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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month Thomas Coville nominates USA 17, the 2010 America's Cup winner

“I’d have loved to sail on the America’s Cup AC72 cats in San Francisco in 2013 , they were so invigorating. Those boats were when Larry Ellison just let free in the America’s Cup and pushed the limits. But perhaps even cooler was the big trimaran challenger, USA 17 [in 2010]. When you saw the size of the wing and the size of Jimmy Spithill steering the boat, and flying on one hull, I think it was totally amazing.

“We should give a medal to the generation who was on the America’s Cup in San Francisco for creating so many new ideas and new dynamics, but for me the first step of sailing by flying was when those guys arrived with a trimaran with wings. Today we are trying to recreate that kind of a step by foiling around the world.

Jimmy Spithill is dwarfed by USA 17 as he helms the trimaran to victory in the 2010 America’s Cup. Photo: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty

“Jimmy Spithill is my favourite skipper ever – for me he is the skipper that defines an epoch. He’s going to try to fly around the planet on a Jules Verne Trophy one day, for sure.”

USA 17 stats rating:

Top speed: 40 knots LOA: 34m/113ft Launched: 2008 Berths: 0 Price: €10,000,000 Adrenalin factor: 95%

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Thomas Coville is one of the world’s most successful ocean racing skippers. In 2016 he set a single-handed around the world record of 49 days , and has won the Volvo Ocean Race , Oryx Quest, Route du Rhum and Transat Jacques Vabre. This winter he skippers a Jules Verne attempt with the foiling trimaran Sodebo Ultim 3 .

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America’s Cup: USA 17 Sails Again

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Following the 33rd America’s Cup, won by Golden Gate Yacht Club in 2010, there was hope to see their massive 90-foot wing-powered trimaran USA 17 sailing in San Francisco Bay. It would have made for an impressive sight, and created early interest in the 34th America’s Cup that would be held three years later. But due to its enormity and considerable risk under sail, the manpower was directed elsewhere, and USA 17 sat dormant on the blacktop of Pier 80 in the Dogpatch that became home to the American defender.

So what becomes of this America’s Cup winning marvel? She becomes a pond ornament.

Larry Ellison, owner of the defense syndicate, had USA 17 moved to the lake at his Oracle Corporate Headquarters in Redwood City. Affectionately known as Dogzilla, Erik Simonson describes the 20-mile transit….

The Dogzilla Relocation Project reached new heights Saturday, May 10 as an Erickson Skycrane lifted her out of the water and over the Oracle Buildings and placed her in Larry’s Pond. But things did not start out so smoothly, and there was a delay as Dogzilla put up a fight, digging her claws into the mud in the shallows of the Belmont Slough, holding up progress for nearly an hour. The tide finally rose enough to free her and the Skycrane worked it magic.

The Oracle security and local law enforcement did a notable job of keeping spectators in a safe area, and when the gigantic skycrane crested the buildings with precious cargo, ground rattling thunder and massive turbulence on the water, the distance was appreciated.

We expected a drop and go, but the skycrane along with waterborne craft took time to maneuver her onto the mounts that had been carefully placed in the pond to keep the hulls out of the water and give the appearance of her heeling to victory.

But the Dog still had some fight, and after 12-15 minutes of battling, with the giant skycrane rocking and rolling, tugging and pulling, almost as if she did not want to stay, Dogzilla was finally released to her new home.

A massive carbon fiber mast was soon lifted into place and the stays and shrouds reconnected. When all is said and done, the Oracle staff will have a new pond ornament to ponder.

With two obsolete AC72s now collecting dust at Pier 80, one wonders if the Big Dog will have pond mates in the near future!

Photos by Erik Simonson

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USA 17 trimaran has only ever competed twice, but she sailed the races of her life to dominate the Swiss defender, Alinghi, off Valencia, Spain, last year and win the 33rd America’s Cup.

America's Cup winning trimaran USA 17 bound for San Francisco - Photo Credit Oracle Racing

The extraordinary carbon-fiber machine is being loaded onto the freighter M.V. Star Isfjord this week for the long delivery trip to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. The freighter carrying both USA 17 and her extraordinary 223ft wingsail is scheduled to leave Valencia on January 29 or 30 for the 7,900-nautical-mile passage to the Bay Area.

The estimated arrival in San Francisco, dependent upon on-time loading, sea conditions en-route and transit time in the Panama Canal, is March 1.

The trimaran’s arrival will mark the first time that USA 17 visits the city that ORACLE Racing calls home. She was launched in Anacortes, WA, in August 2008, and after initial testing there moved to San Diego, CA, for a further period of training before being moved to Valencia for the 33rd Cup Match last February.

