{"id":680,"date":"2009-05-05T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T12:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notechmagazine.com\/2009\/05\/sailing-rockets.html"},"modified":"2015-10-13T21:03:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:03:04","slug":"sailing-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2009\/05\/sailing-rockets.html","title":{"rendered":"Sailing Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sailing-rocket-fast-sailboat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2553\" src=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sailing-rocket-fast-sailboat.jpg\" alt=\"sailing rocket fast sailboat\" width=\"550\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sailing-rocket-fast-sailboat.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sailing-rocket-fast-sailboat-500x267.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This unconventional sailing boat, named the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailrocket.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">SailRocket<\/a>, reached a record speed of 47.35 knots (87.6 km\/h or 54.43 mph), on average over a distance of 500 meters. During another run, the boat reached a speed of 52 knots before lifting off<br \/>\nfor <a href=\"http:\/\/yachtpals.com\/sailrocket-record-4020\" target=\"_blank\">a spectacular in-the-air wipeout<\/a> (also caught on <a href=\"http:\/\/yachtpals.com\/sailrocket-crash-video-4022\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>). More below.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115706eca28970b-pi\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e888330115706eca28970b \" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e888330115706eca28970b-700wi\" alt=\"Sailrocket2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the French catamaran <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydroptere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">l&#8217;Hydropt\u00e8re<\/a> (pictured below) reached a<br \/>\nrecord speed of 50.08 knots (92.7 km\/h or 57.60 mph), on average over a distance of<br \/>\n500 meters, which makes it the fastest wind powered boat to date.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e8883301157008dde3970b-pi\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e8883301157008dde3970b \" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e8883301157008dde3970b-700wi\" alt=\"Hydroptere 1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In December 2008, l&#8217;Hydropt\u00e8re shortly reached 61 knots (112 km\/h or 69.60 mph), but <a href=\"http:\/\/yachtpals.com\/hydroptere-4036\" target=\"_blank\">then it flipped and got turtled<\/a> (picture below).<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e8883301156f12353d970c-pi\"><img class=\"at-xid-6a00e0099229e8883301156f12353d970c \" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"http:\/\/krisdedecker.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e0099229e8883301156f12353d970c-700wi\" alt=\"Hydroptere 2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2009\/04\/sailing-ships-large-crew-automated-control.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sailing at the touch of a button<\/a> : wind-powered, computer-controlled.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2009\/04\/kiteboating.html\">Kiteboating<\/a> : the sailing ship, reinvented<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2009\/04\/cargo-ships-then-and-now.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cargo ships, then and now<\/a> : which one is fastest?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2008\/06\/ocean-liners.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ocean liners<\/a> : from London to New York in 3 days and 12 hours.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/kalakala.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Kalakala<\/a> : the art of slow travel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2008\/09\/speed-energy.html#wavedrag\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hull speed<\/a> : watercraft contain a speed barrier that is dependent<br \/>\non the length of the ship and on the shape of the bow.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2008\/09\/speed-energy.html#lowtechspeedrecord\" rel=\"nofollow\">Human and wind-powered speed records<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2008\/08\/submarines-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Ict\u00edneo<\/a> : a steam powered submarine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2009\/02\/gipsy-zeppelin-baseship.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Aeromodeller II<\/a> : camping in the clouds.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2009\/04\/macho-pedal-power.html\">The Hennepin Crawler<\/a> : macho pedal power.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2010\/07\/wind-powered-trikes.html\">Wind powered tricycles<\/a>: sail assisted trikes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6354202129967480\"; \/* Grote rechthoek ENG *\/ google_ad_slot = \"6804766150\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6354202129967480\"; \/* Grote rechthoek ENG *\/ google_ad_slot = \"6804766150\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This unconventional sailing boat, named the SailRocket, reached a record speed of 47.35 knots (87.6 km\/h or 54.43 mph), on average over a distance of 500 meters. During another run, the boat reached a speed of 52 knots before lifting off for a spectacular in-the-air wipeout (also caught on video). More below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[87,209,88,8,102],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}