Has anyone else watched any of the racing? At this point it appears almost certain that the Kiwi's will take the cup.

The real shame is that unless the US turns things around it will happen very quickly as well. These boat are just fascinating technology and they are getting more out of them every day. In todays racing the US team clocked 58 mph before the race was called off due to wind limits. And from wind power, that is simply flying.

New Zealand came very, very close to capsizing their boat today. The boat had to have been at an angle close to 45 degrees, and appeared to be very close to the balance point before they finally saved it.


This stuff is like F1 on the water. The acceleration these boats can get is just as amazing as their top speeds with the boats going from 10-15 knots to up on the foils and doing 30 knots or more very quickly.


I'd love a ride on one of those things.