Wooo hooo, a 60 footer can beat an 8 footer!

No, windsurfers are NOT restricted to the trench. The current OPEN WATER world speed record is 44.35 knots.....faster than any cat has recorded over an official trial, anywhere.

The PRODUCTION board record is 43.44 knots.....faster than any cat has recorded over an official trial, anywhere.

Back in the late '70s or 1980, before there were short boards, harnesses or footstraps a board did about 19.7 knots (officially) at the Weymouth trials....