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Aktungbby · 05-15-15, 09:57 PM

New record set...obliterated: 23 hours 9 minutes 52 seconds over the 'late' Steve Fossett's: 38 hours 35 minutes 35 seconds. 635 miles from Castle Hill Lighthouse , Newport, RI to Kitchen Shoal Beacon, Bermuda. Fossett's 125 foot catamaran Playstation averaged 16 knots- respectable- his record stood for 15 years....The new record holder 105' LendingClub II averaged 27 knots exceeding speeds of 40 knots; a fair wind and a straight 'rhumb line' were crucial to the feat- no tacking required!

that's not sailing! I know...this's a whole new thing! But at least they're all wearing life jackets too!

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/04/20/lending-club-shatters-newport-to-bermuda-record/ Alas! I managed only a brisk 6 knots today myself ....I'll have a Nelson's Blood Rhumb to celebrate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_line

05-15-15, 09:57 PM	#23
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,140 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Seriously haulin Aß BBY! A straight rhumb and a $3 million boat that flies New record set...obliterated: 23 hours 9 minutes 52 seconds over the 'late' Steve Fossett's: 38 hours 35 minutes 35 seconds. 635 miles from Castle Hill Lighthouse , Newport, RI to Kitchen Shoal Beacon, Bermuda. Fossett's 125 foot catamaran Playstation averaged 16 knots- respectable- his record stood for 15 years....The new record holder 105' LendingClub II averaged 27 knots exceeding speeds of *40 knots;* a fair wind and a straight 'rhumb line' were crucial to the feat- no tacking required! that's not sailing! I know...this's a whole new thing! But at least they're *all* wearing life jackets too! http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/04/20/lending-club-shatters-newport-to-bermuda-record/ Alas! I managed only a brisk 6 knots today myself ....I'll have a Nelson's Blood Rhumb to celebrate! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_line __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!