footage of Captain Calamity aka Glenn Crawley – crashing his now legendary catamaran boat ‘Mischief’ at Little Fistral, Newquay. Watch as he ends up drifting inside the breaking waves much to the bemusement of the surfers as the boat gets caught inside powerful surf. Waves soon begin to hit the boat. The first wave impacts so hard he is forced to dive for cover and the boat begins to break apart. RIP ‘mischief’. Glenn’s unique personal style of extreme sailing has always been controversial. He has at times been banned from Newquay Harbor. In 2007 he was involved in 4 RNLI coastguard rescues while in charge of Mischief in as many hours. The Newquay Harbor master in 2008 claimed Glen was “a bloody menace” and made Glen re-take his sailing exams. However on the 22nd Sept Mischief sailed (and kind of surfed..a bit) for the last time
The world’s top speed sailors will converge on Luderitz and will attempt to break speed sailing records at the 4th Luderitz Speed Challenge from 4 to 31 October.
This year the challenge will be to break the 54 knots barrier and to be able to achieve this, the canal will be wider at the start to make entry as easy as possible. The sand removed from the canal will be laid to create a wall to protect during the high tide.
As a result of these changes the canal will be safer compared to previous years.
The canal will now be 10m wide, 700m long and 1m deep.
For the first time the three disciplines of  … Details
The North American Speed Sailing Project members are getting ready for the long waited 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge.
After taking the 2010 2010 HAM Challenge, Jamie Douglas, Bill and Rob Douglas are really looking forward to claim the world speed sailing record, property of the l’Hydroptère.
“A new outright world speed sailing record is waiting for America in the waters off of Africa”, says a NASSP post in the official site … Details
If you thought that the America’s Cup controversy ended last February, then you’d be wrong. In a move which has shocked many and so far apparently pleased few in the world of sailing, it seems that the 34th America’s Cup racing will be anything but traditional, and quite likely even farther out of the reach of anyone but the super-rich than any non-DOG Cup race ever. For the first time in the cup’s history, the entire fleet will be on hi-tech winged catamarans, and the era of the America’s Cup monohulls may be gone forever.Â
Although the location of the next America’s Cup race has yet to be decided, we now know when it will be held, the boats which will be sailing, and the protocol for the racing. For fans of technology and speed sailing, the decision to race massive, monster multihulls may be welcome news.  For fans of tradition, however, this may be a death blow to the hopes that the America’s Cup would return to being a race that rewards national teams in accessible craft … Details & Pictures
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