On Sep 11, 1:00*am, "Edgar" wrote:
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I am sure the designers of this trimaran thought a lot about 'Team Philips'
before coming up with a trimaran with a single mast amidships. This allows
the mast to be stayed but the stresses on the crossbeams must still be very
great. ...

I doubt it. TP was either way ahead of her time or just a total
disaster but in any case would have been a bust in a course racing
event. This boat, "Stradivarius", is more of a development of the ORMA
60' class on the scale of the Groupama 3 which I'm sure they have
studied. The canting rig, foils and so on. That is why BMW/Oracle
hired Franc Cammas to oversee the project and drive the boat. The 10
foot overhangs are notably different from the ORMA boats and the only
bit that has obviously been developed to the DOG. Still, if they have
a DOG match the defenders just need to build a faster boat for the
location that they choose. It's virtually impossible to win a true
deed of gift challenge.

-- Tom.