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The Transpac boats in Divisions 3, 4 & 5 start their race tomorrow. Sailing crews from each of the 19 Transpac sailboats are looking toward their navigators to determine what route they are going to take initially, so that they can decide which sails to take and which to leave behind. While the navigators work through their strategy, the rest of the crews are out purchasing odds and ends and loading food onto their boats for the long passage ahead.
These Santa Cruz 50 and 52 sailboats, Andrews 53 and 56’s and a smattering of other yacht designs that rate between 106 and 159, are not in contention to break course records, but they are looking to win or do well in their divisions, have a safe race and maybe even win overall on corrected time, as did Reinrag 2, Tom Garnier’s J-125 did in 2007. Reinrag 2 not only won Division IV, but also beat the entire fleet on corrected time to become the overall 2007 Transpac winner… Details
Some non-sailors trying to understand what’s happening in the America’s Cup have emailed to say that they are puzzled by the ability of trimarans and catamarans to sail faster then the wind. The answer is explained by some relatively simple physics.
First, no sailboat can exceed the wind speed when heading straight downwind. We’ll see why in a minute.
But to understand how they sometimes can go faster than the wind speed, imagine sitting still on a bicycle with the wind blowing directly from one side at 10 miles per hour. That’s what sailors call… Details
They’ve been hailed as ‘a phenomenon’ and they’re the lightest, tightest-turning and fastest inflatable boat ever to hit the Thundercat (powerboat) racing scene.
What’s more, owning and campaigning a Zapcat is guaranteed not to break the bank.
Inflatable boat specialist Sirocco Marine is now distributing the Zapcat breed through its Australia-wide dealer network and director Neil Webster believes their introduction will create a new and highly-affordable form of powerboat racing…Â Details & Pictures