America’s Cup Back to Court and BMW Oracle Trimaran BOR 90 Sailing Again
BMW Oracle Racings America’s Cup team is starting sea trials of their newly modified trimaran BOR 90 in the waters off Point Loma this week. Helmsman James Spithill was seen with the America’s Cup trimaran on the dock, and the racing team will now ease into this next round of testing, as structural and other tests continue on the waters off San Diego. “As we gain more confidence with the boat, we’ll certainly be out there pushing it and seeing what we can get out of it,†Spithill said.
“It’s breaking new ground,†said 30 year old Spithill. “This has never been done before, so it’s an incredible opportunity for the sailors on both teams, and all the people involved; designers, builders. These boats have the most amazing power-to-weight ratio. There’s nothing else that’s ever been done on this sort of scale.â€Â … Details
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If you’ve been following the unrolling saga of BMW’s new S 1000 RR wünder-bike, you’ve seen it go from rumor to concept to unveiling to the announcement of the new street model. But maybe you were as incredulous as I was when presented with the news that the bike would be priced competitively – within $1,000 – of the Japanese Supersports, which range from the $11,799 Kawasaki ZX-10R to the $12,999 Honda CBR1000RR ($13,999 with ABS).
“No way!” declared the Internet peanut gallery, in between criticizing the bike’s asymmetrical headlamps and lambasting the styling for looking too much like a Japanese design, “it’ll be $20,000 and won’t perform like a Japanese 1000.”
Fellas, I hate to break it to you, but a local dealer is now taking deposits for January delivery, locking in pricing at the MSRP of …Â Details