"The boat is 27 meters (90 feet) long by 27 meters (90 feet) wide, the mast is 48 meters (158 feet) tall and the mainsail is approximately 500 square meters (5,300 square feet)."
"...the boat itself is the size of two basketball courts."
"It can hit 36 to 40 knots in the right conditions"
“The learning curve is steep – just massive. A boat of this size and power is a new ball game for most of us.”
International Herald Tribune and YachtPals
Also see the video of the multi-hull Larry Ellison the major investor showed during his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld
We were on the water this past Sunday, as we sailed past Point Loma, we could see a large Tri South of us. There she was. they did not dust the sails to much, and seemed to have issued hoisting the main, unless they were just careful increasing the sail load. But that gave us an opportunity to watch her at close range and shoot close up pictures.
She is an amazing boat and from what I read, we should be able to see her again since she is scheduled to do sea trials in San Diego for a couple of months here is a link to the pictures http://gadeyne-us.spaces.live.com
and videos
http://www.youtube.com/pgadeyne
Posted by: CADiver | October 14, 2008 at 11:00 PM