softbootsurfer Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Innovation equals roughly 70 mph now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Amazing. However, this is worth watching too, look at around 1:00. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8Ow8QbXhZJU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I'm not sure can it be called real sailing, though. She's designed to go at only one narrow range of angles and can not change tacks... Still, hat's off for the record and guts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fNb5QJH1vtE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe> Team NZ AC72 V1.0 catamaran during trials in early Sept 2012. This is their experimental model with the final version for the next America's cup regatta still to be built. Oracle Racing spectacularly crashed their cat with foils in October this year. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xxOF0sTxL2Q" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe> Oddly enough, there still is a Little America's Cup for C class catamarans. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hWz37-Wkbc4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe> SunSurfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 A long time ago I read this book about a guy who conceptualised an "aerohydrofoil", "The 40 Knot Sailboat" http://www.geocities.com/aerohydro/overviewframeset.htm Bernard Smith was thinking these things in the 1960s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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