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You likely have seen this, and here is the latest from McConaghy
The Vortex pod racer has been specifically designed to make high-speed foiling both safe and accessible to a larger audience.
Eliminating the previously prohibitive factors of agility, fitness and sailing knowledge, the Vortex pod racer moves high-performance foiling into a new era and brings foiler flying to experienced sailors, novice pilots and extreme sports enthusiasts alike.
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Roy P. Disney’s Volvo 70 ‘Pyewacket 70’ looks to be just a couple more gybes and 40 miles from the history books as of this writing. Ripping down the track consistently above 21 or 22 knots, the big VO 70 looks primed to score the trifecta – first to finish, fastest elapsed time and first overall on corrected time – in the biennial Newport to Cabo race.
After jumping out to an early lead over perennial line honors contender ‘Rio 100’, Disney and company wasted no time in legging out on the competition before the mighty Rio reportedly sustained a rudder linkage failure on this fast, windy, gear-busting edition of the Cabo race…
Additionally, the fast and competitive Kernan 68 Peligroso hit something at 1:30 Sunday morning that tore off one side of the kelp cutter garage, rendering them uncompetitive. With more potential damage, they pulled the plug (as it were) and headed home. They are do to haul out in San Diego today…
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With new solo and shorthanded round-the-world races being proposed one after another, it’s only fitting that yet another entity would try to enter the increasingly overcrowded fray. As the Barcelona World Race, BOC Challenge, Around Alone, Velux 5 Oceans, Class 40 Global Ocean Race and others have all gone the way of the dinosaur, it would seemingly make sense to take the largest fleet of shorthanded round-the-world capable boats ever created and give them a venue with which to race around the globe, no…
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