We would like to thank the following publications for their coverage of The Midwest Speed Quest over the last 4 years.

Bluestem Prairie News December 8, 2008

Worthington Daily Globe, December 8, 2008

US Windsurfing December 3, 2008

SAIL Magazine October 23, 2008

Windsport Magazine October 19, 2008

Minneapolis Star Tribune June 15, 2008

Windsport Magazine August 18, 2008

Worthington Daily Globe, Nov 17, 2007

Windsurf Network October 31, 2007

SAIL Magazine October 18, 2007

Sioux Falls Argus Leader June 11, 2007

Windsurfing Magazine Feb/March 2007

St Paul Pioneer Press November 5, 2006

St Paul Pioneer Press July 2, 2006

Worthington Daily Globe, April 4, 2006

Aquapac Newsletter Summer 2006

US Windsurfing Newsletter Spring 2006


The current outright Speed Sailing Record of 49.09 knots (about 56.45 mph) was set by Antoine Albeau of France on March 5, 2008. This was an average speed over a 500 meter race course, set on the man-made canal in Saintes Maries de la Mer, France, nicknamed the "The French Trench".