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AN Australian adventurer is attempting to break the world speed record this year with a hybrid glider-boat which can reach speeds of more than 100km an hour.
UK-based Paul Larsen, originally from Healesville in Victoria, hopes to break the record held by a kite surfer with his Vestas Sailrocket 2 in Namibia, Africa.
"Vestas Sailrocket 2 is truly a hybrid glider-boat,'' Larsen said.
"It is currently banging its head against the conventional limits which it is designed to break through.
"We are still very much in development and still believe that we will make the breakthroughs that will yield massive performance gains.
"I hope 2012 is our year.''
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/aussie-adventurer-to-smash-world-speed-record/story-e6frfq80-1226239884127#ixzz1j6YKcUpA
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