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MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — A 16-year-old has set out to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks sailed into the sunny Pacific Ocean on Saturday after being delayed a few days by a series of violent storms in California.
Her boat-builder father …Â Details
Want to know what BMW Oracle’s wing masted trimaran looks like at 25+ knots? Here’s a video taster
As we tracked BMW Oracle’s trimaran during her second day of crew training in Valencia the coastline sunk beneath the horizon with alarming speed. Â
In just 6-8 knots of true breeze she was sitting pretty at 25+ knots of boat speed. I’ll say that again, just in case you think it’s a typo! Six to 8 knots of true breeze, 25+ knots of boat speed … Details
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