Kite-Powered Sailboat Aiming to Be the World's Fastest

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The SP80 team is aiming to smash the world sailing speed record and set a new one of over 80 knots. We interviewed the CEO (who's also one of the pilots) to learn about how the team's boat works and what it's like to sail. 00:00 BREAKING WORLD SAILING SPEED RECORD 00:12 The Rules for WORLD SAILING SPEED RECORD 00:28 Trimaran design 00:36 Interview with SP80 test pilots 02:00 Sail design 02:32 Ideal speed sailing conditions 02:55 The current world speed sailing record holder is paul larsen 04:05