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  • BMW Oracle Racing boat

    BMW Oracle Racing just presented their entry for the America's cup, making full us of the open regulations:
    America's team BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) has taken full advantage of a "wide open" set of design rules for this year's America's Cup to produce one of the most staggering and ambitious vessels ever seen on the water. Throwing out the cloth main sail, team BOR have fitted the BOR 90 with a gargantuan,…

    Rather than using a sail, the opted for a wing! While they are not the first team to try it (who other than Burt Rutan would have tried it before), it is huge!

    Now if only they would have more open regulations in F1 and such.... That would boost development! :-)

    Jörg
    pixar
    Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow. (James Dean)

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    And we have liftoff here at the American cup ladies and gentlemen.

    One heck of a design though, I hope it works out for them

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