Welcome to what promises to be the most exciting event in the history of Speed Sailing : From the 4th to the 31st of October 2010, the Luderitz Speed Challenge will be held in Namibia with the best Speed Sailors in the world participating!



For the 1st time, the 3 disciplines competing in the battle for top speeds - namely: HYDROFOIL BOAT, WINDSURF and KITESURF will race together during the same event in Namibia!

To improve performances this year, a channel of 700 m long, 10 m wide and 1 m deep will be dug in the "Second Lagoon", one of the fastest speed sailing spots in the world!

Together, we will push the limits and beat existing national and world records going faster than “L’Hydroptère, the Hydrofoil boat” which holds the present record with 51.36 knots.

The event attracts many nationalities and various national and world records have been broken during the first 3 Luderitz Speed Challenges. It has played a vital role in kite boarders attaining top rankings in Speed Sailing.

The World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC), who sanctions each event to officialize Records will again be present at the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge.

To check out the action click on the links below:

The official teaser of this amazing event : http://www.imagemouvement.com/luderitz/ ... 10-web.mov

Pictures from the past 3 events : http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=luderit ... +challenge

Our website : http://www.luderitz-speed.com

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you require more information regarding this exciting event.
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Sarene Kloren
Press Officer
Ludertiz Speed Event 2010

[email protected]

Zo noemen ze dat 10 meter breed Ik zou niet graag met die snelheid door zo'n smal geultje knallen. Als je de kant raakt staat je board stil en knappen je enkeltjes.......................... Maar ja het zijn wel bikkels en ik neem aan dat ze niet zeuren als zoiets gebeurt

Luderitz Speed Challenge 2010

3 National Records broken on 1st Day of Luderitz Speed Challenge

The 1st National Speed Record broken within minutes of the start of the Luderitz Speed Event 2010 on what was expected to be simply a training session in anticipation prior to the big winds forecast for next week.

Kite surfer Gavin Broadbent smashed the existing New Zealand national record within 13 minutes of the first day of the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge on Friday 8th October at 2nd Lagoon, Luderitz Bay, Namibia. After only 3 runs his official average speed over 500m was recorded at 44.51 knots – the previous record being 40.68 knots.



70 minutes later, also on his 3rd run, Swedish windsurfer Anders Bringdal broke the Swedish National Windsurfing record. The existing record was 41.96 and his official recorded speed was 42.9 knots.


Australian Kite surfer Tim Pumpa was the 3rd competitor of the day to set a new national record – Best Kite Speed record for Australia with an official speed of 40.72 knots. The previous record was 33.94 knots.



All new records are still to be ratified by the World Speed Sailing Record Council (WSSRC).
As predicted by the event organizers, Sebastian Cattelan and Sophie Routaboul, this event promises to be the most exciting speed sailing event in the history of the sport.

These records were done with only a 25-28 knots of wind with a spring high tide.

For all the latest updates check out the official Luderitz Speed Event website www.luderitz-speed.com