World Speed Record contender Sailrocket 2's speed transitions



5:17 PM Mon 2 May 2011 GMT
'SailRocket 2 sea trials Day 1' Vestas Sailrocket - copyright
Vestas Sailrocket 2 has arrived in Namibia. The aim of the team is to beat the outright world sailing speed record. Latest from Paul Larsen on progress. Yesterday evening we had our third session of tow testing of the bare platform. It was a beautiful evening as we towed the wing-less platform up and down speed spot with the whole team taking turns in the boat and in the RIB in order to observe all aspects first hand. We saw on our second session the day before that the addition of the first trial 'step' on the front float made ...


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by Paul Larsen




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