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SAN DIEGO—No amount of jet lag could keep helmsman James Spithill from smiling about the prospect of getting back onboard one of the world’s fastest sailboats.
Spithill and other sailors with America’s Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing are waiting for the shore team to finish preparing their modified 90-foot trimaran to they can resume testing on the Pacific Ocean later this week.
“Once you get a taste of this sort of a boat, you just sort of get addicted to it. We’re all pretty keen to get on with it,” Spithill said Tuesday, a day after arriving from a regatta in France.
The monster trimaran, known as BOR 90, hasn’t sailed since March 3. Since then, San Francisco-based BMW Oracle Racing won its last-chance appeal in New York’s highest court and was declared the rightful Challenger of Record.
The Americans will face bitter rival and two-time defending America’s Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland in a best-of-3 series starting Feb. 8 for the oldest trophy in international sports.
BOR 90 has been hidden away in a temporary boatshed for four months as it was modified…Â Details
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering allowing the introduction of E15 ethanol gasoline for marine engines. The agency`s comment deadline is July 20.
Boat Owners Association of The United States and the National Marine Manufacturers Association are urging every boater in America to speak out on the issue.
BoatU.S. and the NMMA are concerned because boat engines are not designed, calibrated or certified for use with gasoline containing more than 10 percent ethanol. Recreational boat warranty documents and manufacturers owner’s manuals currently advise boaters not to use gasoline containing more than 10 percent ethanol, and therefore, the use of E15 in marine engines could void engine warranties and damage motors and fuel systems.
In March, Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol lobbying organization, and 54 ethanol producers petitioned the EPA to allow an increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15).
BMW ORACLE Racing today launched their trimaran in San Diego as the team prepares to sea trial the 90-foot by 90-foot high-tech racing machine. The mast will be installed dockside and the boat will be load-tested before the huge multihull is tested by the crew in the waters off Point Loma.
‘We are really excited to get out on the water,’ said helmsman James Spithill (AUS). ‘We still have plenty to do to complete sea trials and be ready for the America’s Cup in February so every day counts. It is only seven months until the America’s Cup so we are now in the home stretch.’
BMW ORACLE Racing is the Challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup. The team will meet the Swiss Defender Alinghi in a best two-of-three head-to-head duel starting February 8. The venue for the competition will be named by the Defender by August 8.
The team will test the trimaran in San Diego this summer.
‘This is cutting-edge technology and sailing. We look forward to testing how fast is fast,’ said Spithill…Â Details and great pictures