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Another setback for Vestas Sailrocket in record quest

Oct 9, 2009 The team behind the radical sailing hydrofoil Vestas Sailrocket has suffered another setback in their quest to capture the World Sailing Speed Record.  The vessel flipped at 52 knots when a small rogue wave broke the main foil.  Skipper Paul Larsen was uninjured.  

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