About Speed Sailing

Speedsailing is the easiest competitive windsurfing event for riders of all abilities. You only need to be able to sail in a straight line, and you don’t even need to be able to gybe!

The Pinnacle of UK Speedsailing

Weymouth Speed Week is the oldest and longest running speedsailing event on the planet, having started in 1972. It caters for all sailing craft, experimental and production. It attracts the novice to fastest speed sailors in the world, and it is always a fun and enjoyable week.

Weymouth Speed Week takes place early October, and is held at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The dates of the next few events are shown at the bottom of the WSW home page.

Since 2007 Weymouth Speed Week has crowned UKWA Speed Champions. The event uses a format very similar to the ISWC and riders accumulate points during the week. Full details are on the WSW results website.

Weymouth Speed Week is limited to approximately 90 sailors and it fills up fast, so get your entries in early to secure your place. All abilities are welcome and many prizes are available during the week, going mainly to the novice and amateur sailors.

The Weymouth Speed Week home page is www.weymouthspeedweek.com

International Events

Every year the Prince of Speed runs three events in La Palme, Aude (France).

- ISWC Speed World Championship (April)
- World Record Attempts (June)
- Farrel Cup (September)

Several British riders take part in these events and past results are online.

Links

There are several sites that are dedicated to tracking your GPS results, the most popular are GPS-Speedsurfing and Speedsurf.app.

The home pages of the World Speed Tour and International Speed Windsurfing Class are also well worth visit to follow the fastest riders in the world.