Americas Cup

[Porsche Monkey]

When did they start using multihulls? Or is this the first time?

[Jammen]

Wow... I so want to go for a ride!

[Speeddog]

When did they start using multihulls? Or is this the first time?

My guess is that this is the first trimaran.

First cat was Stars & Stripes.

[hbliam]

Interesting daggerboards on that BMW-Oracle boat.

What do you find interesting?

And check out the specs, I compared the sail area to my house. Holy crap. 

BMW Oracle Racing 90 Specs

LOA: 100 feet

LWL: 90 feet

BEAM: 90 feet

SAIL AREA: 5,000-square-foot main,

3,500-square-foot jib,

7,000-square-foot gennaker/Code Zero

MAST HEIGHT: 158 feet

DESIGN: BMW Oracle/VPLP (naval architects)

www.bmworacleracing.com

[hbliam]

Apparantly only the center daggerboard is a daggerboard. All the others are hydrofoils. That thing is goona haul ass when the only thing touching the water are the the daggerboard and foils.

[Speeddog]

What do you find interesting?

~snip~

Yeah, the 'daggerboards' on the outer hulls are *very* curved, with a little tip winglet.

I'd say those boats are huge, but that would be incorrect.
They're F'n gigantic.

[herm]

Wow... I so want to go for a ride!

oh yes...yes indeed!

[Airborne]

When did they start using multihulls? Or is this the first time?

they got in a big fight in court over it. bmw oracle won and the challenger had no option but to build one similar to compete with the bmw oracle 90...or something like that. I wasn't following the whining very closely, I just like watching the racing.

[Super T.I.B]

Kevins boat is faster. 

[LA]

Jebus Dudes, That's the damdest thing I ever saw.  How would you figure the hull speed on that thing? Looks like:

Mari-Cha IV 140 ft. (mono hull) good for just over 40 knots

L'Hydroptère the huge Hydrofoil Tri with a jaw-dropping 47+ knot top speed, is the fastest sailing boat in the world -so far.

They're saying 40 knots for this new boat in a 20 knot wind. make the beast with two backsing Wow! Speed freak sailing.
LA

[Randimus Maximus]

Jebus Dudes, That's the damdest thing I ever saw.  How would you figure the hull speed on that thing? Looks like:

Mari-Cha IV 140 ft. (mono hull) good for just over 40 knots

L'Hydroptère the huge Hydrofoil Tri with a jaw-dropping 47+ knot top speed, is the fastest sailing boat in the world -so far.

They're saying 40 knots for this new boat in a 20 knot wind. make the beast with two backsing Wow! Speed freak sailing.
LA

I have no idea WTF you just said, but it sounds pretty friggin cool!

[Kopfjäger]

L'Hydroptère the huge Hydrofoil Tri with a jaw-dropping 47+ knot top speed, is the fastest sailing boat in the world -so far.

L'Hydroptère: fastest sailboat on the planet

[Randimus Maximus]

what's up with the dude below deck watching TV??

[Kopfjäger]

what's up with the dude below deck watching TV??

Possibly watching some type of weater/wind feed?

Statler, calling Statler to the bridge. 

[Monsterlover]

What are they made out of?

Fiber glass?

Carbon fiber?

How does a boat manage a faster speed than the wind speed?