The 2009 Midwest Speed Quest on Lake Okabena, Worthington Minnesota is over. This was a great year, with many new racers participating. It is time to announce the Final Results.
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Alinghi, the 33rd America’s Cup Defender, cast off from the America’s Cup Island of Al Hamra this morning and set sail for its first training day in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.
“The conditions are ideal here for these boats,†said Brad Butterworth, Alinghi team skipper, “exactly the building sea breeze that we hoped for which means we can sail as much as six days a week; it couldn’t be better for what we are trying to achieve.†The giant catamaran Alinghi 5 arrived in the Emirates from Europe on 30 September after a… Details
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Following three weeks of modifications, the BOR 90 emerged today from the boatbuilding tent at the team base in San Diego. The latest iteration of the giant trimaran the team will use to challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup boasts new features which will be worked up on shore, before the boat hits the water for more testing near the end of the month.
Most significantly, and in response to the new rules issued earlier this year for the 33rd America’s Cup by the Defender, SNG/Alinghi, the team has modified the BOR 90 cockpit to accommodate an engine. For the first time in the history of the America’s Cup, the Defender has altered the racing rules to allow using an engine to replace human power on board the race boats. Since the Cup’s inception in 1851, and in almost all other yacht racing, only manual (human) power may be used … Details
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Back in 1972, Tim Colman of Great Britain took an odd looking boat named Crossbow for a record run in Weymouth, England, and ended up sailing at 26.30 knots over 500 meters. This was an unheard of speed at the time, and his announcement sparked the imaginations of boat designers around the world. Though many tried to best Crossbow’s run in the following years, only Colman was capable of this sort of speed, and he continued to raise his own bar for eight years until, in 1980 …Â Details, Pictures & Videos
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