Big Catamaran, Speed Sailing (Stars & Stripes)

[Surcouf1789]

No more wing sail ?

[dlawson688]

@Surcouf1789 This S&S Catamaran Hull one which was a soft sail. Hull two is a hardsail boat which is was down in Mexico last I heard. Hul one was purchased by fossett for some racing on west coast back in 90's.

[54spiritedwill54]

Glad to see shes still around and being used !

[jeffvideowatcher]

My brother was the main trimmer on that boat in that regatta. He sent me this video and I have never grown tired of watching this clip. You really get the idea of how fast they are going when they pass the Melges 24 with all crew hiking out! It's like the Melges is standing still!!!

[llamaboy77]

Yeah there are two of them, S1 is the soft sail and H3 is the hard sail.

[Badfish941]

your wrong marcelluske it not in cali, its in Sarasota Florida. The guy keeps it on a boat lift on the bradenton river. I sailed out of Sarasota, and it would come buy every once and a while. As for the rig, this one is the soft sail, I was never sure if there was 2 of them or not.

[tnflakbait]

There were two. I could be wrong but I believe the one with the wing sail is somewhere in the caribe.

[BornABruin]

I memory serves, there were two Stars and Stripes cats built. One had conventional sails and the other had the fixed wing sail.

[marcelluske]

Nah, there's only one S & S - there's the wing and soft sail for same. Still races offshore around S.Cal.

[Cliffart]

Is this really the original Stars and Stripes catamaran? Where's the fixed wing main sail?

[swimfast247]

i know why that ac race was in the supreme coarts after this race it dont take a rocket sicentence to figure this one out 100+ foot mono vs a 59 foot cat who will win they could have used amitures

[glatzkopv]

amazing

[PSchneeman]

Pretty funny...as much as the leaners complain about unfairness and, all that rot, the bottom line is they could not afford even the sails for that CAT. Money has its avantages.

[emonubsaucroflcopter]

Leaners are Hikers.

[williamhshaw]

saw her in sarasota last spring what a thoroughbred

[HerrBlack]

Glad to see shes still around and being used !

[lgarrett67]

Why would anyone want to sail a mono after this!!!!

[antipike]

ah this is the way forward they should never ban innovation it is so wrongg and this boat is so rightt

[racingwhitey]

Hardly suprising they banned these from the Americas Cup in the end

[Saccader]

Kewl. :D

[kevinb8675309]

That's like bringing a gun to a knife fight.

[cap10ed]

Nice lead free sailing. Love the leaners look as this puppy pushed its way through the pack.Send more eye candy please!

[agrigorof]

Awesome... How big is this cat? I loved the look on the face of the monohull guy - shock and awe.