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[bilbobaggins]

Oracle

"Yarmouth Harbour, Yarmouth Harbour, yacht 'Oracle'. Good evening. A berth for the night, please?"

"Good evening, Oracle. What size are you?"

"Yarmouth-Oracle. Ninety feet square. Over."

 

[Fire99]

I recon a brisk few laps of the Solent are in order during peak season.

That is a BIG ol Girl!

 

[bilbobaggins]

So's this one....

Maybe some match-racing in the Solent? They're too fragile for outside....

 

[guernseyman]

What does "ninety feet square" mean?

Does it mean 90 square feet or the area of a ninety foot square, i.e. 8100 square feet?

 

[nimbusgb]

8100 square feet

Fact Sheet - BMW ORACLE Racing 90.

Hull
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

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

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

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

 

[fireball]

Hmm - you recon a few of us could charter it for the Cherbourg Scuttlebutt meet? Heck - we could shuttle the whole forum across !!!

 

[bilbobaggins]

Hmm - you recon a few of us could charter it for the Cherbourg Scuttlebutt meet? Heck - we could shuttle the whole forum across !!!

Now that's a good idea! Can I bring my sextant?

 

[Woodlouse]

So's this one....

Maybe some match-racing in the Solent? They're too fragile for outside....

I think you'll find they're too fragile for match racing in the solent too. Thats why they're going to the Middle east to find a venue with little enough wind.

Not that it needs wind. 18 knots upwind with barely 10 knots of true or 27 knots with 15 knots true at the mast head.

Now I don't like the way the AC has gone lately, but I'll give them this race. Those two boats are awesome and will provide a big leap in yacht design not to mention be a fascinating showdown. Lets hope after it's done everything can settle down again and go back to how it should be.