Showing posts with label Paul Larsen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Larsen. Show all posts
Monday, 25 November 2013
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Paul Larsen of the Vestas Sailrocket 2 team nominated for Rolex sailor of the year award
From the following article submitted to Sail-World by
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=116601&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=1
Paul Larsen became the fastest man on the water, reaching 65.45 knots on Vestas Sailrocket 2 and eleven years of hard work and effort came to fruition on 24 November 2012. For his endeavours and testing the restraints of physics in sailing Larsen received a nomination for ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year.
Speaking in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Larsen said, 'I guess I’m representing the fringe dwellers of sailing who go out and chase the records and endeavours that aren’t so much in the spot light. We’re not represented by a class and we don’t have a huge defining event like an Olympics or Vendee Globe.
'We often live in shipping containers on very remote shores and when we have our success there are five or six people around to acknowledge it. To have the sport’s governing body to acknowledge that is nice. It’s comforting.
'I’m proud to be here and representing everyone else in our discipline.'
read more here
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=116601&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=1
Paul Larsen became the fastest man on the water, reaching 65.45 knots on Vestas Sailrocket 2 and eleven years of hard work and effort came to fruition on 24 November 2012. For his endeavours and testing the restraints of physics in sailing Larsen received a nomination for ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year.
Speaking in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Larsen said, 'I guess I’m representing the fringe dwellers of sailing who go out and chase the records and endeavours that aren’t so much in the spot light. We’re not represented by a class and we don’t have a huge defining event like an Olympics or Vendee Globe.
'We often live in shipping containers on very remote shores and when we have our success there are five or six people around to acknowledge it. To have the sport’s governing body to acknowledge that is nice. It’s comforting.
'I’m proud to be here and representing everyone else in our discipline.'
read more here
Monday, 11 November 2013
International C Class Catamaran Championship 2013, Paul Larsen writes of the battle to get the teams C Class catamaran to the starting line
An excellent article by Paul Larsen on the battle to get to the start line of the 2013 International C Class Catamaran Championship as part of the Invictus Team
http://www.teaminvictus.com/news_2013_11_08.html
A memorable event – the start is the biggest finish
Paul Larsen
Friday 08 November 2013
The 2013 ICCCC is now done and dusted and once again it proved to be a fascinating and memorable event. I'm not fully aware of what had transpired within the Invictus camp prior to our involvement this time but it was obvious that the team had taken on a lot (as they also had the responsibility of hosting the biggest C-class event in recent time) and that they were struggling. Getting a C-class catamaran ready for battle is a battle on its own so it was no doubt that running the event was going to be a huge distraction. "Struggling" is perhaps too soft a description for what confronted us when Helena and I drove up to Bristol on the 30th of August to see the state of affairs. We had had very little involvement prior to this but were curious to see how our old team were getting along. We wanted to get involved and actually I felt a little guilty for just waltzing up this late in the program. I soon lost that sensation.
A key delivery of major wing components had just arrived from overseas. They consisted of the flaps and the entire wing leading edge. We all decided that this would be a good time for us to arrive as we can be quite handy around the build side of things and finishing the details so the boat can actually go sailing. We walked into Dan Emuss' shed preparing to say hello to friends old and new and was greeted by a group of shocked and stunned people. I looked to my left at what was on the table and my mind raced to piece the scene together. For one reason or another the components that the team were waiting for had arrived in a form that was completely useless to us. The design and construction had changed so much that we simply had to write it off. There was now only three weeks to go until the actual race started. The wing build was already way behind schedule and now it had been dealt a death blow. We had a main spar with the ribs bonded on and that was it. No flaps, no leading edge, no hinges, or control systems...and no tooling to make the flaps or leading edge... oh...and next to no money.
read more here
http://www.teaminvictus.com/news_2013_11_08.html
A memorable event – the start is the biggest finish
Paul Larsen
Friday 08 November 2013
The 2013 ICCCC is now done and dusted and once again it proved to be a fascinating and memorable event. I'm not fully aware of what had transpired within the Invictus camp prior to our involvement this time but it was obvious that the team had taken on a lot (as they also had the responsibility of hosting the biggest C-class event in recent time) and that they were struggling. Getting a C-class catamaran ready for battle is a battle on its own so it was no doubt that running the event was going to be a huge distraction. "Struggling" is perhaps too soft a description for what confronted us when Helena and I drove up to Bristol on the 30th of August to see the state of affairs. We had had very little involvement prior to this but were curious to see how our old team were getting along. We wanted to get involved and actually I felt a little guilty for just waltzing up this late in the program. I soon lost that sensation.
