Erik C
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Sorry about the size of the picture, can't re size it.
Not many boats will give you a fear of heights
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Sorry about the size of the picture, can't re size it.
Resolution
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fantastic picture, all the better for being full screen!
Twister_Ken
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Shouldn't it have a bunch of heavies sitting on the windward hull, with their legs hanging over the edge?
tom_sail
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Awesome picture! Video would be even better
Beadle
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Great picture
No doubt very exciting
But I doubt SWMBO would care for it - don't think she'd want to make lunch at that angle
Not sure I'd care to eat it either.
Suppose the overriding question is - Why?
No doubt very exciting
But I doubt SWMBO would care for it - don't think she'd want to make lunch at that angle
Not sure I'd care to eat it either.
Suppose the overriding question is - Why?
Kukri
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I don't understand the shape of the foil on the ama.
bedouin
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I wonder whether it is to help getting it flying
Sybarite
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It acts as both a centreboard and a foil.
epervier
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sideways movement
I realise this question is coming from Lord Vader's side of boating, but could someone tell me how much slip a trimaran like this suffers from when going at this speed/angle,
they must be covering the ground at a lot more speed than I do with engine power,and for sure this is a very clever balancing act,
as I would guess that if the port side float dug in, the whole outfit would turn turtle on the nose.
very spectacular way of sailing nevertheless, very impressive!
I realise this question is coming from Lord Vader's side of boating, but could someone tell me how much slip a trimaran like this suffers from when going at this speed/angle,
they must be covering the ground at a lot more speed than I do with engine power,and for sure this is a very clever balancing act,
as I would guess that if the port side float dug in, the whole outfit would turn turtle on the nose.
very spectacular way of sailing nevertheless, very impressive!
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Athene V30
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Goodness knows what it would cost to berth in a marina
EBoat126
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BMW Oracle was built for the last Americas Cup, which was a total fiasco in my opinion. This picture was before she was fitted with a wing main.
2 races were held both won by Oracle the boat is now utterly useless and I believe was shipped back to the US to lie unused.
The curved dagger boards are becoming more common on smaller cats, both Formula 20 and A class now use them.
2 races were held both won by Oracle the boat is now utterly useless and I believe was shipped back to the US to lie unused.
The curved dagger boards are becoming more common on smaller cats, both Formula 20 and A class now use them.
Twister_Ken
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"Goodness knows what it would cost to berth in a marina"
Three times normal, if the cross beams are high enough to go over the intermediate pontoons!
Three times normal, if the cross beams are high enough to go over the intermediate pontoons!
oldharry
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Video? Try this - 47.5kts off Quiberon - reefed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCuP-XHefTo
Or a mere 31 knots - but wow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWINygISxDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCuP-XHefTo
Or a mere 31 knots - but wow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWINygISxDE
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