Now that we’re only a few breaths away from the 33rd Americas Cup we thought that having looked at the skippers we should now get out the tape measures and look at the stats of the two most advanced sailing yachts ever built.
One thing we don’t know are 100% exact numbers and details as each team has been pretty secretive about speeds, performance and other details. A certain amount however is known and the rest can be reasonably guessed … Details & the Comparison Chart
CEO and Skipper, Russell Coutts held a relatively impromptu Media session in the BMW Oracle Racing base last Wednesday. Following is a slightly edited transcript of that session. Â
Russell Coutts: I want to start off by setting the record straight on a few things. Â
I think that Mr Bertarelli either said or implied that Mr Ellison is trying to win this by spending more money. I’ve had a lot of experience in America’s Cups and I think you can observe that both teams are about the same size; they’ve got the similar sized boats and similar sized programs; and with my knowledge of what it costs to operate a team like Alingi and what it costs to operate this team I can tell you now they’d be very, very similar. Right the way through this process or this dispute we at BMW Oracle Racing have worked hard not to personalise the issues … Details
The premier sailing convention for women is set to launch on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Corona del Mar, CA. Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) is primary sponsor of the 21st Annual Women’s Sailing Convention, presented by the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA).
The event is open to all women from novices to experts and the 2010 program is packed with 28 workshops to choose from — both on and off the water — including: Welcome Aboard (for beginners), Suddenly Single-handed, Sail Trim, Cruising Preparedness, Provisioning, Racing Intro, Diesels, Basic Navigation, Anchoring, Spinnaker Rigging, First Aid and Going Offshore. Top women sailors from all over Southern California, many of them U.S. Coast Guard-licensed operators, present all of the workshops … Details
America’s team BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) has taken full advantage of a “wide open” set of design rules for this year’s America’s Cup to produce one of the most staggering and ambitious vessels ever seen on the water. Throwing out the cloth main sail, team BOR have fitted the BOR 90 with a gargantuan, motorized, solid carbon-fiber wing, nearly twice the size of a Boeing 747 wing at 190ft, or 57 metres tall. The engineering and logistics surrounding this incredible boat are mind-boggling – imagine trying to work out where to store the giant wing structure, how to transport it and how to fix it vertically onto a boat – let alone how to sail the thing – but the benefits of a non-deforming main sail include … Details & PicturesÂ