A key delivery of major wing components had just arrived from overseas. They consisted of the flaps and the entire wing leading edge. We all decided that this would be a good time for us to arrive as we can be quite handy around the build side of things and finishing the details so the boat can actually go sailing. We walked into Dan Emuss' shed preparing to say hello to friends old and new and was greeted by a group of shocked and stunned people. I looked to my left at what was on the table and my mind raced to piece the scene together. For one reason or another the components that the team were waiting for had arrived in a form that was completely useless to us. The design and construction had changed so much that we simply had to write it off. There was now only three weeks to go until the actual race started. The wing build was already way behind schedule and now it had been dealt a death blow. We had a main spar with the ribs bonded on and that was it. No flaps, no leading edge, no hinges, or control systems...and no tooling to make the flaps or leading edge... oh...and next to no money.
read more here
Monday, 5 August 2013
Bernard Smith's Amazing sailboats, reference site on the pioneering work that led to Paul Larsen's Vestas Sail Rocket 2
Paul Larsen cites Bernard Smith's seminal work the 40 knot sailboat as his inspiration for creating the ultimately record breaking Vesta's Sail Rocket 2. Paul and the team suffered a multitude of setbacks in their quest to claim the short course outright sailing records but kept doggedly to the task and were finally rewarded with success easily surpassing the old record and raising the bar for future challengers.
http://www.geocities.com/aerohydro/home.htm
http://www.geocities.com/aerohydro/home.htm
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| Little Merrimac model, Bernard Smith |
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Vestas Sailrocket 2, interview with Paul Larsen by Sail Racing Magazine
An article/interview with Paul Larsen on the practical aspects of sailing Sail Rocket 2 at high speed:
http://www.sailracingmagazine.com/editors-blog/sailrocket-pilot-paul-larsen-tells-us-what-its-like-to-sail-at-65-knots
http://www.sailracingmagazine.com/editors-blog/sailrocket-pilot-paul-larsen-tells-us-what-its-like-to-sail-at-65-knots
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Paul Larsen of the Vestas Sailrocket Team attending Hamilton Island Race Week as guest
From the following Sail-World article submitted by Rob Mundle
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Audi-Hamilton-Island-Race-Week--hosts-'Worlds-Fastest-Sailor/108897
The world’s fastest sailor will be part of the 30th anniversary Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August. Australia’s Paul Larsen smashed the existing world sailing speed record over 500 metres by near 10 knots in November last year when he piloted his futuristic multihull, Vestas Sail Rocket, across Walvis Bay, in Namibia, at a speed which peaked at 68.33 knots. A few days later he raised the world record speed for one nautical mile to 55.32 knots.
read more here
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Audi-Hamilton-Island-Race-Week--hosts-'Worlds-Fastest-Sailor/108897
The world’s fastest sailor will be part of the 30th anniversary Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August. Australia’s Paul Larsen smashed the existing world sailing speed record over 500 metres by near 10 knots in November last year when he piloted his futuristic multihull, Vestas Sail Rocket, across Walvis Bay, in Namibia, at a speed which peaked at 68.33 knots. A few days later he raised the world record speed for one nautical mile to 55.32 knots.
