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    Posted: 28 Aug 12 at 5:42pm
Its only going to work if its windy enough to get that hydro step working properly, otherwise it will be a right lemon!
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It doesnt look 27ft in the pic. more like 18-20ft. As Peaky says, it might look good but that doesn't always transfer into speed on the water.
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Going on the scale of the Harken self tailer in the pit being about 6" diameter it looks pretty close to 27'! The shed is also huge (hence how the mast is up) so its deceptive.
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Bags I not have to short tack thast singlehander against the tide and rocks at Gurnard...
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Here's some more carbon porn from their facebook page:



The ridiculously long canting keel:




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He come on guys it looks great.

Your right to have doubts, I bet the designer still has his own but full credit to them for making it.

I for one hope it works and would love to see it going.

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that is outrageous and I love it!
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I want to see the canting mechanism for that keel! Its gotta be something manual because theres no way they would get an engine, hydraulic pump, reservoir, PLC control system and 2 huge rams inside that thing!
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Courtesy of Shannon Falcone, here are the first pictures of the Oracle Racing 17 AC72 from their wing test yesterday. After its bigger brother DoGZilla, it has been dubbed the BatZilla. And you can see why.

What a weapon.





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Originally posted by ifoxwell

I for one hope it works and would love to see it going.

Looking at it I think I see a boat that needs considerably more depth of water to tack in than it needs to sail in. If I'm correct that might lead to some interesting situations.
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