SailRocket Lays Down A 50-plus Run
Paul Larsen's Vestas Sailrocket just put up an unofficial 500-meter run of 50.98 knots, with a peak speed of 53 knots. That puts SailRocket shy of Hyrdoptere's sailboat speed record by just .4 knots,...
View ArticleSailRocket Diary: Inside The Search For 60 Knots
Paul Larsen and his Vestas SailRocket team have been stymied by two weeks of light winds in Namibia. But in a quest for record speed, the tinkering never stops. You solve one problem and discover...
View ArticleSixty-one Knots (!)
After years of disappointments, after years of rethinking and redesigning, Briton Paul Larsen closes on the payoff . . . AND AT THE LUDERITZ SPEED CHALLENGE on Tuesday, the windsurfing light was on....
View ArticleBreaking Down SailRocket’s Epic Run
Paulo Larsen has drunk his champagne, and a lot of rum as well, as far as I can tell. And now he has had a chance to look at the detailed speed data logged during SailRocket's 60-plus knot run. It's...
View ArticleSAILRocket Takes The Outright Record!
Okay, this is subject to WSSRC ratification, but Paul Larson just posted this update: I'm sitting here with great French champagne all around and smiling people. VESTAS Sailrocket 2 sits outside on the...
View ArticleSailRocket Outright Record Run: The Video
Still waiting for WSSRC ratification, but here's the video of SailRocket pushing down the course at an average of near 60 knots. You can hear the excitement in Larsen's voice as he suspectes that 10...
View ArticleSailRocket Is Unstoppable
Now we've gone from impressive to off the charts (the speed sailing charts, that is). After nabbing the outright speed sailing record ten days ago with a Walvis Bay run of 59.23 knots, Paul Larsen took...
View ArticleThe Fastest Sailing Run Ever
We got the news of SailRocket's mindblowing new outright speed record of 65.45 knots over the weekend. Now we get the video and analysis from Paul Larsen. First, the video, in which you can see what...
View ArticleKitesurf Craziness Down At Luderitz
Okay, so Paul Larsen and SailRocket finally stole the outright speed record back from the kitesurfers, putting sailors back on top. But that doesn't mean they will stay there forever, or for long....
View ArticleFilm Fest 2: Speed, Speed, Speed
Okay, last week we dipped into the artistry of Vimeo. To start this week, let's get back to our usual sugar high on YouTube. Luderitz Speed Challenge. Go! …
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