Fw: Video of the BMW Oracle boat. Taken by Bruce

Us Cal sailors get exclusive close up look at Oracle's Americas Cup Tri. tuning up in San Diego via some frinds of mine here in Marina del Rey...how cool is that? Wooowie. (ok I hope some of us share my excitement, just a little, huh, huh?) Jerry --- On Thu, 11/12/09, Bruce Fleck <Br… [at] BruceFleck.com> wrote: From: Bruce Fleck <Br… [at] BruceFleck.com> Subject: Video of the BMW Oracle boat. Taken by Bruce To: "Bruce Fleck" <br… [at] brucefleck.com> Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:18 PM Mike Priest, Dan Shine, Craig Yandow and I took Mike George's RIB to San Diego Wednesday to get a close up look at the BMW Oracle AC boat. Boy, did we get a look! Mike was able to say hello and chat with the AC skipper James Spithill, so when we got out into the ocean and the Oracle chase boats were shooing other spectators away they let us stay up close. Check out these two videos. In the first, note the apparent absence of wind on the water. Then notice how fast we are motoring through the water and not gaining on the wing. It was amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfPHjsos-to and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vxa71eMAR8 Enjoy, More pictures on Facebook. Bruce