Vestas Sailrocket - Wikipedia
The Vestas Sailrocket was built to capture the sailing speed record competing in the B-class for 150 to 235 square feet of sail. It is piloted by the project leader Paul Larsen and sponsored by Danish wind turbines manufacturer Vestas. In 2008 the first version reached a reported unofficial speed of 52.22 knots (96.71 km/h), [1] before crashing ...
World’s coolest yachts: Vestas Sailrocket 2 - Yachting World
Sep 14, 2021 · Paul Larsen ’s Vestas Sailrocket 2 is one of the most extraordinary and fascinating pieces of yacht design work ever created and set a new world speed sailing record of 65 knots in 2013. It...
team vestas wind crash - Yachting World
Mar 9, 2015 · This is according to the official report into the catastrophic wreck, which nearly resulted in the loss of the yacht and put the crew in considerable peril that night, as the boat pounded into...
World's Fastest Sailboat: Quantum Leap - Sailing World
Jun 18, 2013 · Launched in March 2011, Vestas SailRocket 2 incorporated all the fundamental features of the first boat: a hull to windward incorporating the all-important foil, a single crossbeam, and a...
Ran aground on a reef and almost completely destroyed - yacht.de
Dec 4, 2024 · Ten years ago, Team Vestas Wind ran aground on a reef in the Indian Ocean. The dramatic images of the rescue went around the world. On 29 November 2014, a serious accident occurred during the Volvo Ocean Race when the participating yacht "Vestas Wind" ran …
Team Vestas Wind: A Twenty-First-Century Shipwreck - The New Yorker
Dec 10, 2014 · At the end of November, ten days into the race’s second leg—a three-and-a-half-week-long sail from Cape Town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi—Team Vestas Wind, sponsored by a Danish wind-energy...
Vestas Sailrocket 2's Record Run: A Decade in the Making
Feb 7, 2013 · The new boat was funded by the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas and incorporated the many hard lessons learned aboard its predecessor, enabling a more sophisticated assault on the speed record using the same design concept.
First footage of Volvo Ocean Race reef crash - Red Bull
Aug 2, 2016 · Late in the hours of Saturday, November 29, misfortune hit Team Vestas – or rather, they hit it. The 20m Volvo Ocean 65-class boat ran into an offshore reef known as the Cargados Carajos...
Sailrocket
Oct 13, 2015 · Vestas Sailrocket 2 is a speed sailing boat based on a unique, stabilising concept. Vestas Sailrocket has continuously pushed the limits for speed sailing and currently holds the B class world record for speed sailing.
Sailrocket
SailRocket 2: Outright World Speed Sailing Record contender - aiming to be the fastest sailing boat on the planet