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12-06-2014, 08:37 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,505
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Not your average blow boat
Friend is on design team of this 110' sled, which is currently getting ready for the Sydney-Hobart race.
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12-06-2014, 08:46 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Nice !! Sheer power.  |
" Choose Life "
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12-06-2014, 08:59 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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I heard reports of 30 kts. Ken Reid at the helm. It was outfitted in Newport, it looked like it had afterburners as it went of the East Passage
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12-06-2014, 09:08 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Yes. Built in East Boothbay, Maine. Fitted out and trialed in Newport. A "shakedown cruise" to Charleston..... as in South Carolina, on its way to meet a container ship that took it to Sydney. That, my friends, is what disposable income can do........ No prize money in this ring. It is all cash out for the guy writing the checks, and presumably able to use the sizable loss on his taxes.
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12-06-2014, 09:18 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Mr Jim Clark of Netscape fame and his trophy wife Kristy are the owners.
Boat has potential to break the record of 1 day 18 hours 23 min, set by Wild Oats in 2012, they are talking about breaking the 40 hour mark
Should be an interesting race on Boxing Day
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12-06-2014, 10:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
Posts: 2,286
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Crazy. Guy down here in westport that i am doin a lot of carpentry work for rory nugent was a world renowned pioneer in the transatlantic boat design, building, and racing back in early 80's. His boats and stories are sick. One of his last boats was sponsered by godiva chocolates. He has a picture of him and boat before race and then a picture of it upside down next to a super tanker that saved him 300 miles off azores when he got hit by a rogue wave. Threw in the towel after that one he said
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12-07-2014, 09:33 AM
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got gas?
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,716
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I used to race against Kenny on J 24's he's from a different planet. Started doing weird things to his boat like sanding the top of his mast just to see who would copy him plenty of people did. Never beat him ever. Not even close. Maybe that's why I own a stink pot. Lol
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12-07-2014, 05:47 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,189
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Mr Jim Clark of Netscape fame and his trophy wife Kristy are the owners.
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