Flying the wing
Without any doubt, the newly created BMW Oracle blog and their YouTube channel are truly spoiling us with the amount of multimedia content they produce on an almost daily basis.
So, here's another video where "Kiki" Karcher, a former Alinghi grinder, becomes our guide while we follow BOR90's test sailing sessions inside the San Diego bay. If one is to believe Kiki's words, BOR 90 can fly with a mere 6 knots of wind and can tack and gybe like a dinghy. Unfortunately it needs no grinders any more. What a shame...
Labels: 33rd America's Cup, BMW Oracle, BOR 90
13 Comments:
amazing. as a matter of fact, team preferences aside, both these machines are fantastic. i wish i could go to valencia in february.
nice advertisment for Protector ribs
6 knots and flying already. My god - my boat starts moving at this windspeed.
Impressive
But what will alinghi come ouzt with?
May be they fly at 2kn of wind ;-)
... and at 15 knts in Valencia BOR will "satelize" into orbit ....
It's something I don't understand, with such a machine why not the steady light wind of RAK !!!!!
Anyway BOR has, at least, learned something from Alinghi : communication.
Yes, Tiki, it's a cool job - seeing Alinghi flying faster as BOR next Feb in Valencia...
Renaud you are right.
Why not RAK. Only roussel couts will know.
And also yes: BOR now is communicating a lot.
And alinghi is communicating not that much at the moment. They must have a secret waepon ;-)
Or they gave up............
Hi, Kiki, good to see you back on the water...haeven't you been a strong alinghi team member for years..???
What a surprise to see you now in an oracle shirt!
Kiki is a double secret service agent, working for alinghi and bmworacle ;-)
to 6:09 AM anon
well, Kiki got fired from Alinghi because they got rid of their grinders. Remember?
Bullshit !
Impressive, Amazing? Yes. Beautiful? No!
If AC was I beauty contest, Alinghi wins.
"If AC was I beauty contest, Alinghi wins."
yeah, but since it's a sailing contest, me thinks it'll go the bor way.
BORing
vs
RAKlinghi
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