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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 ...
New Atlas

World's fastest sailboat: Two wild designs hit the water for testing

The SP80 and Syroco teams have both got their remarkable boats on the water. Looking like a pair of alien spaceships, and pulled by ultra-fast kites instead of sails on masts, both these machines are ...
CNET

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. There’s a new team challenging the world sailing speed record, and it’s ...