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Fact Sheet – BMW ORACLE Racing 90.

Hull

Boat Type: Trimaran of carbon composite construction

Where Built: Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA

Hours to build: over 130,000 hours to date

Overall Length: 100-feet/30 meters

Waterline Length: 90-feet/27 meters

Beam: 90-feet/27 meters

Mast

Height: Up to 185-feet/55 meters

Where Built: Hall Spars, Bristol, RI, USA; Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA

Wing

Height: 187 ft / 57 m (compared to 102 ft / 31 m length of a Boeing 747 wing and 143 ft / 43.5 m length of an Airbus 380 wing)

Chord: 8 to 30 ft / 2.5 to 9 m

Width: 2 to 6 ft / 0.5 to 2.0 m

Surface area: 6725 sq. ft / 625 sq. m

Weight: 7,700 lbs / 3 500 kg (approx)

Design and R&D

BMW ORACLE Racing Design Team

Mike Drummond, Director; 30 designers and scientists

Principal Naval Architects: VPLP (Van Peteghem and Lauriot Prévost)

Sails

Mainsail: 6800 square feet; (630m2)

Genoa: 6700 square feet; (620m2)

Gennaker: 8400 square feet; (780m2)

Equivalent Size

• The infield of a professional baseball diamond

• Two basketball courts

Sailing Team

BMW ORACLE Racing Sailing Team (20 sailors on BOR 90 testing team)

• Skipper Russell Coutts (NZL)

• Tactician John Kostecki (USA)

• Helmsman James Spithill (AUS)