read more here
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| Vestas Sailrocket 2 breaking records in Walvis Bay |
Monday, 25 March 2013
Vestas Sailrocket 2, video on CNN Mainsail
An excellent video has been uploaded by CNN Mainsail on Paul Larsen and the Vestas Sailrocket Team on their quest to become the fastest sailng craft on the water.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2013/03/14/mainsail-paul-larsen-a.cnn
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2013/03/14/mainsail-paul-larsen-a.cnn
Monday, 21 January 2013
Vestas Sailrocket 2 article in the online Wired magazine
An excellent and detailed article on Paul Larsen and the Vestas Sailrocket 2 team and the path to resetting the sailing speed record.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/01/ff-paul-larsen-sailrocket/
Seen from across Walvis Bay, the windswept patch of Atlantic Ocean known as Speed Spot is barely more than a sparkle of whitecaps against a long, low sandbar. As we get closer to what is one of the world’s most perfect speed-sailing areas, I scan the shore. It’s featureless save for two small shelters. We motor our zodiac toward the remote beach until we have to kill the outboard and tilt it up to spare the prop. The five of us jump overboard into the waist-deep water, following our guide, Paul Larsen, who is wading toward the shore. The wind howls in our faces, blowing so much sand that it runs down the beach in rivulets, like rain across a windshield. We climb up on the beach, jellyfish at our feet as thick as paving stones. “This is it. This is the Bonneville Salt Flats of speed sailing!” Larsen shouts, gesturing to the water just off the sandbar. The flying sand sticks to our teeth, turning the insides of our mouths to 600-grit with every word. “We’ll have to shovel out the timing hut,” Larsen says, peering into the primitive shelter he built years ago and pointing out animal tracks inside. “Jackal,” he concludes.
read more here
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/01/ff-paul-larsen-sailrocket/
Seen from across Walvis Bay, the windswept patch of Atlantic Ocean known as Speed Spot is barely more than a sparkle of whitecaps against a long, low sandbar. As we get closer to what is one of the world’s most perfect speed-sailing areas, I scan the shore. It’s featureless save for two small shelters. We motor our zodiac toward the remote beach until we have to kill the outboard and tilt it up to spare the prop. The five of us jump overboard into the waist-deep water, following our guide, Paul Larsen, who is wading toward the shore. The wind howls in our faces, blowing so much sand that it runs down the beach in rivulets, like rain across a windshield. We climb up on the beach, jellyfish at our feet as thick as paving stones. “This is it. This is the Bonneville Salt Flats of speed sailing!” Larsen shouts, gesturing to the water just off the sandbar. The flying sand sticks to our teeth, turning the insides of our mouths to 600-grit with every word. “We’ll have to shovel out the timing hut,” Larsen says, peering into the primitive shelter he built years ago and pointing out animal tracks inside. “Jackal,” he concludes.
read more here
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Vestas Sailrocket 2 update, new record ratified by WSSRC
from the following Sail-World article
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Smokin!--WSSR-Council-confirms-65.45-knot-World-speed-record/104347
The World Speed Sailing Record Council has announced the establishment of a new World Record. Paul Larsen of Australia and Vestas Sailrocket 2 have set the new Outright World and World 'B' Division Speed Sailing Record.
Record: Outright World and World 'B' Division Speed Sailing Record
Venue: Walvis Bay. Namibia.
Name: Paul Larsen. AUS.
Equipment: Vestas SailRocket 2. Inclined rig Hydrofoil Proa.
Date: 24th November 2012. @ 13.32 hrs
Course length: 500 metres
Current: Nil
Elapsed time: 14.85 secs
Speed: 65.45 kts
Comments: Previous Outright and 'B' Division Record: 2012. Vestas SailRocket 2. Paul Larsen AUS. Walvis Bay NAM. 59.37 kts
read more here
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Smokin!--WSSR-Council-confirms-65.45-knot-World-speed-record/104347
The World Speed Sailing Record Council has announced the establishment of a new World Record. Paul Larsen of Australia and Vestas Sailrocket 2 have set the new Outright World and World 'B' Division Speed Sailing Record.
Record: Outright World and World 'B' Division Speed Sailing Record
Venue: Walvis Bay. Namibia.
Name: Paul Larsen. AUS.
