Americas Cup

beatnic
beatnic Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,133
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Anyone else follow this ?

These 12 meter catamarans, don't sail, they fly.

Check out the videos. Both hulls leave the water and they fly on long underwater foils. These are the first boats that can actually go faster than the wind speed. They have been tracked at over 50mph. Awesome crafts.

http://www.americascup.com

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  • webmost
    webmost Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,131
    Used to. Catamarans ruined it for me.
  • pilgrimtex
    pilgrimtex Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 429
    webmost:
    Used to. Catamarans ruined it for me.

    The America's cup should have stayed with monohulls. The cats could have started their own or remained under the Louis Vuitton cup race as the highlight.
    Ahh!! The sailor's life for me.

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