{"id":29859,"date":"2013-11-08T04:54:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T09:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=29859"},"modified":"2016-09-16T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T19:34:10","slug":"speed-freaks-a-partial-antidote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/speed-freaks-a-partial-antidote\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Freaks &#8211; A Partial Antidote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30281\" alt=\"Hydroptere-Worlds-fastest-Sailboat-1-640x426\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hydroptere-Worlds-fastest-Sailboat-1-640x426.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hydroptere-Worlds-fastest-Sailboat-1-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hydroptere-Worlds-fastest-Sailboat-1-640x426-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hydroptere-Worlds-fastest-Sailboat-1-640x426-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>With the 34th America&#8217;s Cup now concluded, sailors with the need for speed can be expected to go into depression. As a partial antidote we offer <!--more-->a series of videos available online. OK, not the real thing, but certainly better than watching Sunday football.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ultimate freaks will cotton to the Vestes Sail Rocket. Paul Larsen and crew have been chasing this holy grail for years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sZVIj5TUSKE\">Watch this video<\/a> to witness an unbelievable record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hydroptere at 51 knots: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2boayPZ3GbE\">Watch here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Banque Populaire: <a href=\" https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aKUwK4NOUs8\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Our favorite monomaran, the 78-foot ketch <em>Beowulf<\/em>, is shown strutting her stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J4zg5vD_jvI\"> in this video <\/a>crossing the South Pacific, with just Linda and Steve aboard as crew.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If this short caught your fancy, a much longer compilation is <a href=\"http:\/\/dashewoffshore.smugmug.com\/Boats\/Sailing-Videos\/7436111_pn2MJq#!i=479603675&amp;k=svX9G9X\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a huge amount of video on the 34thh AC. This is a <a href=\" https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oArrDHOPFr8&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UU0gzXt1Ms4WVQ7tyGgjTmqA\">recap of the racing<\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Here is a fascinating look at the technical details of the most modern of sailing vehicles, C-Class catamarans. If you wonder how they do\u00a0 it on the stunning AC 72s, some secrets will be found <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/76441159#at=0\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Transatlantic in Speedboat &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2y0UJhEivc4\">amazing monohull transatlantic<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"watch-description-clip\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>Windsurfing world champion Jason Polakow has been on a search for the biggest, most gnarly waves until he found JAWS &#8211; which has shaped his life and become his sole obsession for the past 20 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y4znK_XdzUM\">Watch here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Volvo Ocean Race-Spanish Castle to White Night 2hrs35 minutes,\u00a0 2008-09:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81n940x0bh0\">Open 70s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Volvo ocean race &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cp4ydArnzgc\">first 40 years<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We admit to being speed freaks. Fast is fun, typically more comfortable, and in the right boat, is safer offshore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30284\" alt=\"historic-catamarans-104\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/historic-catamarans-104.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/historic-catamarans-104.jpg 576w, https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/historic-catamarans-104-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/historic-catamarans-104-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The photo above was taken during the Yachting One of a Kind Regatta in April 1974, Newport Beach, California, during which, we re-learned some difficult but nonetheless important life lessons. For a detailed account of that experience, see <a href=\"http:\/\/si.com\/vault\/article\/magazine\/MAG1088504\/index.htm\">the accompanying article<\/a> which appeared in <em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 34th America&#8217;s Cup now concluded, sailors with the need for speed can be expected to go into depression. <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/speed-freaks-a-partial-antidote\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,178,248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dashew-blog","category-four","category-logs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29859"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30286,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29859\/revisions\/30286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}