Equipment: Vestas SailRocket 2. Inclined rig Hydrofoil Proa.
Date: 24th November 2012. @ 13.32 hrs
Course length: 500 metres
Current: Nil
Elapsed time: 14.85 secs
Speed: 65.45 kts
Comments: Previous Outright and 'B' Division Record: 2012. Vestas SailRocket 2. Paul Larsen AUS. Walvis Bay NAM. 59.37 kts
read more here
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| Vestas Sailrocket 2 - © Helena Darvelid-VestasSailrocket |
Thursday, 29 November 2012
VESTAS Sailrocket 2, the 65 knot+ record run
From Paul's blog, description of the latest run which has lifted the bar again to over 65 knots (thats over 120 km/h for the non nautically inclined).
Blown Away... The 65 knot+ run (With video)
Wed, 28 Nov 12 14:30
So let's get this down here before I start forgetting stuff...Last Saturday looked like it was going to be a strong day from the moment it popped onto the long range Windguru forecast. Amongst a bunch of fluctuating average days it barely deviated as it approached. We began to focus on it as being the day when we would go all out. Almost annoyingly, the day before piped up and blew just enough to force us to fully gear up and head towards speed-spot. We stopped just short of launching the boat. It was annoying as it was strong enough to force us to react but we really wanted to focus on the next day. You have to be reactive as for whatever reason, the next day may not deliver. Every opportunity has to be seized this year and we had already had two remarkable days on average forecasts.
That night we had dinner back at the crew house. I was about to raise a glass to the following day and the last day of living in the 50's... but decided not to tempt fate. We had an early night.
It was already blowing from the SW in the morning. This combined with the strong forecast spoke to us that at long last, after over six weeks, we were going to get some good, old-school, industrial Walvis Bay wind.
read more here
and the video of the record run
That night we had dinner back at the crew house. I was about to raise a glass to the following day and the last day of living in the 50's... but decided not to tempt fate. We had an early night.
It was already blowing from the SW in the morning. This combined with the strong forecast spoke to us that at long last, after over six weeks, we were going to get some good, old-school, industrial Walvis Bay wind.
read more here
and the video of the record run
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Vestas Sailrocket 2 update, 500m record ratified by WSSRC
repost of bymnews article
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=112271
The WSSR Council announces the the establishment of a new World Record.
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=112271
The WSSR Council announces the the establishment of a new World Record.
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Vestas SailRocket 2
Record: Outright World and World “B” Division Sailing Speed Record
Venue: Walvis Bay. Namibia.
Name: Paul Larsen. AUS.
Equipment: Vestas SailRocket 2. Inclined rig Hydrofoil Proa.
Date: 16th November 2012. 17.02 hrs
Course length: 500 metres
Current: Nil
Elapsed time: 16.41 secs
Speed: 59.23 kts
Comments: Current Outright Record: 2010. Kite Board. Rob Douglas USA. Luderitz, NAM. 55.65 kts.
Current “B” category record: 2012. Vestas SailRocket. Paul Larsen AUS. Walvis Bay, NAM. 54.08 kts
A further claim for a speed in excess of the above is currently being assessed
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John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
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John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
Friday, 23 November 2012
VESTAS Sailrocket 2 update, article and video of the nautical mile record run
Sail-World article is here
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Vestas-Sailrocket-2---THAT-magical-mile-record-+-Video/104011
Paul Larsen of Vestas Sailrocket 2 recounts the team’s record setting speed achievement and the excitement that ensued.
Well the madness of the last weekend is calming down and we have had time to reflect a bit on what has happened.
I smile a lot these days.
Ben has been madly editing up the nautical mile run into a video and as I look at each edit and each camera angle it reminds of just what a fantastic run that was.
