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Originally Posted by No-Mo-Shun
Yes, and it may be the most expensive boat ever built per pound. It was built here in Anacortes, about two miles from my house. The soft sails were deemed inadequate, so they kept the building crew here to build the solid wing sail. It is longer than a 747 wing. We have a lot of good local boat builders here, but they also imported a lot of international talent. It is 90 ft. long with a beam of 90 ft. The America's Cup last winter was basically no contest. BMW Oracle outsailed Alinghi , the Swiss cup defender, quite easily. I had to get up around 5 AM to watch the two races on- line. There was no live TV. Tha America's Cup now resides in San Francisco. It will be interesting to see what kind of boat they choose for the next cup races.  |
90' long and 90' wide? Holy crap, talk about Acres Per Second!!
