Oracle Team USA capsizes its biggest, baddest boat

by Laura Domela

Oracle boss Larry Ellison wanted to make the America’s Cup as exciting as Nascar. He’s succeeded.

His team, the defending champs at Oracle Team USA, capsized one of its wickedly fast AC72 catamarans in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday during the team’s eighth day on the water, then scrambled to keep it from drifting out to sea.

“We’ve been pushing the boat all the time and every day we go out we’re pushing it more and more,” team tactician Tom Slingsby told reporters. “We found our limit.”

No kidding.
via Wired

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Oracle Team USA capsizes its biggest, baddest boat

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