Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information