Measuring more than 100 feet long and 90 feet wide and powered by a 20-storey tall wingsail, USA 17 is the fastest yacht to ever win the America’s Cup. It has been in storage in Valencia since winning the Cup on Feb. 14, 2010.

With the ORACLE Racing team fully focused on laying the groundwork for its 34th America’s Cup campaign in 2013, the provisional plan is to continue to keep USA 17 in storage after unloading. An announcement about the vessel’s sailing plans will be made later this year.

“The handful of us privileged to sail on USA 17 would love to sail her again in an instant. I dare say all those who never had this chance would like to as well,” said ORACLE Racing skipper James Spithill.

“But the stark reality is that every aspect of the boat, every component, was built right to the limit so that for every hour’s sailing USA 17 required 20 hours of painstaking and rigorous maintenance. For the time being the team’s focus will be on the America’s Cup ahead.”

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Usa 17 display gets mariner’s museum into the america’s cup spirit.

When trucks rolled into Newport News from San Francisco this winter, The Mariners’ Museum staff wasn’t completely convinced that the cargo would fit inside the space they had cleared for it. Or even if it could be maneuvered into the building.

But on a snowy move-in day, all went well. Today, USA 17 , the 72-foot-long, 46-foot-wide, double-hulled yacht – the flying catamaran that won the 2013 America’s Cup in one of the most exciting comebacks in sports history – is part of the museum’s permanent collection. The interactive exhibit that surrounds it offers a prime spot for watching Oracle Team USA defend its title in the 35th America’s Cup Match, scheduled to start in Bermuda on Saturday.

“What could be better than right under the hull that crossed the line 54 seconds ahead?” said Lyles Forbes, the museum’s chief curator.

Here, museumgoers can jump on a webbed tarp to get a feel of what it was like for the USA 17 crew when they made their way from hull to hull. Or they can stand on the platform of what looks like a piece of gym equipment, grab a set of rotating handles and get a feel for what it was like to be a “grinder” on the boat, the guys who endlessly crank the handles to create energy to power the yacht’s systems since only wind or human power is allowed. Or they can watch videos of past races or learn about aerodynamics and hydrodynamics in layman’s terms.

The boat was donated to the museum by Oracle Team USA. Its rigid sail, or wing, was more than 13 stories tall, about the size of a jumbo jetliner wing, and is not part of the “Speed and Innovation in the America’s Cup” exhibit. Instead, the sleek hulls of USA 17 skim opposite ends of the room’s ceiling.

“It’s almost sculptural in a way,” Forbes said, gazing upward. “It doesn’t even look like a boat.”

He climbed a ladder, then climbed inside one of the hulls. Then Forbes pointed downward to the foil, the curved apparatus that juts perpendicular from the hull. While racing, the boat seems to fly high above the water. It’s what racers call “foiling,” when the hulls lift off of the surface and sail on just the curved end of the foil.

“Imagine,” Forbes said. “Three tons of boat flying on a tiny surfboard.”

Competition predates modern Olympics

The America’s Cup competition predates the modern day Olympic Games, making it the oldest international competition. The first regatta in 1851 featured grand, multisailed yachts racing around Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.

That year, the New York Yacht Club entered America in the race, a double-masted vessel with a radical new design and sailcloth. So much fanfare surrounded the race and the design of the yacht that it became “a symbol of the young nation’s daring,” according to Michael D’Antonio’s book, “A Full Cup.”

When she arrived in Britain captained by John Cox Stevens, son of a Revolutionary War officer, and a crew that included Alexander Hamilton’s son, America intimidated British yachtsmen so much that none would accept a one-on-one race.

Instead, according to D’Antonio, America easily beat a field of 14 challengers and took home the trophy, an ornate silver pitcher called the Auld Mug.

An America’s Cup hallmark is cutting-edge sailing technology, and Americans kept the trophy stateside until 1983, when the Australians and the Royal Perth Yacht Club broke the longest winning streak in sports history.

In the next cup race, held in 1987, the San Diego Yacht Club successfully challenged the Australians with Stars & Stripes , a race that inspired Jimmy Buffett’s hit song, “Take It Back.” Since then, the trophy has traveled twice to both New Zealand and Switzerland.

Then in 2010, Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison financed a multimillion-dollar challenge, his third attempt at winning the cup, and brought the Auld Mug back home with a flourish. His Oracle Team USA crossed the finish line in an enormous, 90-foot-wide, tri-hulled boat 15 minutes ahead of the Swiss, the largest margin in the history of the cup.

Then came the 2013 match.

