Written on 07-Feb-2010 by
billtucker
That's right. 2 boats costing well in excess of $50 million each will match race each other tomorrow ie 1 on 1. If one boat wins the first two races there won't even be a third race. Given that it is perfectly possible for these beast to finish a race in 2 hrs that is possibly more than $10 million dollars per hours racing these boats will ever do! These boats are approx 90ft long but also 90ft wide - one is a cat and the other a trimaran and they both fly a hull in less than 5 kts of wind. Get this - they can do 3 times the speed of wind, thus in only 10 kts they do 30kts!! One of them has a wing sail that 1/3rd bigger than a wing of a jumbo jet. Hope they finish safely. Apparently they will be showing video of the racing live and I think this is where.