The 34-metre Baltic 111 Raven has rewritten the limits of monohull offshore performance, taking Monohull Line Honours, winning the IMA Transatlantic Trophy, and setting a new monohull race record in ...

It’s sad that a champion vehicle of any kind should be kept away and forgotten for more than a decade. Any boat, especially a record-breaking one, should be out at sea. And that’s exactly what’s going ...

SP80 has the world sailing speed record in its sights. The fledgling Swiss outfit has started building a new sailing boat designed to reach a blistering top speed of 80 knots and make history in the ...

Two teams, Switzerland's SP80 and France's Syroco, are taking aim at the world speed sailing record in 2022, with a pair of thoroughly remarkable kiteboats that both teams believe can smash previous ...

A French startup doesn’t want to just beat the current speed record for a sailboat. It wants to crush it. Syroco, launched by a world record kite-surfing holder and a tech veteran, says its boat, ...

SP80 strives to break the World Sailing Speed Record of 65.45 knots with its spaceship design. We spoke to two of the co-founders and pilots of the kite-powered boat to learn what it's like to sail.

Ever been lapped in a one-design race? The thought had never crossed my mind, at least not until I gave the Flying Dutchman class a try. My debut was the pre-Olympic trials, and I painfully recall a ...

For more than eight years, the world sailing speed record has remained unbroken. In November 2012, Australian Paul Larsen reached 65.45 knots (or 121 kilometers per hour/75 mph) in his Vesta ...

I was sailing a Farr 40 at Key West Race Week in the late 1990s and we were having a difficult time accelerating off the starting line. We couldn’t quite hit the correct angle when we headed down, our ...

Nearly 10,000 fans gathered this past weekend to watch some of the world’s top sailors race past the Statue of Liberty, with the iconic New York City skyline as their backdrop. SailGP, a fast-growing ...

A French startup doesn’t want to just beat the current speed record for a sailboat. It wants to crush it. Syroco, launched by a world record kite-surfing holder and a tech veteran, says its boat, ...