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April 5, 2013Chuan's Class 40 CircumnavigationChinese skipper Guo Chuan completed a solo non-stop circumnavigation in a Class 40 and set a new world record of 137 days, 20 hours, 1 minute and 57 seconds on April 5. Here's what he said after finishing:It is difficult to describe my feeling at the moment. It is still like a dream, I feel like being in a dream. Sometimes during the journey, I do not know if I could go home. In Cape Horn, when I could not see anything in the wave, I felt it might be too far to go back. Several days ago in Taiwan Strait, I suspected if I could go home with the boat safely. But finally, it is all over.I have to say many many thanks to my family, my friends, my sponsors. But I'd like to say 'THANK YOU' to the wind as well. For the whole journey, wind is always accompanying me. It is fighting with me, it is driving me back home.
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April 4, 2013Speedsailing Chronicles: Joyon PoisedThe French solo multihull master Francis Joyon is aiming to own the four biggest speed sailing records, which he calls, appropriately, the Grand Slam.
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February 26, 2013Maserati's RecordItalian sailor Giovanni Soldini, and a crew of eight, sailing aboard a VO70 called Maserati (ex-Ericsson 3) set a record when they reached San Francisco from New York in just 47 days (and 42 minutes).
Click here to read more about the passage and this historical clipper ship route.
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January 28, 2013The Golden Boy Comes HomeGabart becomes the youngest and fastest sailor to circumvent the world alone in the Vendée Globe.
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January 7, 2013Maserati's Classic PassageThe Volvo Open 70 Maserati sets out to take a stab at the record of the legendary clipper ship Gold Route.
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December 3, 2012All Hail Paul Larsen and Sailrocket2Tim Zimmermann admires Paul Larsen's Shackleton-like determination in his 10-year quest for the outright speed sailing record, an achievement Larsen realized this November.
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November 28, 2012The Fastest in the WorldWatch as the Vestas Sailrocket 2 trounces the outright world speed sailing record.
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November 19, 2012From the Archives: Beating the SailboardsCan a sit-down boat exceed the speeds that purpose-built sailboards have established? In this Need for Speed article from our March 1992 issue, Gary Hoyt weighs the merits of windsurfers.
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October 22, 2012Is SpeedDream Just A Dream?A 27-foot prototype of SpeedDream sets sail, and Tim Zimmermann takes notice.
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July 25, 2012l’Hydroptère DCNS: The Fastest Boat on the PlanetOn Sunday afternoon, l’Hydroptère DCNS carried out her first sea trials in the United States. The flying trimaran initially put in some tacks offshore of Long Beach before heading towards Catalina Island. It proved to be a gentle first outing in perfect weather conditions.
Photo Credit: DCNS
