I don’t know if the Hydroptère even qualifies as a sailboat inasmuch as it is almost a sailplane. The key to it’s speed is that it literally flies above the water with a precious few control surfaces actually in the water. The Hydroptère now holds the speed record at 51 knots = 59 mph = 95 kph generated in a 28 knot (32mph, 51kph) wind.
Here is some footage:
And here is an illustration of the basic engineering behind the carbon fibre and composite material based craft3:
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