K5ZD wrote: I bet sailboat racing was a lot different before they had GPS.
USA 17 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_17_(yacht)> is a trimaran
measuring 90-foot (27 m) length-on-waterline, maximum beam of 90-foot (27
m), and length overall of 113-foot (34 m). She was launched on the 22nd of
August 2008 in the city of Anacortes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacortes> , Washington
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(U.S._state)> , USA. The boat was
BMW Oracle Racing's entry for a Deed of Gift
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_of_Gift_of_the_America%27s_Cup> match
against SNG/Alinghi that took place in February 2010 in Valencia. The
yacht's mainsail <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainsail> is a rigid wing
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail#Sail_types> that is 224-foot (68 m) tall
and some 55 percent larger than the wing of an Airbus 380 airplane, making
it the largest rigid wing ever.
This was the latest BMW-Oracle boat so comparing sailing with hamradio is
ridiculous! I am sure it even had more CPU power than K3LR J
Once upon a time I admired USA "can do" attitude but now I am bored of OF
ludists. I built SDR into my FT1K, wrote my own RTTY Skimmer and I am not
supposed to use in order to obey archaic contest rules. I got optical cable
in my room 24/7 but I should disconnect from internet over the contest
weekends. If I get an urge to run pileups, I start Morse Runner or go to
Kosovo, Tunisia, Madeira etc.
73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU, age 68 on March 27th, hamradio since 1962.
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