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We spoke with Dirk Kramers, Design Executive for Oracle Team USA, whose experience with multi-hull sailboats dates back to the 1988 America’s Cup when he was a designer for Team Dennis Conner and the winning boat Stars & Stripes. 
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65 knots today, 80 knots in the future? How and why the fastest boat in the world works
Florence Boy's curator insight,
February 13, 2013 12:01 PM
Dans la série des innovations et des apprentissages techniques...
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Speed sailing record, hydrofoil, vesas sail rocket, Paul Larsen, Sailrocket 2, Macquarie Innovation, 40-knot sailboat, Bernard Smith, wingsail, wing, foiler
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Vestas Sailrocket Project Leader and Pilot, Paul Larsen, discusses how he and the crew have now achieved a record setting pace.
The new mark was set in Walvis Bay, Namibia with a new hydrofoil package. The ratified record stands at 55.65 knots (64 mph) and is held by American Kite Surfer Rob Douglas.
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Since launching their first AC72 in late July, Emirates Team New Zealand has sailed just over half of its 30 allotted practice days. With the sleek 72-footer in the shed for a round of modifications, team skipper Dean Barker took time out to answer a few questions about the past three months.
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L’optimisation du SailRocket et les essais se poursuivent à Walvis Bay en Namibie. Hier, Paul Larsen pense avoir réalisé sa meilleure performance personnelle en réalisant une moyenne non officielle de 50,98 noeuds sur 500m avec une pointe à 53 noeuds. Le vent soufflait entre 25 et 29 noeuds hier offrant de bonnes conditions à l’équipe. Cependant même si cette moyenne n’est qu’un demi noeud inférieur au record de l’hydroptère, Larsen éprouvait une certaine frustration. D’abord ce temps ne pourrait pas être homologué et ensuite parce qu’il sent que la bolide plafonne à cette vitesse, et ne voit pas comment aller au de là de cette barrière pour le moment.
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ORACLE TEAM USA's brand new AC72 "17" takes flight with a little help from it's trimaran predecessor, USA17, winner of the 33rd America's Cup.
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Oracle Team USA has become the second AC team to get an AC72 up on foils.
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To fly or not to fly? This week's Americas Cup Discovered focuses on the latest technology as the hydro-foiling 72 foot wing-sailed catamarans become a reali...
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While the sailing world is still coming to terms with the concept of seeing 72ft America's Cup catamarans charging at 30kts plus, while fully out of the water on foils, the design teams are several steps further down the path.
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Sailing session of ETNZ AC72 fully foiling and flying North Head, North Shore, Auckland, NZ, using a Canon EOS 550D Copyright: Clive Wright
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Last Wednesday, after just her fourth day if sailing on the Hauraki Gulf, Emirates Team NZ were able to get their first AC72 sailing foil-borne on the Waitemata Harbour.
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When Paul Larsen decided to sail faster than physics would allow, he had only one choice: Reinvent the boat.
Christian Tabakoff's comment,
February 9, 2013 7:24 AM
Great job! A mixture of a hydrofoil and a WIG-wing- = great potential to be explored yet! Good luck!
Florence Boy's curator insight,
February 13, 2013 11:58 AM
comme on est dans les trucs de ouf avec le Vendée Globe, on continue un peu sur la lancée !
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Just in... 61 + knot peak speed and a 54. something average. Had to stop as the end was coming up fast. Everything went into fast forward. I was saying " this is fast, this is fast" and then she took off again... "this is real f*****g fast"!!!
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As the 34th America’s Cup draws nearer, the development of the America’s Cup 72 catamaran moves into overdrive. Emirates Team New Zealand hit the water first and fast. Dave Reed interviews Emirates Team New Zealand's technical director Nick Holroyd.
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After doing a slow sub 10 knot trial/test run with the new foil on the previous day, the team delivered VESTAS Sailrocket 2 over to the Walvis Bay speed sail...
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After several weeks of not being able to work on the Moth Rig project (another story) we finally got to the water. However gear failure brought the test session to a halt after only a few minutes. The repair will be simple but it means no sailing until next weekend.
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To fly or not to fly? This week's Americas Cup Discovered focuses on the latest technology as the hydro-foiling 72 foot wing-sailed catamarans become a reality. The secrecy around all the teams and their boat design has been rife, but we were there the moment ORACLE TEAM USA's AC72 '17' went on the water - including the instant it all went wrong - join us this week for unseen footage of what has forced the team back to the drawing board.
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The VESTAS Sailrocket 2 project will be returning to the waters of Walvis Bay, Namibia this September with a new hydrofoil package which they hope will bring them an outright world speed sailing record.
The record currently stands at 55.65 knots (64 mph) and is held by American Kite Surfer Rob Douglas. VESTAS Sailrocket 2 was built in the VESTAS R+D facilities on the Isle of Wight and launched in the Medina River in March 2011. The project then relocated to Namibia where ideal conditions occur on a regular basis.
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Copyright: Clive Wright http://www.flickr.com/photos/clivewright/...
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First video of Team New Zealand's America's Cup catamaran sailing with both hulls out of the water.
