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    Posted: 26 Dec 08 at 8:36am
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Originally posted by Mark Jardine

Is the Albacore Speed Freaks story now the stuff of legend? Will forumites when they're old and grizzly recount tales of it in club bars?

 

Just here Mark...

I do not think they will ever live it down.....
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Is the Albacore Speed Freaks story now the stuff of legend? Will forumites when they're old and grizzly recount tales of it in club bars?
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Originally posted by olly_love

Originally posted by Phil eltringham

They can at least lay claim to the fastest wipeout in sailing history, and they lived to tell the tale.  Good effort guys, they may be French, but you have to admire that level of lunacy, awesome!!

 

wait for a cherub to quote they wiped out at 70 knots

 

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Originally posted by Phil eltringham

They can at least lay claim to the fastest wipeout in sailing history, and they lived to tell the tale.  Good effort guys, they may be French, but you have to admire that level of lunacy, awesome!!

 

wait for a cherub to quote they wiped out at 70 knots

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Wow I have to say that is one fast craft.

The impact on the capsize must of sent the guys flying unless it happened in slow motion.

TBH I blame that helicopter!!
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They can at least lay claim to the fastest wipeout in sailing history, and they lived to tell the tale.  Good effort guys, they may be French, but you have to admire that level of lunacy, awesome!!
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What is really scary is that to cover the 500m required
for a world record at those speeds would take between 16
seconds [at 60knts] and 20 seconds [at 50knts].
That is almost just one good gust for us in slower
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