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It s been nearly a decade since Sailrocket set a new record to become the world s fastest sailboat. Now two teams are hoping to set a new record with their radical designs
A little over a decade ago the race to create the fastest sailboat, or fastest sail-powered watercraft was on. Ultimately it was
Now, a French team and a Swiss team are both hoping to set a new record and in so doing become the fastest sailboat known to man.
The 50 knot mark had long been referenced as sailing’s sound barrier due to the difficulty of making a craft capable of sustaining speeds over that elusive figure. But with everyone from kitesurfers, to windsurfers, and purpose built boats aiming at that target, it was only a matter of time before it fell.
(CNN) For more than eight years, the world sailing speed record has remained unbroken.
In November 2012, Australian Paul Larsen reached 65.45 knots (or 121 kilometers per hour/75 mph) in his Vesta Sailrocket 2 in South Atlantic waters off the coast of Namibia.
However, two rival teams, one in France and one in Switzerland, are now striving relentlessly towards the same goal: to create the fastest sailboat ever built.
One is headed by the former world title holder, and there are two brothers involved but on opposing teams.
Paul Larsen is a sailing speed freak. His Vestas Sailrocket 2 boat broke the world speed sailing record for a mile in 2012: 78.26 mph! What s he up to now?