| And we think our racing sail are expensive !!!!!! #72624 04/13/06 11:02 PM 04/13/06 11:02 PM | Anonymous
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Unregistered | From Scuttlebutt: IT'S ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE (Forbes writer Thomas Jackson spent a day racing as the 18th man BMW Oracle's USA 76. When it was all over, he challenged Damon Runyon's oft-quoted assertion that watching an America's Cup race "is like watching grass grow." Here are a few excerpts.) The 25-meter hull is all carbon fiber, molded and baked--like a loaf of bread--in a 90 by 30-foot oven back in Anacortes, Washington. The sails are made from carbon-fiber thread, the $80,000 mainsail containing 13 kilometers of the stuff. The foresails cost a bit less ($30,000 each), but take a bigger beating during races. Each one is retired after just 60 tacks, which breaks down to $500 every time the boat comes about. I will NEVER consider my Pentex racing sails as expensive again. That just proves and old saying. "You can tell the men form the boys by the price of there toys" !!!! Doug Snell Hobie 17 Sunfish Soon to be Mystere 4.3 www.tcdyc.com | | | Re: engine costs
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#72631 04/14/06 11:58 AM 04/14/06 11:58 AM |
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Posts: 1,037 Central California | Back in 2003 the F1 motor budget was 20 Million. Using 2-3 motors per weekend. Since then they have reduced it a bit. Yes, they reduced the engines to 8 or 10 cylinders and require each engine to be used for 2 races. But no surprise, the teams have still figured out a way to spend as much money as ever.
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#72632 04/14/06 12:42 PM 04/14/06 12:42 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | has anyone worked out how much an F1 car costs per corner? $500 per tack might work out a bargin for BMW $500 is for the jib per tack. That doesn't include the crew pay, mainsail, spinnaker, poles, lines, support crew, tenders, hulls, keels, refits, masts, rigging, carbon winches and other high-tech hardware, grinder stations and transmissions, cutting the bow off and putting a new one on, the team headquarters, the shipping, the airfare, the skirts for the boat, the designer fees, portage fees, room and board, the food, the gym, the trainers, the clothing, the .......
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Posts: 5,582 “an island in the Pacifi... | You have to remember the majority of the money backing BMW/Oracle comes from Larry Ellison. His lates adventures are building a 400 foot plus yacht, and building a Japanese estate in Woodside, Ca. that was budgeted for $40 million but ended up somewhere north of $120 mil. It has an eight acre man made lake.
Larry also decided that his two seat Italian trainer jet didn't have enough performance so he tried to buy a brand new F-16. The feds pulled the plug on that deal.
Larry wanted the St. Francis YC (A REAL money club) to be the club of record for his latest A/C challenge. When they objected because he wanted seats on the board, he went down the breakwater to the Golden Gate YC (a little low bucks club). They welcomed him with open arms. If Larry wins the A/C, the GGYC becomes the big dog on SF bay.
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Unregistered | Sarah:
The GRIN from ear to ear after the first screaming reach will be worth all the money and ribbing you are taking. Did you get the email I sent you?
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