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Current Record - Ben Clothier records 5 hours 9 minutes around the Isle of Wight on windfoil
World Record Snapshot
- Record Title
- Fastest windfoil circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight
- Discipline
Windsurf Foiling- Class
- Open / Circumnavigation
- Measured Result
- Duration: 5 h 9 min (309 minutes) - (Lower is better)
- Date
- 2022-06-19
- Has Stood For
- 3 years, 337 days as of 2026-05-22
- Location
- Isle of Wight, England, England, United Kingdom
- Record Holder
- Ben Clothier
Record Holder Spotlight
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The Tale From the Foil Vault
Clothier's published account says he crossed the start transit at 8:28 a.m. and went through the finish line at 13:37 p.m., an elapsed time of 5 hours 9 minutes. He also wrote that he later realized the time was fast enough to take the all-time record for windsurfing around the Isle of Wight, aided by the technology leap represented by windfoiling. This Foiling Freaks record row preserves the timed achievement as a publicly reported windfoil circumnavigation mark while noting that it is not presented here as a separately ratified governing-body record.
Rules of the Beast
Qualifying entries must be solo circumnavigations of the Isle of Wight completed on a foil-equipped windsurf board with a conventional mounted windsurf rig. The source must provide a finish time or total elapsed time for the full route. Wingfoil, kitefoil, conventional fin windsurfing, and other sailing craft do not qualify. Because course details, tides, and start lines can vary, this is a Foiling Freaks public-claim record unless a formal event body defines a standardized course.
How This Got the Nod
First-person article provides both start and finish times and the author's record claim.