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Why not build a full scale model out of cheap materials and try things like this? Photo: Oracle Team USA
I have to wonder if any of the teams knows how to right an AC72 after a capsize. Here’s what Jimmy Spithill had to say about it, after experiencing Oracle Team USA’s attempts to save their America’s Cup catamaran:
“I’m not sure you’d be able to right one of these boats when they’re on their side.
It doesn’t matter how much horsepower you’ve got, it just seems really tough to try and get the grip to pull them over. All you’re trying to do is actually just get the boat to a safe haven.
And in that case we probably would’ve been best to just try and – whatever it took – just hook up as many chase boats and then just get it straight over to Sausalito and deal with it there.”
Listen, at 27:54 into this video interview: http://tinyurl.com/d5dgn6y
Has anyone thought of building a full scale model out of cheap materials, not to sail, but just to knock it over and try different techniques to right it? Maybe it’s time to give that a go…