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SAILING AN ACC CATAMARAN

Source: Controlling an ACC catamaran means keeping your cool while sailing on a knife edge

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The course for AC35 is a short one: following a reaching leg there is a downwind leg, an upwind leg, another downwind leg and beat, then a short reach to the finish off the Cup Village; total time, around 20 minutes

Bermuda’s 75-degree water makes sailing foiling catamarans pretty fantastic. Let’s be frank, San Francisco is a cold place to

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