I'm pretty sure that Sebastien Cattelan broke Antoine's world record with that 53.770 run. Antoine's previous record was 53.27 knots. Exciting times!!! 
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Appears the boom failed and he is not happy with the brand. Don't know that any brand are producing single sided booms as you would not sell many. Maybe one off customs requiring more R&D though, lot of strain on the components at clew and head even if braced in between with second arm.
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Garmin -729 feet?
They're accurate you know 
What don't you understand this time Kato.
Luderitz can be brutal on the body and I'm not talking about the Diaz Coffee shop or the Cake & Beer out at the lighthouse. Here is the wind lofting Laufers gear and getting a little brutal on it. When it's blowing 50 just about everything wants to fly.
windsurfing.tv/video/worst-start-ever-andy-laufer/?fbclid=IwAR3QQ5GMlbWLLqXqd7q0x1ooE_O8WjTUj5xSN36tBQpU0rbNuLfL_hsF_EY
orhttps://www.facebook.com/andylaufer/videos/10217393239400773/
^^ When are you going back to get us an Aussie flag in that 50 list?? I'll buy you a carton of your favourite if you do! 
Looking at the video of his "boom break" crash and the way the Leeward arm was cut off at the head in the above image I would not be surprised if the windward arm just pulled out of the head under the load.
Looks like they had a good day at L?deritz:
Looks like Hans got a bit faster again over 500m. Gunnar's consistency is pretty impressive, with 5 out of 7 runs over 50 knots, but Twan is getting closer to his top speed.
Miriam Rasmussen said on her blog that she held back today, but she still shows a 2 second speed of 43.82 seconds (www.miriamrasmussenwindsurfing.com/post/first-day-in-luderitz), that's almost 2 seconds faster than the current #1 entry on GPSTC for women. She's also posted a cool video on her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ptmiriam/. I love how she jumps up and down for joy when she sees her speed.
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Crazy not wearing a helmet doing that stuff.
You only get one life.........
Based on what Miriam wrote, it was very gusty yesterday, so Gunnar could not beat Hans' 500 meter run from November 6, despite a higher 10 second speed.
Today looks promising, the first runs are starting to show up on http://gps-speed.com/AutoUpdate.php?fbclid=IwAR1Uzeaxel3JkJ3qjWkn7h0VjnX9dP6VkKpMZ9S8LFhPDD7MR-QpIbnkcFY. A kiter just did 55.84 on his first run. That's unchecked, but sounds pretty fast already.
