Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/18

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Subject: [Leica] Americas Cup, Oracle capsize
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:41:11 -0500
References: <BANLkTi=ErS2JciCXVQgP3_10MDtzmcgkVg@mail.gmail.com>

Spectacular!  I saw it on TV news, but not in as much detail.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>
To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 9:42 PM
Subject: [Leica] Americas Cup, Oracle capsize


> The Oracle capsize was a spectacular event, captured in this video.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KNql99zT6s
> It was really a pitchpoling rather than a capsize. This is relatively rare
> in sailing and occurs when the bow of a very fast moving boat catches up
> with a wave and digs in. The kinetic energy of the boat flips it end for
> end. The Oracle catamaran must have been sailing at at least 20 knots, 
> light
> speed for a sailboat, when the bow of one hull dug in. The skipper of the
> boat, Russell Coutes, is one of the best. The boats contending for the
> America's Cup are hardly traditional sailboats. Rather they are 
> specialized
> racing machines with wing sails that bear as much relationship to the 
> boats
> that many of us sail in as a Formula One racer does to the family car.
> Larry Z
>
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