“The regatta that just wouldn’t end”

The America’s Cup Match is actually a series of races between just two boats. But getting to the finals is a lengthy and expensive process for challengers. The Defender, or cup holder, is guaranteed a spot in the final race. Challengers compete for points in a series of races in order to capture a spot in the America’s Cup final. In that regatta, the first team to win nine points, with one point per race, takes the trophy, although penalty and bonus points can complicate the equation.

In 2013, Emirates Team New Zealand, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, won the right to race Oracle Team USA in the finals.

It was “the regatta that just wouldn’t end,” said Jack Griffin, a “self-described complete junky for this America’s Cup stuff” and author of “Turning the Tide,” an account of Team USA’s dramatic comeback aboard the very yacht now hanging at The Mariners’ Museum.

The foiling catamarans electrified viewers who lined the banks of San Francisco Bay to watch the boats with the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop.

“Think 50 mph in a car,” Forbes said. “Now think about a 72-foot long vehicle at this same speed. … It’s like Formula 1 racing on the water.”

After seven days of racing, Team USA was down eight races to one. Every race after that was a match point for the challengers, and by constantly improving their boat and sailing strategies, they came back with eight straight wins to take the cup.

This year, the rules call for smaller 45- to 50-foot catamarans, in part to attract more challengers and in part to make the races more interesting and fast-paced for the growing television audience.

This year, Great Britain, New Zealand, Japan and Sweden are sailing in the semifinals. The foiling cats with big, soaring wings are back, and so is the drama.

The British boat suffered a broken wing in a semifinal race last week in Bermuda. Three members of the New Zealand crew were thrown into the water when their catamaran fell forward and capsized while foiling at the start of a race.

All are angling for that coveted spot in the final America’s Cup match where, the saying goes, “there is no second place.”

Lorraine Eaton, 757-446-2697, [email protected] Follow @staffepicure on Twitter.

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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month Thomas Coville nominates USA 17, the 2010 America’s Cup winner

“I’d have loved to sail on the America’s Cup AC72 cats in San Francisco in 2013, they were so invigorating. Those boats were when Larry Ellison just let free in the America’s Cup and pushed the limits. But perhaps even cooler was the big trimaran challenger, USA 17 [in 2010]. When you saw the size of the wing and the size of Jimmy Spithill steering the boat, and flying on one hull, I think it was totally amazing.

“We should give a medal to the generation who was on the America’s Cup in San Francisco for creating so many new ideas and new dynamics, but for me the first step of sailing by flying was when those guys arrived with a trimaran with wings. Today we are trying to recreate that kind of a step by foiling around the world.

Jimmy Spithill is dwarfed by USA 17 as he helms the trimaran to victory in the 2010 America’s Cup. Photo: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty

“Jimmy Spithill is my favourite skipper ever – for me he is the skipper that defines an epoch. He’s going to try to fly around the planet on a Jules Verne Trophy one day, for sure.”

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Top speed: 40 knots LOA: 34m/113ft Launched: 2008 Berths: 0 Price: €10,000,000 Adrenalin factor: 95%

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Thomas Coville is one of the world’s most successful ocean racing skippers. In 2016 he set a single-handed around the world record of 49 days, and has won the Volvo Ocean Race, Oryx Quest, Route du Rhum and Transat Jacques Vabre. This winter he skippers a Jules Verne attempt with the foiling trimaran Sodebo Ultim 3.

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Larry’s Ellison’s passion for sailing has led to technological advances and innovations in sailing that have trickled down for the rest of the sport.

Beyond winning five Maxi World Championships on his 78-foot yacht, Sayonara , and winning the America’s Cup twice (2010, 2013), Larry has contributed to the development of sailing at the highest levels by creating pathways for younger sailors coming up through the sport. Beginning with the inclusion of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in San Francisco, to developing SailGP and the F50 as a new niche of the sport, he has had a profound impact on the sport of sailing in the United States.

“I was passionate about sailing and the idea of sailing … the idyllic independence … traveling with the wind.” – Larry Ellison

Accomplishments and Honors • In the 1990’s, on 78-foot Sayonara , won 5 Maxi World Championships • Oracle Team USA: following success racing Maxi yachts, Ellison founded BMW Oracle Racing to compete for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup. The BMW Oracle/Oracle USA team has owned several boats, including:

