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 ...

There's a new team challenging the world sailing speed record, and it's using a kite-powered sailboat to do it. SP80 aims not only to surpass the current record of 68.3 knots, but it also plans to ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Anna Weis is running on adrenaline. Well, adrenaline and the Red Bull in her hand. She’s fresh off the ...

What we consider “speed” is actually our relative speed to the other boats around us. When trying to determine your speed, it helps to go through a short list of main factors to determine what’s ...

I got an inside look at SP80's kite-powered sailboat designed to break the world sailing speed record this year in Namibia. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers ...