Sunday, August 16, 2009

BMW Oracle America's Cup boat is in San Diego



Just a quick note to anyone in the San Diego area. The USA challenger for the America's Cup this year is being tested down in our neck of the woods. It's a crazy advanced trimaran that will do battle with the crazy advanced catamaran that the Swiss team will be sailing in their defense of the Cup.

To see BMW Oracle's boat, just head down towards the Convention Center and park. Erin and I parked at Seaport Village. Buy a cookie and they'll validate you for 2 hours. Once you are near the Marina it's pretty easy to find. It's just behind Joe's Crab Shack, but you can see it from a mile away because of it's HUGE mast (185 feet tall). You can get all the boat stats here.

To check out the pics I took click here.

I wish I got a chance to watch it sail. Thank God for YouTube. Skip to the 1:30 mark to see it really sailing.
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