Sailrocket 2 on the way to an outright world speed sailing record?

1:11 AM Wed 4 May 2011 GMT

'SailRocket 2 sea trials Day 1' Vestas Sailrocket - copyright

In 2008, Paul Larson and his Vestas Sailrocket was on the way to an outright speed sailing record when his craft crashed in a spectacular fashion, damaging it badly. It has been a long road back, but Vestas Sailrocket 2 has arrived in Namibia for their next challenge. The aim of the team is to beat the outright world sailing speed record. The team currently holds the B-class (150-235 square feet of sail)speed sailing record with a speed over a 500m distance of 47.36 knots (87.71 km/h), but in 2008, before crashing, Sailrocket had reached a reported unofficial speed of ...

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by Paul Larsen