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Wing sail technology
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Wing Sail Technology : A wingsail is a form of marine propulsion similar to conventional sails. However, a wingsail is a built-up structure with airfoil cross-section, like an airplane wing, which shape can provide a much better lift-to-drag ratio than conventional sails.
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Travailleur de l’ombre, Benjamin Muyl, 36 ans, a participé à la conception de nombreux multicoques de course, dont Geronimo et le trimaran USA-17, vainqueur de la dernière Coupe de l’America.
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Sail WorldAmerica's Cup: From Opti to AC45 – the stuff of dreamsSail WorldWe learned many facts and figures on the mammoth wing-sail and its design origins from the C-Class. We then changed ready to hit the water for the sail of a lifetime.
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This website is dedicated to our attempt on the World Sailing Speed Record at Sandy Point, Victoria, Australia. We hope you will enjoy following our progress.
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Wot Rocket was built to break the world sail speed record...
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radboat
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Little America's Cup 2010 The International C-Class Catamaran Championship Newport, RI...
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The following is extracted from a report prepared as part of the work done by Cooke Associates on establishing the commercial viability of the wingsail.
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Length (hull): 50' 0" overall
Beam (hulls): 40' 0" overall Mast height: 60' 0" Communication via radio, and satellite Draft: (hydrofoils lowered): 10' Payload: 1,500 lbs. Stowage capacity: 600 cu. ft.
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Cinquième interview exclusive consacrée à l’aile de BMW-Oracle Racing – et encore un Français ! Après Joseph Ozanne, Dimitri Despierres, Vincent Lauriot-Prévost et Russell Coutts, voici celle de Thierry Fouchier, 37 ans, régleur à bord du maxi-multi.
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Quatrième interview exclusive consacrée à l’aile de BMW-Oracle Racing. Lui n’est pas Français (tant pis pour nous), a déjà gagné trois fois la Coupe de l’America, est l’un des meilleurs barreurs du monde.
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On le sait peu, mais nombre de Français travaillent – et depuis longtemps – dans des secteurs de pointe de la Coupe de l’America : François et Virginie Nivelleau, Michel Marie, Dimitri Despierres (entre autres !
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Voici les images et vidéos du premier AC45 à Auckland. Magnifique.
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The Amazing Work of Hanno Smits Just after I posted the multihull link I remembered intending to show you a hydrofoil sailboat prototype incorporating one of the same principles as Radboat, namely...
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Emirates Team New Zealand wing expert Glenn Ashby describes how the wing gets stepped on the AC45.
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v-44 Albatross speed sailing craft literally flies above the water using an innovative wing-sail design. With a maximum speed of 70 knots, v-44 has a 'three axis control' system.
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Vestas SailRocket 2: Outright World Speed Sailing Record contender - aiming to be the fastest sailing boat on the planet...
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The soft and variable geometry wing sail is faster and has better up wind performance.
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Troisième interview exclusive consacrée à l’aile de BMW-Oracle. Après Joseph Ozanne, concepteur de l’aile, et Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, l’architecte du trimaran américain, voici celle de Dimitri Despierres (encore un Français !
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Marc Van Peteghem et Vincent Lauriot-Prévost (VP-LP) sont des architectes français connus, réputés.
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