With barely a breath of wind on the Solent,
racing on day four of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week had to be
abandoned on Tuesday. But that suited one mother and son team just fine.
After smashing the round the island kite-surfing record on Monday, both
of them completing the circa 60-mile circumnavigation of the Isle of
Wight in under 4hrs, Steph Bridge and her son Guy needed a day off to
rest their aching bodies.
Only one
day, mind. Rather impressively (considering she threw up twice while
completing Monday's gruelling challenge), Bridge, a five-time world kite
racing champion, and Guy, the current British foiling race champion,
are planning another crack at the record on Wednesday, weather
permitting. It will be a second trial run ahead of an official Guinness
World Record Attempt next summer, when they have a rather more famous
mark in their sights.
"I would love to
beat Sir Ben Ainslie's all-time round the island record [of 2hrs52mins,
set on a 45ft America's Cup catamaran in 2013]," Guy said. "I think
2hrs30mins is possible on a kiteboard."
Guy
Bridge, it should be noted, is 15 years old. He is currently awaiting
his GCSE results. His effort on Monday - 3hrs34mins, beating his Mum
back to Gurnard Seafront in Cowes by 17 minutes - made him the youngest
person ever to kitesurf around the Isle of Wight, as well as the
quickest. But he clearly doesn't suffer from nerves...
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