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Old 05-11-2012, 02:51 PM
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Default Volvo Ocean Race

One of the technical support crew from the UK was here in St. Augustine for a little while waiting for the boat to be delivered to Savannah by ship after sustaining major damage off Brazil in the last leg of the race. He was explaining to me the canted keel and how the boats can reach speeds of over 40 knots and cover 580 miles in a single day in the right conditions. Talk about technology!

Have you seen the PUMA SUP race board that they designed matching the boat with Laird Hamilton? That thing is bad to the bone!!!
http://www.thecarbonfiberjournal.com/?p=1290
http://www.supthemag.com/news/indust...ard-with-puma/
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