MM was brought onto the design team for BOR to refine the design and increase the performance of their 90 foot trimaran.
Trimaran oracle bmw. Americas team BMW Oracle Racing BOR has taken full advantage of a wide open set of design rules for this years Americas Cup to produce one. At 190ft 57m tall the solid wing sail for BMW Oracles Americas Cup trimaran is believed to be the largest wing ever built dwarfing that of a Boeing 747s and only just a few feet short. The BMW Oracle Racing teams BOR 90 - aka their Deed of Gift challenging trimaran - has been relocated from its initial trialing location in Anacortes WA to San Diego CA and began testing again.
A wing of this scale has never been built for a race boat. Download this stock image. This trimaran is the only one of its kind.
BMW Oracle Trimaran Wing Mast The latest development by the BMW Oracle Racing team was unveiled today when an enormous solid wing sail was prepared to be wheeled out of the tent at the team base in San Diego. None of the sailing crew were injured in the accident which happened about 30 miles off Point Loma near San Diego California. But instead of parachutes they.
Based in Anacortes on the west coast of the United States since 21st August 2008 the skipper of the Groupama Trimarans and his team are full of praise aboard the 90 foot trimaran BMW Oracle designed by the French architects VPLP. The huge 200 foot mast on BMW Oracles Americas Cup trimaran BOR broke dramatically during a test sail on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday snapping the mast in two as it hit the boats rear beam. The two boats represent 158 years of cutting-edge American nautical.
BMW Oracle Dismasted Update. However an ongoing court battle will. BMW Oracle Racings 30m trimaran.
At around 11am on Tuesday Nov 4 BMW Oracles giant Americas Cup trimaran was dismasted none of the crew were hurt in the incident which happened during training off San Diego USA. OTW Anarchy from the Dog Pound. Perhaps they are not so upset at losing their rig last week after all.