Kite-Powered Sailboat Aiming to Be the World's Fastest

The SP80 team is aiming to smash the world sailing speed record and set a new one of over 80 knots. We interviewed the CEO (who's also one of the pilots) to learn about how the team's boat works and what it's like to sail.

00:00 BREAKING WORLD SAILING SPEED RECORD
00:12 The Rules for WORLD SAILING SPEED RECORD
00:28 Trimaran design
00:36 Interview with SP80 test pilots
02:00 Sail design
02:32 Ideal speed sailing conditions
02:55 The current world speed sailing record holder is paul larsen
04:05 Final thoughts

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Post from CNET on June 15, 2025

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