Company SP80 is trying to break the world record for the fastest sailboat. The fastest sailboat speed is currently 65.45 knots — SP80 is gunning for 80 knots, or 92 mph. The SP80 boat was displayed at ...

The call of the open Atlantic is about to get louder. On Tuesday, Jan. 6, Belgian skipper Quentin Debois is scheduled to depart Cadiz, Spain, on an ambitious solo attempt to break the world record for ...

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 ...

After 24 days at sea, Debois became the first Belgian skipper to hold a transatlantic world sailing record. Jonathan A. Knowles/Courtesy Quentin Debois Belgian skipper Quentin Debois has set a new ...

A 16-year-old Australian girl finished a seven-month-long journey to become the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted. Thousands of spectators cheered as Jessica Watson ...

PARIS(AP) — French skipper Thomas Coville set a new record for the fastest sail around the world, improving the previous mark by more than 12 hours when he won the Jules Verne Trophy on Sunday.

SailGP has morphed itself from a high-speed experiment into a record-shattering Formula 1 on water with Australian skipper ...