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Welcome to the South African Speed League

Welcome to the South African Speed League, the official homepage for who is windsurfing or kitesurfing FAST in South Africa!

To add your GPS results to this page: Please email run details and GPS files to the official administrator Julian Field, alternatively the official timekeeper Hennie Bredenkamp.

For the Previous Year's results, please scroll down to the bottom of the page - NEW
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GPSSL Top Ten 08/09

 

      

FASTEST AFRICAN BOARD/KITE 2008-2009

      
                 
FASTEST AFRICAN SPEED Over 35 Knots (10 second ave) on Board or Kite anywhere   
  
Name  10 Second  Ranking  100m  250m  500m Top Speed  Location  Date
   (Average of 5 best)     (top run)  (top run)  (top run) (Software)      
Basil Cambanis (Kite) 44.481 1 48.801  44.65  37.61  50.636  Luderitz 15-Oct-08
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
WINDSURFING SPEED LEAGUE RANKING    ( By 10 Second Ave ) (J) = junior  (L) = Lady (B) Sail > 8m 
  
Name  10 Second  Ranking  100m  250m  1 Hour Top Speed  Location  Date
   (Average of 5 best)     (top run)  (top run)  Ave (Software)      
Steven Rhodes 32.91 1 33.49 32.62 10.41 34.28 St. Helena Bay 24-Aug-08
Eugene van Niekerk  30.23 2 31.22 30.69   32.29   17-Nov-08
Julian Field 21.68 3 23.97 22.49 13.45 22.55 On my KONA 29-Jun-08
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
KITESURFING SPEED LEAGUE RANKING    ( By 10 Second Ave ) (J) = junior  (L) = Lady (B) Kite > 14m
  
Name  10 Second  Ranking  100m  250m  500m Top Speed  Location  Date
   (Average of 5 best)     (top run)  (top run)  Top (Software)      
Basil Cambanis  41.21 1 44.29 41.04   44.92 Sterkfontein  9-Jul-08
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
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South African Speed League RULES

Duration

The SA speed league will run from the 1 May to the 30th April annually

Region

The league is limited to anywhere within South African borders

Administration

The official timekeeper is Hennie Bredenkamp.
The official administrator is Jules Field.   

Submissions

  • All tracks must be submitted league official within 2 weeks of session
  • Each track session can only contribute to one category (not reversible). 
  • When submitting a new track you must nominate which category you are entering. ie 250m Mens Windsurfing 
  • All tracks in the top 5 of every ranking will be available from the official timekeeper.
  • Only one session per day is allowed for submission.

GPS Track

A GPS track needs to be available for verification by the Time Keeper (TK) at all times.

GPS units which are allowed

  • Garmin 101 / 201 / 205 / 305
  • Locosys GT-11

Track format

A track must be delivered to the TK in the following format:
YYYYMMDD <Sailors name > <location>

Track format allowed:

  • #.gpx

Software allowed

For analysis of a track the following software is allowed:

The following software (for Windows) is allowed to download data from the GPS or convert tracks to another format:

GPS Track Setup

Track setup in GPS must be at 1 or 2 second interval.

Run

A run is when you sail in one direction and per run you can score one speed.
A new run begins after a turn (gybe or tack) or when you have stopped (crash?).
The only exceptions are the Nautical Mile and one Hour speeds, where turns are allowed.

Speed categories

Windsurfing

  • 10 sec run - Average of 5 fastest 10 sec runs
  • 100m - Software calculated best single run over 100 meters
  • 250m - Software calculated best single run over 250 meters
  • 1hr average - Software calculated average speed for 1 hour
  • Max 1/2 second software reading ( Not official )
Kite
  • 10 sec run - Average of 5 fastest 10 sec runs
  • 100m - Software calculated average speed over 100 meters
  • 250m - Software calculated average speed over 250 meters
  • 500m - Software calculated average speed over 500 meters
  • Max 1/2 second software reading ( Not official )

Age and gender categories

  • Men's open
  • Youths up to 18 yrs
  • Ladies

 
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2006/7 SA Speed League - FINAL RESULTS