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Kite-powered sailboat aims to become world's fastest this year

Kite-Powered Sailboat Aims to Become World's Fastest This Year ...
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How Fast Can Speed Boats Go? (And What Is The Current Record?)

A century ago, boats were the primary mode of long-haul international travel. Today, airplanes have taken center stage as they are safe, inexpensive, and way faster than an ocean liner thanks to their ...
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This Trimaran Uses a Giant Kite to Hit Lightning-Fast Speeds, and It Could Break a Sailing Record

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This video shows what it’s like to approach the mythical 54-knot (62.1 mph, 100 kmh) speed barrier, considered the supersonic ...
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SP80: an odyssey of speed and composite innovation on water

On 27 May 2025, the SP80 sailboat remarkably surpassed 100 km/h, registering a top speed of 58.261 kn (108 km/h). This makes SP80 the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, just behind the current ...
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Kite-Powered Sailboat Aims to Become World's Fastest This Year

I got an inside look at SP80's kite-powered sailboat designed to break the world sailing speed record this year in Namibia. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers ...