Two sailboats had a race. sailboat a traveled 40 feet every 5 seconds, and sailboat b traveled 56 feet every 8 seconds. which sailboat won the race, and how fast was it going? sailboat a won the race, and it was going 7 feet per second. sailboat a won the race, and it was going 8 feet per second. sailboat b won the race, and it was going 7 feet per second. sailboat b won the race, and it was going 8 feet per second.