The 500 meter courses are short and intense. The actual 500 meter run is over in 16.4 seconds. You ride a couple of gusts and then bang, you're trying to bring it all to a halt. In my mind I'm evaluating each second and considering how it effects the average. Does this drag it up or bring it down? That's why I'm saying, 'That's fast, that's fast, that's good... this will do it'. It's my equivalent of 'one-one thousand,two-one thousand... counting seconds'. The mile... the mile is a whole different thing.
more here
and the video of the run
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Vestas-Sailrocket-2---THAT-magical-mile-record-+-Video/104011
Paul Larsen of Vestas Sailrocket 2 recounts the team’s record setting speed achievement and the excitement that ensued.
Well the madness of the last weekend is calming down and we have had time to reflect a bit on what has happened.
I smile a lot these days.
Ben has been madly editing up the nautical mile run into a video and as I look at each edit and each camera angle it reminds of just what a fantastic run that was.
The 500 meter courses are short and intense. The actual 500 meter run is over in 16.4 seconds. You ride a couple of gusts and then bang, you're trying to bring it all to a halt. In my mind I'm evaluating each second and considering how it effects the average. Does this drag it up or bring it down? That's why I'm saying, 'That's fast, that's fast, that's good... this will do it'. It's my equivalent of 'one-one thousand,two-one thousand... counting seconds'. The mile... the mile is a whole different thing.
more here
and the video of the run
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
WSSRC ratify the new 500metre record set by Vestas Sailrocket 2
Article from bymnews.com
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=111943
John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=111943
Vestas SailRocket 2:The WSSR Council announces the the establishment of a new World Record.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Record: World “B” Division Speed Record
Venue: Walvis Bay. Namibia.
Name: Paul Larsen. AUS.
Equipment: Vestas SailRocket 2. Inclined rig Hydrofoil Proa.
Date: 12th November 2012. 18.30 hrs
Course length: 500 metres
Current: Nil
Elapsed time: 17.97 secs
Speed: 54.08 kts
Comments: Current record: Vestas SailRocket 2. Paul Larsen AUS. Walvis Bay NAM. 2011. 49.19 kts
A further claim for a speed in excess of the above is currently being assessed
John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
Monday, 19 November 2012
Vestas Sailrocket 2 record, A new outright nautical mile record has been set
More from Paul Larsen, the team have now smashed (subject to ratification) the nautical mile record. No mean feat considering the limited space available in flat water at Walvis Bay in Namibia to do their runs. The new record is 55.32 knots for the nautical mile with at 63.98 knot peak speed.
article courtesy of bymnews.com
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=111931
Vestas Sail Rocket :Update from Paul: New PB... and nautical mile record smashed
Just in after the most incredible run. A whole nautical mile dipping well into the 60's on each gust. We peaked near or over 64 knots and beat our previous 500 meter average. I don't think we cracked 60 knots as a 500 meter average though. But anyway... we smashed the nautical mile record. The TRIMBLE file is big but on the small GT31 we averaged over 55.5 knots
article courtesy of bymnews.com
http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=111931
Vestas Sail Rocket :Update from Paul: New PB... and nautical mile record smashed
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Just in after the most incredible run. A whole nautical mile dipping well into the 60's on each gust. We peaked near or over 64 knots and beat our previous 500 meter average. I don't think we cracked 60 knots as a 500 meter average though. But anyway... we smashed the nautical mile record. The TRIMBLE file is big but on the small GT31 we averaged over 55.5 knots
(Hang on STOP PRESS: Trimble data in now... 55.32 knots for the mile subject to wssrc ratification. That's it).
63.98 knots 1 second peak... so definitely over 64 for a spike in there.
... and just marginally quicker than our previous best 500 meters at 53.38 knots... subject to wssrc stuff!
It's not an easy run to do on a course that is only 1.04 nautical miles long. I have to wind the boat up in rough water at the start and launch it out into rough water at full pelt at the end. Bloody interesting sailing in a boat specifically designed for flatter water.
So that was a big tick on our job list. We didn't even think we were going sailing today. Our media job list is huge and we had to drop everything to go sailing. The team is getting slick now and we made the switcharoo to sailing mode pretty effectively.
So it's Sunday and the town is shut. We're alone in the container with one paltry bottle of Pol Roger champagne left. Our local Champagne dealer is enroute.
