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ilnadi
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Initially Posted - 04/11/2008 : 08:47:24

another speed record. I guess the EU advertisement money thinks road rally and F1 may be too yesterday. Makes good reading for us.

Subject line due to my analogy of "I like watching the Baja ?000 but I'd rather do it in my air-conditioned land-river at 6mph"

from CNN (another indication of the marketing behind these efforts these days):<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">(CNN) -- Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records.

Leaving San Francisco on 29 March, Lionel Lemonchois and crew crossed the finish line off Yokohama, in Tokyo Bay after 11 days, 12 minutes and 56 seconds.

It smashed the previous record time by three days, 22 hours, 27 minutes and 46 seconds, held by Olivier de Kersauson on Geronimo since 2006.

By choosing to take a more central route of 4,462 nautical miles, the Gitana team knew that the weather conditions would be difficult.

They completed the crossing at an average speed of 16.96 knots.

However in practice, the maxi-catamaran had to cover over 5,616 miles, bringing their average speed to 21.26 knots.

Their fastest speed of 39.7 knots is a new personal record for the crew. The best day recorded in terms of distance covered over the water in 24 hours was 3 April, with over 612 miles logged {that would be 25.5 knots -nadi-}.

Sylvain Mondon, Gitana 13's router explained: "we're certainly very tired, as the past eleven days at sea have been intense." {the pesonality and training needed to suppress your survival instincts for 11 days, 12 minutes and 56 seconds must tend one to understatements

-nadi-}
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Response Posted - 04/11/2008 : 09:11:24

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/sailing/04/11/gitana.record/index.html?eref=rss_latest

[url="http://www.gitana-team.com/en/gitana/video/viewer.asp?uid=896375298866853"]video

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Response Posted - 04/11/2008 : 09:13:48

I've often thought this to be the classic conundrum. If you're in a hurry to get somewhere, why take a sailboat? I understand that racing and speed tests like this the lead to great innovation for us non-speed enthusiasts but, it still puzzles me.

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Response Posted - 04/11/2008 : 15:51:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I've often thought this to be the classic conundrum. If you're in a hurry to get somewhere, why take a sailboat? I understand that racing and speed tests like this the lead to great innovation for us non-speed enthusiasts but, it still puzzles me.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
This is an example of good enough, not being enough.

Another example can be found every second monday morning in my office where our perfectly good office chairs are used in chair races. I usually borrow one of the older armless steno chair because they're faster than my highbacked overstuffed chair.

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Response Posted - 04/12/2008 : 08:11:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Russell
 I've often thought this to be the classic conundrum. If you're in a hurry to get somewhere, why take a sailboat? I understand that racing and speed tests like this the lead to great innovation for us non-speed enthusiasts but, it still puzzles me.
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Or for that matter why sail at all? As the old sailors on the fastest sailing vessels ever made (clipper ships) used to say: "A man who would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a passtime".

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Response Posted - 04/12/2008 : 11:50:47

I guess the new 90' AC multis are going to make that look like a Freightliner.

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