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This edition of the America s Cup sees teams racing at speeds of up to 50 knots in an incredibly intense environment. So what goes into the kit bag of a sailor at the very top end of the sport?
Watching the AC75s cracking along on a foil, it’s easy to forget that innovation pervades every element of elite racing, particularly America’s Cup racing and goes well beyond simply boat design.
Right down to the helmets the sailors wear and their choice of rash vest, hundreds of hours of R&D lie behind the garments on display.
experts say even if it was a wing with a fuel tank that was empty it is doubtful it will float past ten days. also this morning apparently they were able to track, shortly after the airplane made that big turn to the west, it dropped down to 12,000 feet and experts feel that was intentional to avoid radar. if it was at 12,000 feet, considering the fact that apparently there was or some traffic, that is a very busy air corridor, atç 12,000 feet it would have been cleared pretty much to fly anywhere. the floatation devices, they say when you re on an airplane your seat floats. wouldn t we see 200-some odd seats floating. today another p-8 poisedon u.s. navy plane and two chinese transport aircraft and two japanese patrols.
day. that s how we do it. reporter: be careful, sal. all right? i ll try. reporter: greg, it is not just bravado, seeing them go out into the rough, rough surf. red flag, warnings. no one allowed in the water except the surfers because their boards are floatation devices. these guys know what they are doing, very, very choppy, churning waters and they were riding the waves. marianne s husband is a surfer. you ever get out in that stuff, rick? reporter: i tried it one time. i think i stood up on the board a second and-a-half. i can check it off the bucket list. that s all i could do, too. me too. my surfing days are over. normally, when we see you covering hurricane, you are just getting blown away and you are hanging onto a pole. reporter: yeah?