This boat is wearing us out. We have barely recovered from the first hangover.
Damn that was good ride. I had the time to look around and just enjoy the sensation that that awesome piece of kit delivers. She was on the edge there a few times.
Bloody brilliant. Go Team.
Enjoy all. Cheers, Paul
Vestas Sailrocket 2, Video of the record run
Paul Larsen and the Vestas Sailrocket 2 team have posted up a video of the record run and the ensuing celebrations. Great to see they have been rewarded for all of their years of hard work and that they have raised the record so significantly over the previous mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjyusAgk8I&feature=player_embedded
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 59.23 knots over the record 500 meter course and peaked at over 63 knots. The waters of Walvis Bay became speed sailing holy turf and the home of the Outright record for the first time. This represents the culmination of 10 years hard work. The team promise it still represents the beginning of this boats potential. Africa turned on a spectacular setting and the flamingoes are just the icing. You couldn't make that stuff up. Happy days.
* Subject to WSSRC ratification
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjyusAgk8I&feature=player_embedded
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 59.23 knots over the record 500 meter course and peaked at over 63 knots. The waters of Walvis Bay became speed sailing holy turf and the home of the Outright record for the first time. This represents the culmination of 10 years hard work. The team promise it still represents the beginning of this boats potential. Africa turned on a spectacular setting and the flamingoes are just the icing. You couldn't make that stuff up. Happy days.
* Subject to WSSRC ratification
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Vestas Sailrocket 2 update, New world record for 500metre course set (awaiting ratification)
Paul Larsen and the Vestas Sailrocket2 team have set a new world record for sailing speed over a 500m course and eclipsed the world records set by kiteboarders and windsurfers comfortably.
for reference here is a link to the ratified WSSRC records page for the 500 metre record:
From Paul Larsen's blog:
Super sonic.... Smashed it!!!
Fri, 16 Nov 12 20:43
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 composure of a race winning horse that struts around wondering what all the fuss is about.
We are downloading the TRIMBLE data now. The great thing is that the GPS we use out there is set for a 18 second average... but at 59 knots we might not need that long. It said we did a 59.01 knot average... The TRIMBLE should be higher. I will let you know here when I know.
I think I'll drink some more Pol Roger... and wait.
Read more here
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 composure of a race winning horse that struts around wondering what all the fuss is about.
We are downloading the TRIMBLE data now. The great thing is that the GPS we use out there is set for a 18 second average... but at 59 knots we might not need that long. It said we did a 59.01 knot average... The TRIMBLE should be higher. I will let you know here when I know.
I think I'll drink some more Pol Roger... and wait.
Read more here
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Vestas Sailrocket 2 update. Sailrocket breaks the 60 knot barrier!
Boom... the 60 knot sailboat smashes the barrier!
Mon, 12 Nov 12 19:14
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 fast" and then she took off again... "this is real f*****g fast"!!!
I thought we might have bagged the outright as well... as you would after hitting over 60 knots... but the average wasn't there... I think. We haven't downloaded the big TRIMBLE yet. Everyone is getting the data down now. We broke our own PB twice today... so that's 2 x triple rum and cokes in pint glasses... and of course the 60 knot bottle of champagne also falls. Happy days.
What a great relief.
I know the current world record is toast... hell, they can even raise it a bit if they want.
Life for VESTAS Sailrocket 2 starts at 60 knots. Today she walked on stage. She was beautiful to drive. Totally in control.
more on Paul Larsen's blog here
I thought we might have bagged the outright as well... as you would after hitting over 60 knots... but the average wasn't there... I think. We haven't downloaded the big TRIMBLE yet. Everyone is getting the data down now. We broke our own PB twice today... so that's 2 x triple rum and cokes in pint glasses... and of course the 60 knot bottle of champagne also falls. Happy days.
What a great relief.
I know the current world record is toast... hell, they can even raise it a bit if they want.
Life for VESTAS Sailrocket 2 starts at 60 knots. Today she walked on stage. She was beautiful to drive. Totally in control.
more on Paul Larsen's blog here
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