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Old 21st November 2013 | 09:07
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wmy
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The Alinghi Americas Cup Catamaran would be a strong competitor:


The ship has dimensions of 35m x 25m x 4m and a flying weight of 12tonnes. It was slung by a Mil Mi-26 from Lake Geneva (Switzerland) climbing to 3000m (!) over the Alps to Genua (Mediterranean).


The mast of the Catamaran (fully carbon composite, 60m long, 2.7tonnes) was slung with a Superpuma the same routing:


Both had to land in Italy for intermediate fuel stop:




Rumor sais, the process of design, research and construction took overall about 90 million Euros...

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