12-17-2020, 09:52 PM
They are quite extraordinary, Henrik. There's a website for the cup [url=https://www.americascup.com/en/live]here where you can watch the race live or catch highlights. They go nearly as fast as a CB1100, but the new-fangled course seems to be a race up and and down with the only objective speed. It's amazing, but I'm not sure it's as interesting as an old-fashioned tacking duel. Still and all, I found it very hard to stop watching them.
I remember the final America's Cup race in 1983. It occurred in the early hours of the morning Australian time. When Liberty was a long, long way ahead, I fell asleep only to be woken by a phone call from a friend to make sure I was watching the Australia II win the race. Ben Lexen, who designed the winged keel, would be amazed by these new monohull, foiled boats that can travel at better than 40 knots in seemingly little breeze.
I remember the final America's Cup race in 1983. It occurred in the early hours of the morning Australian time. When Liberty was a long, long way ahead, I fell asleep only to be woken by a phone call from a friend to make sure I was watching the Australia II win the race. Ben Lexen, who designed the winged keel, would be amazed by these new monohull, foiled boats that can travel at better than 40 knots in seemingly little breeze.