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The Most Insane Yacht on Earth Just Got Even Insaner

February 15, 2017

Via: Wired
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AS FAR AS sporting trophies go, it’s hard to find any older than the America’s Cup. Sailing teams have been fighting over the ornate, sterling silver ewer since 1851. But while Queen Victoria would recognize “Auld Mug” today, she likely wouldn’t even register the watercraft racing after it as boats.

These vessels are like luxury yachts the way Formula 1 carsare like family sedans: They drive, and the similarities stop there. The folks eager to win sailing’s greatest prize sink fortunes on the latest modern technology and materials, yielding vessels that don’t so much plow through the water as fly above it.

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