Yes, the founder of Oracle. His was the piece I saw on 60 Minutes last year.
Sounds like the court has been hard at work.
Dan
--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Chris Harris <yesford@clear.net.nz> wrote:
From: Chris Harris <yesford@clear.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] New LSR
To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>, dwarner230@yahoo.com
Cc: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>, "Kirkwood"
<saltfever@comcast.net>
Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 2:57 PM
Was this, that 22 mill yacht, or another ?
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/court_backs_bmw_oracle_racing_as_challen
ger_for_americas_cup/
Chris H..............NZed.
> DW and list,
>
> What I remember about that, is that they added a rule that all
> contenders must have a single hull. Reminded me of the turbo
> Indy car because he was hoping they would let him run it once
> before outlawing it. Somehow his secret got out.
> I used to be in sailing. Got too expensive for me.
>
> That's what I like about Streamliners, any plan within a few
> basic common sense and necessary safety requirements is allowed.
> Common sense and history/experience are used to judge the design,
> the same are used to judge the execution of the design. These are
> the same principles used to design IBM Computers.
> All this means is, no fliers or junk allowed.
>
> I'll go back in my hole now DW.
> Bryan
>
>
>
> dan warner wrote:
>> There was a piece on 60 Minutes last year about some rich guy who
built an
>> America's Cup contender using the same principles. His boat had
dual hulls and
>> a sail(?) like the subject. It was so fast in testing that it was
deemed
>> illegal before racing. I think the cost was in excess of $22M.
>> DW
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