VSR2 is sure to break the outright record. The team has truly produced a spectacular craft. I'm looking forward to the record attempt - good luck and best wishes to y'all.
Jay
Austin, Texas

Who would have thought that bernard smiths ideas, scribbles,and foresight,would eventually lead to the building of craft such as vs1 and vs2.it really is a wonderful testament to his vision and the sailrocket team in making all this possible.it just goes to show that if you think about a problem long enough,and work through difficulties,the solutions begin to reveal themselfs,sometimes painfully so.
congratulations to paul and the team on a great looking craft,
the ultimate tip of the hat,to a visionary man.
go get it

Radical comes to mind first, quickly followed by brilliant.
I have to hand it to you, the thought that has gone into the original and then this boat is staggering, you guys are just so far ahead of anyone else that it is a joke. I also have to hand it to Paul for guts, that crash in the old boat was no laughing matter and he was lucky to get out unscathed but there he was straining at the bit to get back out there, good on you.
I hope the new boat achives all that is expected of it straight out of the box but if it doesn't I know you'll hang in there till it does and I for one will be wishing you all the best all the way, you more than deserve the rewards coming your way.

Best Wishes

Ray Warbrick
Brisbane
Australia.

19.x deg angle suggests almost 3:1 ratio of boat vs wind speed.

Respectable winglet with control flap at lee pod!! Cant wait to see it rip.

looks very fine to me! It takes sailing to the next generation! good luck!

Very happy to finally see what VSR2 looks like.
I have also a lot of technical questions to better appreciate all the inventives detail of her.
But I will try to find the answer alone !

Overall I have a question now :
Who will be the wing pilot ?
because looking back at 60 knot I hope he/she isn't seasick.

Congratulation to all the team.

PS : do you have some picture of VSR1 and 2 together ?

Great launch party and the boat is awesome.
Good luck for the record.
Will be following all the developments

Great design ! This seems to solve all the existing problems of stability and control. And the lower drag will result in a high speed no doubt. Wind to speed ratio of 1:3 is well possible I believe.
Love the swinging beam too, makes it better to combine optimum wingangle with neutral steering.

Just one question, did the model recover from cavitation before the nose dove in ? Did you put weight in the model at the place of the cockpit to simulate 2 pilots ? Probably the speed of the model was too low to create cavitation but maybe you've tested what happened if you remotely lifted the foil at speed.

Paul, looks like you have gone and broken all the rules again! Absolutely fantastic looking machine and I can't wait to see her sailing. Sideways FFS.
Fantastic and best of luck to you and the team.

R

VSR2 defies description! Barney Smith used to say that the greatest technological advances were often the result of a few talented people fashioning a dream piece by piece in a shop. Paul and Malcolm, you and your colleagues have done just that with this amazing thing, whatever it is. Barney's 'Doctrine of Inevitable Success' will surely be with you at Walvis Bay, his spirit alive and weightless in the passenger seat. Go fast, brothers. Go far.

What an awsome looking boat! the very best of luck to you guys looking forward to a 60kt+ record

WOW