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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...