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As Spithill put it, you have to find your limits.
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By now most have seen the ORACLE crosing the Line of Death.
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Back in the days of car racing: if it breaks it's too light: if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
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By now most have seen the ORACLE crosing the Line of Death.
Some needs to be prepared to ease the main
That's how I avoided it on a Beach Cat...
Fundamentally - The problem is that they are limited, somewhat more than one-trick-ponies
As Spithill put it, you have to find your limits.
I guess they did. The whole contraption broke up.
Yup -- they stuffed the bows
That's such a staggering design flaw.
Optimized for controlled conditions
What do you mean by controlled conditions Larry?
I meant limited conditions
That started out as about 90 degrees true and moved to "close hauled", they then headed-off -- but it doesn't look deep?
Good question -- don't know
The wind would swing aft very quickly
Nascar on the water
Something needs work. If nothing else, pitchpoling slows you down,....
Especially pitchpoles that cost a few million $ to recover from
They need the equivalent of NASCAR roof flaps
I don't think they can "ease" that wing much at all...
We know they're not cruising boats. The issue if are they practical ON the racecourse.
The definition of "practical" on the race course is a win...
Along those lines