Helicopter Volvo Race Intercept In the Out Islands

[toykites]

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/

[ricki]

That is some amazing speed Eddie! These boats really go through the mill as well as you say. Thanks for putting up the links on the boards I hadn't heard about that. Check out the color and pattern coordination. I just drove by the sailing village in Miami. They put a lot of energy into this.

[500EPILOT]

Hey Rick/Eddie,

The USA sponsored Puma boat that won this leg won the IWC Shaffhausen Speed Record Challenge Trophy awarded to the boat that covers the most distance in 24 hours on each leg, Puma covered 511 NM on May 3rd, while blasting up the Windward Islands.!

Eddie, Thanks for the info on Laird H. working with Puma on the carbon fiber board, I'm interested.

Rick, When you asked for some photos and details about the photo shoot at Great Issac Light, I didn't realize you were going to put this up, very cool!

We're overdue for another run out to the Islands, we better plan something before the next bundle of joy arrives via Stork.

JP

[ricki]

Thanks and sounds like a great idea to me JP! I have to keep an Eye out for incoming storks in the interim. Just saw the fleet leaving the port of Miami presumably for the last leg of the race. Those are some fast sailboats.