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    Speed sailing records are sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). Records are measured either by average speed over...
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  • The World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) was founded in 1972, initially to ratify records at the inaugural Weymouth Speed Week held every year since...
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  • land speed record In the water Water speed record Speed sailing record Underwater speed record List of world records in athletics List of speed skating...
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  • Speed sailing is the art of sailing a craft as fast as possible over a predetermined route, and having its overall or peak speed recorded and accredited...
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    Blue Riband Passage sailing record Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race Speed sailing record Transatlantic crossing World Sailing Speed Record Council...
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    hemisphere spring. It is observed by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) and the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The event is held at the...
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  • is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for...
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    The world unlimited Water Speed Record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle, irrespective of propulsion method...
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    The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition...
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    A sailing hydrofoil, hydrofoil sailboat, or hydrosail is a sailboat with wing-like foils mounted under the hull. As the craft increases its speed the...
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  • a kiteboard in speed sailing records attempts. In 2008 Douglas broke the world speed sailing record on a kiteboard, hitting a top speed of 49.84 knots...
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    craft sailing directly downwind. In 2009, the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle was set by the sailing craft, Greenbird, sailing at about...
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    The Vestas Sailrocket was built to capture the sailing speed record competing in the B-class for 150 to 235 square feet of sail. It is piloted by the project...
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    The land speed record (LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land. By a 1964 agreement between...
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    Windsurfing (redirect from Board-sailing)
    level with lighter easier equipment. Windsurfing shattered the world speed sailing record, entered the Olympics and became lauded as, "The fastest growing...
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    Proa (section Speed records)
    high-technology interpretations specifically designed for breaking speed-sailing records. The term "proa" originates from Early Modern English "prow" or...
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    fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing...
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  • Passage records have been sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). See Around the world sailing record 12948 nm See Transatlantic...
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    windsurfer. He holds the British speed sailing record for all sail powered craft, as recognised by the World Sailing Speed Record Council. Originally from Wellington...
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    freestyle, wave-riding, and racing competitions. The sport held the speed sailing record, reaching 55.65 kn (103.06 km/h) before being eclipsed by the 65...
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    world record via an East about route, attempted by no-one and has been verified by the WSSRC (World Speed Sailing Record Council) as an official record. Azhar...
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    ISBN 978-0-12-079875-9. OCLC 64667839. "Wolfram Reiners - German Speed Kitesurfing Record and Outright Speed Sailing Record". www.kitekahunas.com. Kite Magazin, issue 5,...
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    water kite hydrofoil tugged by an air kite reaching for breaking speed sailing records. A State of the Art Hydroptere Powered by Kite. The kite on the...
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    the book Land-Sailing Venus Rover With NASA Inventor Geoffrey Landis, published by World Book publishing. The world land speed record for a wind-powered...
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    Racing Congress (ORC) World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) International Radio Sailing Association (IRSA) World Sailing is responsible for administration...
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    Underwater speed record include records for submarines, autonomous underwater vehicles, and torpedoes. As these are typically for military vehicles, most...
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  • This is a list of the world's record-breaking top speeds achieved by street-legal production cars (as opposed to concept cars or modified cars). For the...
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    Vendée Globe (category IMOCA 60 class sailing competitions)
    starting from Qatar. Other speed sailing records Speed sailing record World Sailing Speed Record Council Transatlantic sailing record Circumnavigation List...
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    steps. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailing vessels. Large improvements in fuel economy allowed steam to progressively...
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    globe in 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. The absolute speed sailing record around the world followed the North Atlantic Ocean, Equator, South...
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