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Uploaded by on Feb 16, 2010

Joy is full speed ahead.
The BMW ORACLE Racing team has won the 33rd Americas Cup, dethroning Swiss holder Alinghi. The challengers spectacular trimaran USA 17, with its futuristic 68-metre wing sail, defeated the catamaran Alinghi 5 in the waters off Valencia on the second day to record the decisive second win. The best-of-three match ended 2-0 in favour of the US crew of owner Larry Ellison. This Deed of Gift series saw the holder and challenger go head-to-head in a straight duel.

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  • is it just me or does it look like its flying sometimes

  • @dirkdeluxe

    Without soul? That boat just exudes excitement. Heck - the umpire chase boat (motor boats) blew out an engine and caught on fire while trying to keep up with the boat. USA 17 hit 34 knots of boatspeed in less than 12 knots of wind. Thats truly EFFICIENTdynamics. My next vehicle will be a BMW.

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  • They should turn that thing into a one design racing class and see what happens when you get 10 of them out in a regatta.

  • SO AMAZING!!!! GO USA Yacht Team ...BMW ORACLE!!!!! sooo smooth like it is flying.

  • Great Video, but I wish there was some way of having it safely go past something to give it a sense of how fast it is. (Maybe a little bit of text saying how fast that little speed boat is going in the background?)

  • @sethy1

    The boat was tested on SD harbor and the cup was raced in Valencia Spain.

  • @naboba

    There is an engine on board USA 17 in order to trim the massive 238 foot tall rigid wing sail. The wing on USA 17 is the largest wing ever constructed even in the aviation industry. Its a remarkable piece of technology that BMW should be extremely proud of being a part of.

  • LOL - the comments from non sailors are quite hilarious.

    Yes the hulls do "Fly" a sailboat is lifted by its sail and so always carries itself at a heel. The windward two hulls on USA 17 are always out of the water- drastically decreasing the hydrodynamic drag and making the boat very fast.

  • they made the entire engine

  • GREAT JOB!! IT'S BACK HOME IN THE US!!!

  • Amazing :-D ! Congratulations BMW Oracle Racing !

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