"Gogarty" wrote in message
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In article
,
says...
The thing is huge! "Should go 2.5 X the wind speed".

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ixed-wing-sail

It's all cheating. The spirit of the competition has been irretrievably
lost.




When it comes down to a battle of the budgets than I'm no longer interested
in it. . .

I stopped watching baseball because the Yankees just buy the best talent.


Wilbur Hubbard

On Nov 10, 12:22*pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Gogarty" wrote in message

...

In article
,
says...
The thing is huge! "Should go 2.5 X the wind speed".

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...as-cup-fixed-w....

It's all cheating. The spirit of the competition has been irretrievably
lost.

When it comes down to a battle of the budgets than I'm no longer interested
in it. . .

I stopped watching baseball because the Yankees just buy the best talent.

Wilbur Hubbard

When has the AC not been a rich mans game?
Did you lose interest after the first race?

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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When has the AC not been a rich mans game?
Did you lose interest after the first race?



As long as it was a rich man's game it was OK with me. When it became a rich
"syndicate's" game I became offended by it. This is consistent with my oft
stated philosophy that sailing by committee is an abomination.




Wilbur Hubbard