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April 22, 2011Eyes on NamibiaOn Walvis Bay, Namibia, Paul Larsen and his SailRocket team are trying to take the outright speed record from kiteboarder Rob Douglas.
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April 8, 2011Cheyenne Rides AgainThe former Playstation catamaran is supporting a deep-sea mission conceived by Steve Fossett himself.
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October 4, 2010Forget the Cup: If You Want Speed Thrills, Look To LuderitzOn a custom-made canal in Namibia, kiteboarders and windsurfers are hitting speeds well in excess of 50 knots.
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October 29, 20102010 Luderitz Speed Challenge
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October 29, 20102010 Luderitz Speed ChallengeOn a manmade canal in Luderitz, Namibia, record-setting kiteboarders are hitting speeds in excess of 55 knots.
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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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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 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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November 28, 2012The Fastest in the WorldWatch as the Vestas Sailrocket 2 trounces the outright world speed sailing record.
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October 22, 2012Is SpeedDream Just A Dream?A 27-foot prototype of SpeedDream sets sail, and Tim Zimmermann takes notice.
