America's Cup Sailing enters the future

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America\'s Cup Sailing enters the future

If you want to see some excellent sailing check out the america's cup race between BMW Oracle's Trimaran and Alinghi's Cat. Both 90' boats but a world apart. Talk about advanced technology. Wing sail, super high tech composites, engineering to the nth degree.

These boats can do 5x wind speed!!

www.americascup.com
 
Re: America\'s Cup Sailing enters the future

I watched the race live on the site 5-7 knot winds, boat speeds 22-29 knots! That is wild extreme engineering.
 
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You and me both brother!

That wing sail is incredibly huge, 220' tall. Both boats are capable of these speeds but the Oracle boat is just radical.

It's said to 'bend' the wind...

Tomorrow is race 2 with winds up around 13-18 knots. How fast will these boats be going in that??
 
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A friend of mine from RI painted this boat, the Volvo Ocean Racer sponsored by Puma. The boat is named 'Il Mostro.'

I was able to attend the welcome dinner at NYYC in Newport, RI. Got to meet the crew and tour the boat... The technology and design are unbelievable!

-Tom
 

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The judges boats can't even keep up. This is actually really good for RI. The guy who owns the American boat just bought a huge Newport mansion. We may see the AC back in its birthplace sooner than anyone thought!
 
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