This Trimaran Uses a Giant Kite to Hit Lightning-Fast Speeds, and It Could Break a Sailing Record
The SP80, a 40-foot carbon-fiber experimental boat, is using giant kite sail to propel it across the water at over 80 knots ...
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Making progress toward record speed
With a new top speed of 51.3 knots, the SP80 boat surpassed the mythical 50-knot barrier as it aims to break the world sailing speed record before the ...
New SailGP Teams Must Learn to ‘Fly.’ And Quickly.
It takes experience to compete with established sailors in the league and to lift 50-foot-long catamarans up onto their ...
Why the US SailGP team is struggling – ‘It’s hard when your countrymen don’t believe in you’
The all-American SailGP team are struggling so far this season, but there are also reasons to be optimistic about the future ...