Lürssen - 45 knots Photo.

World's fastest yacht. The boat hit a staggering 315 knots or about 37. In November 2012 off the coast of Walvis Bay in Namibia the Vestas Sailrocket 2 was clocked at an astonishing 5923 knots 681mph smashing the. Sovereign of the Seas 1852 258 ft the fastest and longest ship yet built when she was launched in New York designed and built by Donald Mackay Americas foremost clipper designer.

This ship achieved the fastest ever recorded speed of a sailing vessel 22 knots. Vestas Sailrocket 2. On her maiden voyage she sailed New York to San Francisco in 103 days.

For now the list is topped by 415 metre Foners as the worlds speediest superyacht. But there is a difference between a yacht Superyacht and a Mega Yacht. These yachts are the fastest performance superyachts in the world and the luxury yacht companies that design and build these open style sports type motor yachts are Mangusta Overmarine Leopard Sunseeker Baia Couach Baglietto Tecnomar Pershing and Royal Denship to name a few.

But Vestas SailRocket also made its mark. The title Worlds fastest yacht can be held by a number of yachts and the overall fastest is much much quicker than this one. Fastest Yachts In The World - YouTube.

Veloce is Italian for fast. By 1995 Thébault had turned her into the worlds fastest sailing yacht. Designed by Mulder Design she is brainchild of John Staluppi and John Rosatti built in 2004 by Millennium Superyachts.

For the sake of this article we are talking about the worlds fastest yacht in Mega Yacht terms ie. Normally yachts of this size can manage an average maximum speed of 35 45 knots. Over 100m in length.