Orange
by Jake on Aug.01, 2006, under Miscellaneous
This stuff just never gets old. Here is Catamaran Orange at speed – Bruno Peyron’s latest (well….over a year ago) addition to the G-class catamaran fleet. The video really doesn’t do the size of this boat justice and while I can’t recall the exact length of this boat (somewhere beyond 130′), I do recall that the rotating carbon fiber mast stands over 160 feet above the surface of the water. This boat currently holds the around the world crewed record and just this past spring took yet another record from American Steve Fossett and his old boat, Cheyenne – the Transatlantic (west to east) crewed record. ‘Ol Columbus would be shocked to know that we have the capability of sailing from New York to England in a breath over four days (is there a powerboat that can even match that?).
