I think one of the first poster said it best :

Windsurf record rely on gale force winds for their records. (1 to smaller then 1 times the windspeed)

Yellow Page achieved its record by doing 3 times the windspeed.


First is brute force with huge refinements in control.

Second is elegant with huge refinements in efficiency.

Both records are equally important and interesting. Especially interesting is to see how close both approaches are in their final result.

Wouter