I spent most of last week on a RIB. Fastest I got it going was 38 mph or 33 knots (per its speedo, not overly accurate, but close). I remember looking at how fast the water was rushing by, and thinking about those guys that were hauling at 10-15 knots FASTER on the AC72s. Hard to wrap your head around it!
Jimmy talks about coming down from the training, lead-up and racing routines, but how are these guys ever going to handle going slow ever again?
To put it even more into perspective, I sat in on some protests last week, and this statement came out in more than one hearing: "It was windy, and we were reaching, so we were going really fast. I'd say the boat speed was 6 knots." And all parties agreed...
