Speed sailing records are sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). Records are measured either by average speed over...

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...

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...

Blue Riband Passage sailing record Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race Speed sailing record Transatlantic crossing World Sailing Speed Record Council...

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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...

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...

The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition...

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...

fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing...

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...

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...

starting from Qatar. Other speed sailing records Speed sailing record World Sailing Speed Record Council Transatlantic sailing record Circumnavigation List...

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...

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...

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...

February 2016[update] he still holds this record. He is an around the world solo sailor, and holds the 24-hour world speed sailing record for solo mono-hulls (537 nautical...

level with lighter easier equipment. Windsurfing shattered the world speed sailing record, entered the Olympics and became lauded as, "The fastest growing...

high-technology interpretations specifically designed for breaking speed-sailing records. The term "proa" originates from Early Modern English "prow" or...

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...

claimed the record for the world's fastest yacht at 26.3 knots with Crossbow, a proa outrigger, at the inception of the World Sailing Speed Record Council...

Racing Congress (ORC) World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) International Radio Sailing Association (IRSA) World Sailing is responsible for administration...

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...

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,...

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...

steps. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailing vessels. Large improvements in fuel economy allowed steam to progressively...

Underwater speed record include records for submarines, autonomous underwater vehicles, and torpedoes. As these are typically for military vehicles, most...

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...

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...

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, French for "High-Speed Train") holds a series of land speed records for rail vehicles achieved by SNCF, the French national...