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Tim_Mozzie

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The whole article with more photos is at sail-world.com

Oracle Racing's James Spithill joins the Mile High Club

Interesting that it righted itself. I wonder if that was deliberate or just happened.

Posted : April 28, 2011 3:22 am

Anonymous 39792

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That is interesting, they did not even get the front beam wet!Just how much bouyancy do these boats have? From the photos it looks like the bloke in white [Spithill?] douses the assymetric then steers the boat upright while an unseen boat [large rib?] pulls from a line attached to the jib tack. seeing the AC 45 on its side [front and side on views] gives a different perspective to the hull shape,
Cheers,
Roy.

Posted : April 28, 2011 7:17 am

Tim_Mozzie

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Here's a video which includes the righting.

AC45 highlights

Posted : April 29, 2011 3:28 am

Tim_Mozzie

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Another nice AC45 video on sail-world.com:

Coutts capsizes in San Francisco

That's supposedly Coutts dropping through the wing - probably hurts a bit more than going through a sail!

Posted : June 17, 2011 11:24 pm

Peter_Lyons

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Apparently he's OK because he has been through hardships before <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />

Posted : June 18, 2011 5:44 am

Simon C

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Nice one Peter! <img src="<>/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh" height="15" width="15" />

Posted : June 18, 2011 6:07 am

Peter_Foulsum

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The amount of bouyancy in the hollow mast gives a whole new meaning to sailing on the edge !! <img src="<>/cool.gif" alt="cool" title="cool" height="15" width="15" /> If the crew can invert the sail shape to act like a aircraft wing then the yacht will always right itself. <img src="<>/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh" height="15" width="15" /> It's just a matter of getting the platform to be facing into the wind. <img src="<>/crazy.gif" alt="crazy" title="crazy" height="15" width="15" />

Better still if a crew member is tied to the control line and falls off first and inverts the sailshape then the mast may not even touch the water. <img src="<>/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink" height="15" width="15" />

Posted : June 19, 2011 2:51 am