And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
What fantastic technology. That must be a thrill!
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Pure race boat; fast and highly maneuverable. But fragile. They cancel races if windspeed is 15 kts. They race only in sheltered bays.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, other multihulls have set speed records sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. The record is now 33 kts.
Does not compute...
ReplyDeleteIn the Route du Rhum 2022, Gitana 17 hit 48 knts during a squall. 55mph
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Those should be in a separate class to themselves.
ReplyDeleteIs that what is known as a hydrofoil
ReplyDeleteYes, and what you can't see well is the port foil is out of the water, they are balanced on two points.
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