucate 2004 best speed

Rank Nat Name Last name Nds Km/h

Men

1 fr Manu Taub 39,79 73,69
2 fr Marc Gondard 39,46 73,08
3 fr Sylvain Maurin 38,31 70,95
4 nam Olaf Marting 38,18 70,71
5 fr Raphal Salles 37,99 70,36
6 fr Sebastien Cattelan 37,71 69,84
7 alg Malik Bouchanafa 37,62 69,67
8 usa Cory Roeseler 37,42 69,30
9 fr Tamatoh Gillot 37,06 68,64
10 fr Cyril Pimont 36,91 68,36
11 fr Jerome Bila 36,75 68,06
12 fr Robert Teriitheau 36,30 67,23
13 fr Bruno Sroka 36,29 67,21
14 fr Arnaud Murcia 36,15 66,95
15 no Christian Nerdrum 36,10 66,86
16 usa Chris Gilbert 35,55 65,84
17 fr Damien Girardin 35,29 65,36
18 fr Clement Pioch 35,22 65,23
19 fr Herv Bourr 35,16 65,12
20 usa Mark Shinn 35,00 64,82
21 fr Etienne Lhotte 34,83 64,51
22 fr Sylvain Hoceini 34,66 64,19
23 fr Franz Olry 34,57 64,02
24 sp Nacho Yuste 33,95 62,88
25 gbr Aaron Hadlow 33,29 61,65
26 fr Bertrand Fleury 33,22 61,52
27 fr Sudrat Julien 32,41 60,02
28 gbr Furness Jason 26,88 49,78

Women

1 fr Charlotte Consorti 33,24 61,56
2 no Tuva Jansen 31,15 57,69
3 fr Muriel Gipoulou 28,75 53,25



All time best kite speed

Rank Nat Name Last name Nds Km/h Spot

Men

1 fr Manu Taub 39,79 73,69 Leucate04
2 fr Marc Gondard 39,46 73,08 Leucate04
3 usa Robby Naish 38,47 71,25 Arrigana03
4 fr Sylvain Maurin 38,31 70,95 Leucate04
5 alg Malik Bouchanafa 38,28 70,89 Leucate03
6 nam Olaf Marting 38,18 70,71 Leucate04
7 fr Erik Carriere 38,01 70,39 Leucate03
8 fr Raphal Salles 37,99 70,36 Leucate04
9 fr Sebastien Cattelan 37,71 69,84 Leucate04
10 usa Cory Roeseler 37,42 69,30 Leucate04
11 fr Tamatoh Gillot 37,06 68,64 Leucate04
12 fr Bertrand Fleury 36,93 68,39 Leucate03
13 fr Cyril Pimont 36,91 68,36 Leucate04
14 fr Jerome Bila 36,75 68,06 Leucate04
15 usa Lou Wainman 36,32 67,26 Leucate03
16 fr Robert Teriitheau 36,30 67,23 Leucate04
17 fr Bruno Sroka 36,29 67,21 Leucate04
18 za Grant Ross 36,21 67,06 Walvis Bay03
19 fr Arnaud Murcia 36,15 66,95 Leucate04
20 fr Franz Olry 36,10 66,86 Leucate03
21 no Christian Nerdrum 36,10 66,86 Leucate04
22 fr Sylvain Hoceini 36,03 66,73 Leucate03
23 za Anthony Berzack 35,98 66,63 Walvis Bay03
24 nam Heino Windisch 35,89 66,47 Walvis Bay03
25 usa Chris Gilbert 35,55 65,84 Leucate04
26 de Dirk Hanel 35,45 65,65 Walvis Bay
27 fr Damien Girardin 35,29 65,36 Leucate04
28 fr Clement Pioch 35,22 65,23 Leucate04
29 fr Herv Bourr 35,16 65,12 Leucate04
30 usa Mark Shinn 35,00 64,82 Leucate04
31 fr Etienne Lhotte 34,83 64,51 Leucate04
32 za Hennie Bredenkamp 34,82 64,49 Walvis Bay03
33 nl Erik Groenewoud 34,60 64,08 Walvis Bay03
34 nam Juergen Geiger 34,56 64,01 Walvis Bay03
35 fr Pierre Romain 34,37 63,65 Leucate03
36 sp Nacho Yuste 33,95 62,88 Leucate04
37 de Christian Rogge 33,79 62,58 Leucate03
38 gbr Aaron Hadlow 33,29 61,65 Leucate04
39 fr Manu Bertin 33,11 61,32 Leucate03
40 dr Lucianno Gonzales 32,45 60,10 Leucate03
41 fr Sudrat Julien 32,41 60,02 Leucate04
42 ar Mariano Puricielli 30,27 56,06 Leucate03
43 fr Christophe Gipoulou 29,71 55,02 Leucate03
44 gbr Furness Jason 26,88 49,78 Leucate04

Women
1 fr Charlotte Consorti 33,24 61,56 Leucate04
2 no Tuva Jansen 33,23 61,54 Leucate03
3 fr Muriel Gipoulou 28,75 53,25 Leucate04
4 za Soulkje Bredenkamp 27,32 50,60 Walvis Bay03

For a Hybrid I was thinking of a hybrid guerilla, high aspect foil. like the phantom but possibly with a bridle. More unstable and prone to yaw but with more pull than a c-quad and capable of building up an awesome apparent wind because its a foil.

A simple kite, flat water a lot of wind gets you to around 70km/hr.
key thing is to ride what you know or understand. or what the sponsor is paying you to ride.

one of the first reports of speed runs I heard of was of Mark Arundel and Royce in tauranga on the c-quads and a directional board in '99. think they were clocking 68-70 clicks.

We all ride beter kites than this now so we can all have a crack at speed runs if we want to. (I'll leave all the official rule requirements for setting records to the geek and tweakheads at this stage). But really keen to see more attempts and the results.

I'm not sure where to find it, but you can calculate pretty accurately some of the results possible before you hit the water. You can tweak your kit to get some improvements before you get on the water.

Wind strength / sail size / drag ratios etc.

Boards, you want a board that creates less drag the faster it goes but still allows for control in the given water conditions.
Directional pin tail with a precision machined fin could be a good start.
The Underground guys would have some ideas for sure here.

kites, throw on some kevlar micro lines 0.5mm for drag reduction.
For Auckland the best speed results could be on 10-13m kites at a guess and for once the heavier guys might have an advantage in our gusty conditions.

Fraser is probably riding 40kts and just using a hanky.


Meola reef would be a good spot for speed.
Anyone else riding with a GPS and have some results?