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Originally Posted by PeterG
A huge driver of overall speed during the race is the percentage of time spent foiling--sailing with only the dagger boards in the water. The key to Oracle's victory last time was that they figured out how to modify the foils to increase that percentage. Alas, for our guys, the boats are now spending almost all their time foiling. So it will be much tougher for them to gain speed from here.
Still thrilling to see these guys fly across the water, and even the losers will have been the second fastest sailors of all time.
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With windsurfers taking up foils, how long before
they break the windsurfers' 61-MPH World Record?
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