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45 days, 13 hours and 42 minutes 29 002 miles at an average speed of 26.51 knots.. wow!

It's only power source is the wind, captured by a highly engineered sail that its designers hope will help it set a new world speed sailing record. The previous record stands at 55.65 knots, or about 64 mph, and was set by a kite surfer in the waters off Namibia which are known for their high winds through the months of September to December.

It will be interesting to see what speed they hit. We'll keep you posted.

Want to know what it feels like to fly across water? Join an America's Cup team as they scream over the sea. The racer's heart rate are up there at 160 beats/min .. give me a boat over a treadmill any day!

The day got underway with heavy fog and light winds, one race was started and then abandoned just after the fleet had rounded the first mark. After a delay the breeze moved in, and three races were sailed.

These new America's Cup boats look amazing even in light wind. Not sure I would want to take them into open ocean but I'd love to do a couple of speed runs.. anyone have access to a ride?

The pursuit of outright speed records has been an obsession of multihull sailors for some time now. Of course, there really are different ways to look at this, depending on what out and out speed means. 500 meter course? New York to London? 24 hour? Around the world? Those are the four that I look at. Another one that is just pure conjecture, the around the buoys fastest boat. So here is where each of these stands right now. For all the records, look here:

http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/wssrc-ratified-passage-records.html

It all depends on what you mean ... fastest at what? Amazing they keep track of so many different course records.

I've been on Mari-Cha III in non-race mode.. what a yacht.

Coville's boat, a 105-foot trimaran named Sodebo, almost capsized just after he set off from Brest, France on his single handed non-stop round the world record attempt.

He crossed the finish line after 61 days, 7 minutes and 32 seconds at sea covering 28,431 miles at an average of 19.42 kts. Yikes! See the Yachting World writeup for more details.

My idea of awesome :) Can anyone get me a ride?

It's in the mid-teens in Boston and I came across this video.. Someday I would love to try sailing on a boat of this caliber. I know this video doesn't make it seem very appealing but all I can think is wow (remember it is freezing outside).

Twice every year the Qiantang Tidal bore thunders down the river from the Hangzhou Bay almost 30 miles past the city of Hangzhou. Since 2007 Surfing China and Wabsono, with the permission of the Chinese government, has invited Pro surfers to surf the bore known as the "Silver Dragon". This year the team included Jamie Sterling, Mikala Jones, Robert Wingnut Weaver and Mary Osborne. Mary had the honor of being the first woman ever to have surfed the "Silver Dragon" and Wingnut, the honor of first "headstand".

Can you imagine being anchored 30 miles up a river and getting nailed by the tidal bore wave like this? .. yikes. Talk about the endless wave.

Has anyone ever surfed a tidal bore?

The catamaran was built with recycled and repurposed plastics, primarily 12,500 empty PET water bottles. Its unprecedented design had to be seaworthy, but the primary purpose was to show how smarter use of plastics can turn today’s trash into a viable, and valuable resource.

Plastiki has finally made it to Sydney Australia completing their 8,000 mile journey that started in San Fransisco 128 days ago.

During the Plastiki’s final leg through the Tasman sea they hit some pretty fierce weather systems. Watch the video below as the crew talk about their first big storm on board the Plastiki..

or watch the storm video directly on youTube

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