The current record is 46.52 knots (86.16 km/h or 53.53 mph).
The world record was established back in 1993 at Sandy Point, Australia
by Simon McKeon and his vessel Yellow Pages Endeavour, a trimaran.
The highest sailboat speeds are by "non-displacement hull" sailboats, such as catamarans and trimarans. The world record speed attained, by official records, is 64 miles per hour for a trimaran.
The world record for the fastest sailboat speed is 80.3 knots (93 miles per hour or 150 kilometers per hour), set by the sailboat Vestas SailRocket 2 in 2012.
4x AWS is alleged to be the top achieved/recorded record. AWS is the acronym of "Average Wind Speed".
Maintain present course and speed.
As both the World Land Speed Record and the World Water Speed Record are under constant challenge you question cannot be given a simple answer.
Hi There is not an average speed. It depends on the length and wind direction and speed
Speed up to pass in front of the sailboat
To determine the hull speed of a sailboat, multiply the square root of the length at the water line by 1.34. The answer will be in nautical miles per hour.
The average speed of the world record in the 100m dash is around 37.58 km/h (23.35 mph).
The world record for speed stacking a set of 6 cups is 1.847 seconds, achieved by Steven Purugganan in 2018.
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The L'hydroptère, a hydrofoil flying trimaran, is the fastest sailboat in the world. It broke previous world record by reaching 61 knots. http://www.hydroptere.com