Aug 19 2011
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“ Actually sailing one of the new America’s Cup boats is a feat akin to having a crew of daredevil wing-walkers fly an aerobatic plane from outside the fuselage using a system of ropes that thread into the cockpit and are tied to all the essential controls: the throttle, the foot pedals, the yoke. Things go wrong all the time—lines jam, tangle, get loose—but it makes for an exciting spectacle.
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