Speedsailimg Records and History

The World Speed Sailing Record can be held anywhere in the world by the skipper who establishes the fastest speed which is ratified in accordance with the IYRU / World Speed Record Council Rules. The Record shall be established over a minimum of half a kilometer on water. A timed run is measured from the difference in the times recorded at the crossing of the starting and finishing lines.

The first recorded World Speed Record was held in Portland on the south coast of England in 1972. The first record holder was SirTimothy Coleman , skippering Crossbow’s I and II over a period of 8 years attaining record speeds starting at 26.30 Kn. through to 36.00 Kn. He held onto the record until 1986.

1972	Crossbow	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	26.30
1973	Crossbow	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	29.30
1975	Crossbow	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	31.10
1975	Crossbow II	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	31.80
1977	Crossbow II	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	33.80
1977	Crossbow II	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	34.40
1980	Crossbow II	Sir Timothy Coleman	Portland	36.00
1986	Board	Pascal Maka	Sotavento	38.86
1988	Board	Erik Beale	Stes.Maries	40.48
1990	Board	Pascal Maka	Stes.Maries	42.91
1991	Board	Thierry Bielak	Stes.Maries	43.06
1991	Board	Thierry Bielak	Stes.Maries	44.66
1993	Yellowpages	Simon McKeon	Sandy Point	46.52
2004	Board	Finian Maynard	Stes.Maries	47.82
2005	Board	Finian Maynard	Stes.Maries	48.70
2008	Board	Antoine Albeau	Stes.Maries	49,09
2009	L´Hydroptere	L´Hydroptere	South France	51,36