Vestas Sailrocket - Will it all come together?

5:28 AM Sun 25 Oct 2009 GMT

'Believe it or not we are still computing for the speed!' Vestas Sailrocket

Latest news from the Vestas Sailrocket Team, who are running out of time on their final attempt at breaking the World Sailing Speed record. The record attempt period ends Thursday. The team are camped at Walvis Bay, in Namibia.

Paul Larsen reports:

Crazy days with thunder, lightning and strange winds. It had me shaking my head and fearing for the worst. But thankfully the forecast wind has punched in and now it's getting cold. This is more like it.

The Walvis bay wind machine has been acting up over the past few days and simply not delivering the goods. The forecasts have been perfect... but forecasts aren't the things that make the wind blow.

We have now lost the mid afternoon high tides and will have to make our way carefully across to speed-spot the long way around.

The team has grown with various people filming... hell, even my mother is over here.

So now we are all gearing up once more... as are the butterflies in my stomach. It really feels like it's going to blow... but it could all change with this unusually odd weather.

We will be all set up out there in 60-90 minutes... probably 90.

One of these days... it will all come together.

Cheers, Paul.

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by Sail-World.com and Paul Larsen

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