News Archive - March, 2002

Monday, 18th March 2002 - Windjet not attending the World Championships and NALSA Speed Trials

The next two weeks will see the NALSA Speed Trials and World Land Sailing Championships take place at the the Ivanpah dry lake in Nevada, North America. Although an invitation to attend was kindly extended by Bob Dill, the President of NALSA and part of the World Record holding 'Iron Duck' team, financial constraints mean that the Windjet team are unable to take part.

The start-line of one of last year's races - courtesy of dirtboat.com

"It would have been fantastic to attend," said Richard Jenkins, Windjet's Pilot. "I know that many of the land sailors attending the championships were looking forward to seeing Windjet 'in the flesh' and it would have been great to beat the Americans on their own soil, in front of the land sailing community. Unfortunately, without a title sponsor on board, the project cannot financially afford to make the expensive journey to Nevada which is VERY disappointing.

However, the good side of this means that the overall schedule will not be disrupted and we will continue to forge forward with other parts of the project here in the UK."

This, however, has not deterred the team from their three world record goals and Windjet is back on standby at RAF Waddington to challenge the land Record on British soil.

The Windjet Team wish the best of luck to all entrants in the World
Championships. Results of the regatta will be posted on the Windjet web site as soon as they are available.

Sunday, 17th March 2002 - Australians still in the race

A recent article in the New York Times gave an insight into the progress of one of Windjet's main competitors, 'Macquarie Innovation', in the quest to break the '50 knot barrier'.

To read the article, click here.

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