One fast sailboat

Being able to reliably maintain such speeds non stop for 29 000 NM is absolutely mind boggling! 900+ NM in a single day...

Multihull racing is virtually unknown here on this side if the pond and while these guys have big budgets to put these raves together, they are not signing $100m contracts to throw a ball across a patch of grass and not being able to put together a coherent sentence...

I remember when I first encountered one of these.. It was in 89, I at TV crew on board my boat to cover the finish of a transat race in st barths. I was doing 25kts and barely keeping up! It was just incredible to see... Ocean racing is a big deal in Europe, with big sponsors...
 
That is amazing! I cannot imagine averaging that speed either.
The race is non-stop?
 
And we get all excited about the America's Cup...
 
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And we get all excited about the America's Cup...

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Well I am getting excited about it. The Americas Cup is going to be viewable for the first time from shore. And, the boats will be capable of speeds close to what the trimaran was doing.
 
Yeah, but doing it around a race course and around the planet are two different games. One of the things I always liked about the original AMERICA is she crossed the Atlantic, and after the race sailed home...
 
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Yeah, but doing it around a race course and around the planet are two different games. One of the things I always liked about the original AMERICA is she crossed the Atlantic, and after the race sailed home...

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Definitely two different games for sure. Going back to the original is really going back!

I'm mostly excited about the upcoming AC because its here in SF. I will have a view of the course from my slip!
 
Yea it is non stop! But it pales in comparison with the vendee globe challenge which is raced in monohulls (lower speeds) but SINGLE handed, non stop, with no assistance! In other word, they can stop for repairs by anchoring out in a bay but cant go ashore or cant receive any help...

These ocean races are endurance races like le Mans, the America s cup is more like Formula 1
 
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Yea it is non stop! But it pales in comparison with the vendee globe challenge which is raced in monohulls (lower speeds) but SINGLE handed, non stop, with no assistance! In other word, they can stop for repairs by anchoring out in a bay but cant go ashore or cant receive any help...

These ocean races are endurance races like le Mans, the America s cup is more like Formula 1

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Didn't a woman win that a few years ago or come in second?
 
Dame Ellen Mac Arthur (UK)? Probably... There have been a few..in the 80s and 90s Florence Arthaud (FR) was the first to really breakthrough in ocean racing
 
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Dame Ellen Mac Arthur (UK)? Probably... There have been a few..in the 80s and 90s Florence Arthaud (FR) was the first to really breakthrough in ocean racing

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You are right. I just looked it up. She came in 2nd in 2001

Wow - she was only 24 yrs old in that race!
 
#30-plus kts for a prolonged period is surely a record breaker. I doubt if one of the USN CVs could maintain that speed without damage for so long a time.
 
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