Held November 19 and 20, 2013 at Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore, Oahu.
With so many people asking “what is it like” to sail this boat at this speed, we thought it was time to do a more ‘pure’ edit of our fastest, final incredible run. This run shows Vestas Sailrocket 2 absolutely smashing the outright world speed sailing record and easily becoming the sport’s first true 60 +knot boat. She averaged 65.45 knots over the 500 meter course and hit a peak speed of 68.33 knots (78+mph, 126 + kmh). The run was in Walvis Bay, Namibia on November 24, 2012. Beware, this contains … More
Mark Healey (Haleiwa, Hawaii) paddles into a big ol’ bomb and an artfully long rail-grabbing backside bottom turn at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on opening day, November 13, 2013. Video by Shanti Berg. An entry in the Ride of the Year category of the 2014 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.