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The 49er FX was developed by Mackay Boats to be a women's Olympic class. It consists of a 49er hull, wings, and foils, with a scaled down rig designed to suit the weight of an elite female crew. The 29er is a smaller, single trapeze trainer to the 49er. It has become popular in North America, Europe and Australia as a fast youth boat.
Born Kay McLaren, the youngest of four daughters, [2] in Sydney on 25 January 1954, Cottee grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Sans Souci. [3] She was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old. [4]
[29] [30] [31] In October 2019, the company's self-driving cars passed 1 million miles in fully autonomous driving. [32] [33] [34] In November 2019, the company launched delivery robots based on the same technology stack as the company's self-driving cars. [35] [36] [37] Robots were the size of a suitcase and navigated sidewalks at the speed of ...
The Olson 30 is a sailboat designed by George Olson of Santa Cruz, CA around 1978. Olson was a surfer and surfboard shaper who decided to design a 30' ultra light displacement boat while on a delivery from Honolulu to Santa Cruz on Merlin, a 68' Bill Lee designed and built [1] ultralight sailboat which had competed in the biennial Transpac race in 1977.
Personal watercraft boat conversion kits exist as Waveboats. [2] The United States Coast Guard defines a personal watercraft, amongst other criteria, as a jet-drive boat less than 12 feet (3.7 m) long. [3] There are many larger "jetboats" not classed as PWCs, some more than 40 feet (12 m) long.
The definitive boat for production appeared in 1929, six inches (15 cm) longer and with the same 8 ft 10 in (2.7 m) beam as the second and third 35ft types. After the first two boats had been put on station, a crash programme of production was instituted in 1931 and twelve boats were produced that year.
Sitting with your legs nicely crossed is one thing, but this woman somehow managed to twist her legs around each other nearly three times!
The annual association championship for the class often attracts over 100 boats to compete. [5] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "The X Boat was designed as a low-performance training boat for junior programs. With the exception of the boom vang, sail control is minimal so as to emphasize handling skills ...