Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/18

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Subject: [Leica] Americas Cup, Oracle capsize
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:13:51 -0400
References: <BANLkTi=ErS2JciCXVQgP3_10MDtzmcgkVg@mail.gmail.com> <255FD535-3831-42EE-8207-B003EB61A27D@embarqmail.com> <000901cc2e2c$f4dcede0$de96c9a0$@chiaroscuro.co.nz>

thanks!

ric


On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:59 PM, John McMaster wrote:

> The winner of the previous AC gets to choose type of boat and location for
> the next AC.
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> when did am cup switch to that narrow hull cat design and rigid sails?
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> 
>> The Oracle capsize was a spectacular event, captured in this video.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KNql99zT6s
>> It was really a pitchpoling rather than a capsize. This is relatively 
>> rare in sailing and occurs when the bow of a very fast moving boat 
>> catches up with a wave and digs in. The kinetic energy of the boat 
>> flips it end for end. The Oracle catamaran must have been sailing at 
>> at least 20 knots, light speed for a sailboat, when the bow of one 
>> hull dug in. The skipper of the boat, Russell Coutes, is one of the 
>> best. The boats contending for the America's Cup are hardly 
>> traditional sailboats. Rather they are specialized racing machines 
>> with wing sails that bear as much relationship to the boats that many of
> us sail in as a Formula One racer does to the family car.
>> Larry Z
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Americas Cup, Oracle capsize)
Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Americas Cup, Oracle capsize)
Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Americas Cup, Oracle capsize)