Kite-Powered Sailboat Aims to Become World's Fastest This Year ...

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.

Company SP80 is trying to break the world record for the fastest sailboat. The fastest sailboat speed is currently 65.45 knots — SP80 is gunning for 80 knots, or 92 mph. The SP80 boat was displayed at ...

A groundbreaking sailboat could reshape the future of sustainable transportation. The SP80, a futuristic, kite-powered vessel designed by a Swiss engineering team, has just logged the second-fastest ...

The SP80 kite boat crossed the 100 kmh speed mark last week, reaching 108 kmh, or 67.1 mph. That makes it the second-fastest sailboat ever recorded, but the Swiss team still plans to pursue the record ...

An eye-catching kite boat has smashed the 100 kph barrier to become the second-fastest sailboat ever. The SP80 reached a top speed of over 58 knots, or 108 kph, making for a new personal best. The ...

At first, the kite was replaced by a crane arm attached to a support boat, but now it's up and flying solely on wind power, with a small kite attached. And it's possibly just the low wind speeds ...

From your phone to your clothes or even the breakfast you ate this morning, there’s a high chance a boat transported it from where it was made to where you bought it from. The global shipping industry ...

Sailing is an equipment sport, and new gear tends to be faster than old gear. At the elite level, that translates to a lot of ...