Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.misc From: rjh@pixel.maths.monash.edu.au (Plagued by Penguins) Subject: Speed sailing: endeavour.gif (part 1/8) Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia. Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 12:27:29 GMT
This is a picture of the "Yellow Pages Endeavour", an Australian
trimaran that is attempting to break the world sailing speed record.
They have unoffically broken the world record (currently held by by Frenchman Thierry Bielak at 82.7 km/h on a sailboard) by around 1 km/h. They are sailing at Shallow Inlet, a bay 160km south east of Melbourne. The yacht is highly asymetrical, and has three short planing hulls. The one to the right is the lead float, whilst the two on the left are trailing. Two people ride in the upwind float (closest to us in the pic) which rises out of the water when going at full speed.
This boat is designed by Lindsay Cunningham who also designed Australia's repeatedly successful Little America's Cup (C-class) catamarans. The 12m high "sail" on Endeavour is a simplified and "cleaner" (no multi-section foils hence lower drag) version of the solid wing sail used on the C-class yachts. The team plans more attempts early next year.
National catamaran champion Simon McKeon, who skippered Yellow Pages Endeavour, described the experience as breathtaking. ...