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Old 08-14-2013, 06:12 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by NoBozo View Post
That video has been around for awhile. It is spectacular. The boat is in the "lee" of the land so has No Seas to contend with...relative to the wind they benefit from. NB
So you probably remember this earlier run, competing with seagulls for "getting air":



Similar "no seas" locations in Australia provided earlier attempts in a related design. As I recall, a record was set at over one mile per minute—but with the sponsor being "Yellow Pages" at the time:



In 1993—with strong winds—it might have been possible to see a terrified skipper in his Tornado:

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