LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- Forty seven-year-old Australian `` adrenaline junkie '' Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat , half plane , after a serious crash last summer . The half sailboat , half plane uses technology known as supercavitation -- sailing just above the water 's edge . Langman , a shipyard owner and yachtsman , is intent on beating the French-set record within the next few weeks , with the `` Wot Rocket , '' a canoe-style pod with a nine meter-long rigid sail . The Wot Rocket is waiting for confirmation from the World Sailing Speed Record Council to attempt , once again , an unprecedented technology known as `` supercavitation '' -- sailing just above the water in a gas bubble created by the deflection of water . This is to to reduce the drag which is around 1,000 times greater in the water than in the air . `` Wot Rocket is so exciting as we push to sail up to three times the speed of the wind , '' Langman told CNN . In October last year Langman and his co-pilot crashed when they lost control of the vessel at 42 knots -- over 60 miles per hour . But after re-building and perfecting the vessel at a cost of half a million dollars , Langman is ready to try again . `` The exhilaration of sailing/flying is so big , you do n't think about danger , '' he told CNN . Langman is certain that this time around he will beat the record . `` My only concern is we wo n't be able to keep control of the craft . '' In case the pilots crash again , Langman says the most thing is to remain calm . `` Last time I felt a mild panic as we were underwater . I just hoped the paramedics would get there in time . `` But really I feel very safe doing anything on water as that what I 've done my whole life . I feel most 'in tune ' when I 'm on water , '' he added . The idea for Wot Rocket was conceived four years ago by Langman after he was inspired by the story of Burt Munro , the New Zealander who set a world land speed record on his modified Indian Scout motorcycle in 1967 -- played by Antony Hopkins in the 2005 Hollywood movie `` The World 's Fastest Indian . '' Do you think the wotrocket can beat the record ? `` I came up with the idea in the shower . So I presented it to a group of engineers and said 'this is what I believe . ' Most said I 'm a lunatic but one said ' I want to work with you ' . '' Langman joined forces with leading Australian designer Andy Dovell and sought input from Boeing 747 pilots for their aeronautical knowledge . He then had the `` Wot Rocket '' built using the staff and facilities at his various Shipyards . Finally , he teamed up with Wotif.com founder Graeme Wood who invested in the project because , as he explained , he `` likes leftfield ideas . '' `` My family think I 'm crazy , but every time I 've had an idea it 's taken me somewhere . It 's really about ideas versus science and trying to make it work , '' Langman explained . `` And no one remembers the second man to walk on the moon . ''
Half sailboat , half plane will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier . Pilot Sean Langman crashed dangerously last year but is confident he can make it . ` Comment: