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Nautiduck
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Initially Posted - 10/14/2009 :  07:55:13  Show Profile


We cannot direct the winds but we can adjust our sails.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  08:23:12  Show Profile
Wheeeeee....... BONK!!

I wanna see it pitchpole in slomo.
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skrenz
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  08:53:48  Show Profile
I wonder how long it will be before we have race rules that require that at least some portion of the hull remain in the water to qualify as a sail "boat".
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  09:54:30  Show Profile
GEEZ - that's a monster...notice how small the helmsman is...he's got to be over 50' above the water...I want to know more - what site did you find that pix?
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  10:05:31  Show Profile
[url="http://bmworacleracing.com/en/index.html?track.refer="]BMW Oracle Racing[/url]
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  10:14:34  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
The future of the Americas's Cup race.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  10:20:45  Show Profile
Well I only sail solo but I'll give it a try...looks like the distance from one helm position to the other is about 50 yds..Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I'd better start on that part of the project before ordering one.

Val on Calista # 3936,
Patchogue, N.Y.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  11:49:23  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Randy, I saw that in my BMW magazine. WoW! I would just love to sail on her. What a beauty. But please dont ask me to climb up the mast.
Steve A
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  15:01:50  Show Profile
<b>Fact Sheet - BMW ORACLE Racing 90.</b>

<b>Hull </b>
Boat Type: Trimaran of carbon composite construction
Where Built: Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA
Hours to build: over 130,000 hours to date
Overall Length: 100-feet/30 meters
Waterline Length: 90-feet/27 meters
Beam: 90-feet/27 meters

<b>Mast </b>
Height: Up to 185-feet/55 meters
Where Built: Hall Spars, Bristol, RI, USA; Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA

<b>Design and R&D </b>
BMW ORACLE Racing Design Team
Mike Drummond, Director; 30 designers and scientists
Principal Naval Architects: VPLP (Van Peteghem and Lauriot Prévost)

<b>Sails </b>
Mainsail: 6800 square feet; (630m2)
Genoa: 6700 square feet; (620m2)
Gennaker: 8400 square feet; (780m2)

<b>Equivalent Size </b>
• The infield of a professional baseball diamond
• Two basketball courts

<b>Sailing Team </b>
BMW ORACLE Racing Sailing Team (20 sailors on BOR 90 testing team)
• Skipper Russell Coutts (NZL)
• Helmsman James Spithill (AUS)
• Tactician John Kostecki (USA)
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 :  20:43:07  Show Profile
Phooey!!!

Last week on my local bay on the day when I was reefed and flying my storm jib and comfortably cruising along at 6 knots there were 2 guys practising flying and dousing the gennaker on their Laser or something. Every 10 minutes or so they went for a swim, but they kept on testing the boat in the 15 knot breeze and flew off when the 25 knot gusts blew them over. Now, that was heroic, as far as I'm concerned.

Hey, I'd like to see Frank Hopper hiking out on his mini-monster catamaran at 20 knots. Real sailors on real boats!

...Well, I'm still waiting...!
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skrenz
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Response Posted - 10/16/2009 :  08:26:09  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">
<b>Sails </b>
Mainsail: 6800 square feet; (630m2)
Genoa: 6700 square feet; (620m2)
Gennaker: 8400 square feet; (780m2)
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What the heck to they use to control a sail of this size
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