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12-11-2009, 16:32

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chala

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TaoJones

"BMW Oracle Racing revealed their hard wing rig to the world, thus validating our snooping duck who told us:

'I told you so,' he said, after we spent the last couple weeks giving him shit after the boat re-emerged from the shed sporting the tall soft-sail wing mast that subsequently went over the side. The new wing sail measures a whopping 190-ft tall and was built by the team's builders in Anacortes, Washington. Chew on this: it's 80% bigger than a Boeing 747 wing!"

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That last little factoid is amazing!

TaoJones

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