Vestas Sailrocket. Le back flip... : SailRocket boat crash at record speed. Le record du 24/11/2012, 65,37 noeuds !!! Blown Away. VESTAS Sailrocket 2 truly smashes the Outright world speed sailing record* VSR2 Facts | Vestas Sailrocket. Blown Away... The 65 knot+ run (With video) | Vestas Sailrocket. So let's get this down here before I start forgetting stuff...Last Saturday looked like it was going to be a strong day from the moment it popped onto the long range Windguru forecast. Amongst a bunch of fluctuating average days it barely deviated as it approached.
We began to focus on it as being the day when we would go all out. Almost annoyingly, the day before piped up and blew just enough to force us to fully gear up and head towards speed-spot. We stopped just short of launching the boat. That night we had dinner back at the crew house. It was already blowing from the SW in the morning. Our focus was to smash through a 60 knot average. I was nervous about the potential of the day.
As I lay awake in bed that morning I considered writing a little note that I hoped would never be read and stashing it somewhere. We had set all the previous records in relatively mild conditions and were yet to sail in average conditions over 26 knots. Yeah it was going to be a big day alright. BOOM! 121,06 km/h : SailRocket 2, bateau le plus rapide de tous les temps.