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British yacht does 0-60mph in 5 seconds
https://www.eta.co.uk/2009/03/11/british-yacht-does-0-60mph-in-5-seconds/

The Vestas SailRocket looks unlike any other sailing vessel; a wing replaces a conventional sail and is attached to an outrigger rather than the hull – a design that does away with the need for ballast ................

http://www.sail-world.com/SailRocket-2--set-for-short-notice-Weymouth---Portland-Record-attempt/139070


http://www.thedailysail.com/dinghy/10/54298/vestas-sailrocket-in-london



07 Dec 2008
http://yachtpals.com/sailrocket-crash-video-4022

As we reported earlier this week, the weird looking boat SailRocket is now the fastest sailboat in the world [pending ratification]. Before this sailing video was taken, SailRocket had already set a new world record, clocking an average of 47.35 knots over 500 meters, but the team was pushing for the overall speed sailing record, and it appears the "rocket" lived up to its name, launching itself and skipper Paul Larsen into high flight, and momentarily slipping the surly bonds of Earth.

Vestas Sailrocket 2: new sailing speed record
aBoatTime | November 27, 2012
http://blog.aboattime.com/vestas-sailrocket-2-new-sailing-speed-recod/

The record was set in moderate conditions with a 25 knot average wind, breaking the previous one of 51.36 knots reached by Alain Thebault team in L’Hydroptère in 2009.

Later on Sunday November 18, the Rocket Vestas Sail 2 team improved their own result reaching 59.38 knots of an average speed, which let them to set another record.

10 years of hard work fighting with changing failures and successes has paid of and let Larsen and his team to culminate as the greatest of all.

http://sailracewin.blogspot.com/2011/03/images-of-vestas-sailrocket-2.html