With so many people asking “what is it like” to sail this boat at this speed, we thought it was time to do a more ‘pure’ edit of our fastest, final incredible run. This run shows Vestas Sailrocket 2 absolutely smashing the outright world speed sailing record and easily becoming the sports first true 60 […]
VESTAS Sailrocket 2 Outright world speed sailing record holder* On the 16/11/12 VESTAS Sailrocket 2 set out on it’s 13th run for this session Walvis Bay Namibia. In moderate conditions with around 25 knots of wind average… VSR2 smashed the previous Outright world record by the biggest margin in the records history*. Paul Larsen averaged […]
SUPER SONIC…. SMASHED IT!!! The title says it all. It’s just soaking in now… with the Champagne. Calling friends, team members… all are family tonight. I’m sitting here with great French champagne all around and smiling people. VESTAS Sailrocket 2 sits outside on the lawn shivering lightly in the decreasing breeze. She has the noble […]
Walvis Bay, Namibia, 19:13 Boom… 61 knot peak… 54. something average. Rum and champagne. The outright will fall. Brilliant. Just in… 61 + knot peak speed and a 54. something average. Had to stop as the end was coming up fast. Everything went into fast forward. I was saying ” this is fast, this is […]
Paul Larsen på Vestas Sailrocket slog ju i förra veckan världsrekordet för “båtar” i Namibia: 47.366 knop över 500 meter. På repan därefter nådde man 52.22 innan man blev luftburna. Ingen dålig vurpa! Kul beskrivningar av hur man kör sina repor. The wind was gusting to 25 on the second start indicating an average of […]