Whoosh!

[kindredspirit]

I see Finian Maynard has broken the world windsurfing speed record with 46.24 knots, so the next time you hear a whoosh on your starboard side it could be him whizzing past you on his surfboard.

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[Dave_Snelson]

Bl**dy 'ell - thats as fast as my Windy!! Better still though, I wouldn't be seen out in conditions that made his board perform like that.

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[kindredspirit]

Record was actually done in 40 knots of wind on a 500 metre section of a French canal.

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[cool_running]

You are a fountain of knowledge............

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