Sailrocket 2 and a bottle of champagne

11:34 PM Mon 23 May 2011 GMT

'Vestas Sailrocket 2' Sailrocket

Paul Larsen and the Vestas Sailrocket 2 (VSR2) crew are in Walvis Bay, Namibia chasing the Outright World Sailing Speed record. Vestas Sailrocket 2 was unveiled in March on the Isle of Wight and then packed and shipped to Namibia. Since then she has undergone a series of trial runs. Paul Larsen says Vestas Sailrocket 2 is simply dropping into her element. It was quite a promising day today as Vestas Sailrocket 2 thrust the team effortlessly into the fridge for the 30 knot bottle of Pol Roger champagne. Nice. I'm not going to even try and dramatise it as ...

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by Paul Larsen