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Weymouth Speed Week - Pushing the Limits in Portland Harbour

by Kate Holmes on 18 Oct 2010
Weymouth Speed Week 2008 SW
Dakine Weymouth Speed Week takes place from 16 to 22 October 2010 at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

The official British Championships will ensure that all possible is done to allow Harbour records to be broken, by kitesurfers, windsurfers and sailors. The event is centred on an accurately measured 500 metre course located in Portland Harbour. This provides the challenge for the speed sailor to pit his wits against the elements.

Competitors help develop the sport and grow it internationally, to push the limits of other national and world records, including the present 54.10-knot record. Signed up to push those boundaries this year are the legendary Bjorn Dunkerbeck and Zara Davis the current women’s No. 1. The course at Weymouth is suited to all competitors from boats to the kiters, so if the wind blows, and they are due a good year, the harbour record set by Anders Bringdal in 2008 could fall.

The lack of rules provides the ideal opportunity for both experts and dreamers to build the type of boats which, but for Dakine Weymouth Speed Week, would never see the light of day. There are no restrictions as to who may enter and all types of craft are welcome.

The 2010 Dakine Weymouth Speed Week will continue to expand upon previous years’ innovations. The event has proved its credibility each year, and steps are being taken this year to further increase the measurement accuracy. The new timing system will run solely using Navi GT31 GPS devices and software designed by Manfred Fuchs from Germany.

John Tweed, Chief Executive at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, commented, ‘Weymouth Speed Week is a unique event. In recent years we have witnessed World Champions and Record holding professionals sailing on the same course as novices and juniors. With so many great competitors from all over the world we’re looking forward to, hopefully, a new harbour record being set.’
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