Oracle Team USA defender of the 34th Americas Cup suffered a major setback Tuesday after its 8-million AC72 racing catamaran capsized during training in San Francisco Bay.

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As motorboat racing is a dangerous sport many individuals including drivers crew members officials and spectators have been killed in crashes related to the sport either in a race in qualifying in practice or a private testing. Americas Cup champion Oracle Racing is assessing the damage to its 72-foot catamaran that crashed Tuesday and flew for four miles past the Golden Gate Bridge. Adventure Sports Network The Gateway to Adventure Sports.

Coming up on the summer I am thinking about starting a new boat-building project the AC25. The idea is to essentially build a 25-foot doubletriplehanded half-scale version of the AC50F50. The Energy Observer a converted ocean-racing catamaran that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell and solar power recently completed its first 5000-nautical mile transatlantic voyage from Brittany.

SailGP is adrenaline racing for a better future. KEY WEST -- Tragedy struck the World Cup Offshore Championships for the second year in a row Thursday as throttleman Mark Lavin was killed when Jesse James an. For the construction process I will.

Filmed at the World Championships in tropical Key West Florida November 2011 Donaldson Filtration. Posted May 26. The Artemis Racing AC72 catamaran an Americas Cup entry from Sweden lies capsized after flipping over during training in San Francisco Bay.

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