Leucate and Grand Narbonne are partnering up with SP80 for the World Sailing Speed Record
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The final design of a boat aiming to break the world sailing speed record has been revealed.
The spaceship-like SP80 craft has been built with the aim of sailing into the record books, with a top speed of 80 knots (about 92mph) with only the wind as its sole source of power.
(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 ...