• USA 71 trial boat for the 2003 America’s Cup.
• USA 76 race boat for the 2003 America’s Cup.
• USA 87 used in preparations for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
• USA 98 raced in the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 campaign.
• USA 17, trimaran. Sailing with a rigid wing sail, she won the 2010 America’s Cup, in a Deed of Gift match against SNG/Alinghi Valencia.
• USA17, an AC72 catamaran for the 2013 America’s Cup defense. Extensively damaged in an October 2012 capsize. Successfully defended in the 2013 America’s Cup.
• 17AC50 wing sail catamaran. Unsuccessfully defended the 2017 America’s Cup.
• In 2002, Ellison’s Oracle team introduced kite yachting into the America’s Cup environment. Kite sail flying lasting about 30 minutes was achieved during testing in New Zealand.
• In 2019, Ellison, in conjunction with Russel Coutts, started the SailGP international racing series. The series used F50 foiling catamarans, the fastest class of boat in history with regattas held across the globe. Ellison committed to five years of funding to support the series until it could become self-sustaining. The first season was successful with global audiences of over 1.8 billion.

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Models: Dragonfly 25, 28, 32, 35, 1200

Length: 25’ – 39’

Designed for both safe cruising as well as for high speed racing,   Catri trimarans   will make your day. Especially noteworthy is the Catri 25, a stable yet wildly fast foiling trimaran with accommodations for up to 6 people. With profiles optimized for speeds of 25+ knots when foiling, this is no beginner’s sailboat. The special attention paid to stability in the foil design allows the Catri to be a single sailor vessel, even at foiling speed, with no special physical abilities. Whether you’re taking a small crew for longer rides at shuddering speeds or bringing the whole family along for a shorter, but still thrilling sail, the Catri is truly one of a kind.

Models: Catri 25

Length: 25’

Use: Cruiser/racer

A popular brand of trimaran in Europe,   Astus   has recently made its way to the US market to the delight of sailors on this side of the pond. Designed to offer maximum pleasure with minimum hassle, all models of Astus trimarans are fast to set up, quick on the water, inherently stable, and always a joy to sail. Their outriggers are mounted on telescopic tubes for easy stowage and towing, and can even be extended and retracted on the water for access to narrow passageways and monohull slips in marinas. With models in all sizes and price points, Astus trimarans are a great option for any sailor.

Models: Astus 16.5, 18.2, 20.2, 22, 24

Cabin: Some models

Length: 16’ – 24’

Use: Sport cruisers

HOBIE ADVENTURE ISLAND

Great for beginners and adventurers alike, the   Hobie Mirage Adventure Island   series is nothing if not just plain fun. With the option to use as a kayak or as a very basic trimaran, the Hobie is transportable, versatile, unintimidating, lightweight, and wonderfully affordable. The pedal system known as “Mirage Drive” allows a person to pedal the kayak using their legs for an extra kick of movement in slow winds. Amas tuck close to the main hull for docking or car-topping, adding serious ease and convenience to the exhilarating experience of the Hobie.

Models: Hobie Mirage Adventure Island, Mirage Tandem Island

Length: 16’7” – 18’6”

Use: Convertible kayak/trimarans

Best known for its use in camp cruising excursions, the   Sea Pearl   offers a roomy main hull and particular ability to sail in very shallow waters, making beaching and launching a breeze. The lightweight Sea Pearl trimaran is easy to tow, and the larger-than-expected cabin opens this vessel up for overnight adventures with plenty of storage space. The simple design makes the Sea Pearl notoriously low maintenance, and the ease it takes to rig and sail it add to the overall delight of owning this boat.

Models: Sea Pearl

Length: 21’

Use: Camper cruiser

Quick, lightweight, roomy, and trailerable,   Farrier trimarans   are made for versatility to fit every sailor’s needs. Different Farrier models are available in plan or kit boat form for those who appreciate building their boat themselves, but of course, also as the full production sail-away boat for the rest of us. Single-handed rigging and launching takes under 10 minutes from start to finish, minimizing hassle and getting you on the water fast. All non-racing Farrier designs use a minimum wind capsize speed of 30 knots or more to ensure safety for all those aboard. Add the roomy cabin and high speed capabilities to the equation and you’ve got a boat that is great fun for everyone.

Models:   F-22, 24, 25, 82, 27, 28, 31, 9A, 9AX, 9R, 32, 33, 33R, 33ST, 36, 39, 41, 44R

Length: 23’ – 39’4”

Cost:   $$$ $$

Use: Sport cruisers/racers

One of the biggest names in the game,   SeaCart   is internationally noted for its high performance trimarans that far exceed expectations for a production boat of its size. The SeaCart trimaran performs as brilliantly off the water as it does on with its super-light and efficient harbor folding system, making light work of trailering. Notoriously easy to manage and maintain, the SeaCart 26 One Design is the ultimate day racing trimaran, designed for both course and inshore/coastal distance racing. Absolutely worth the international buzz it has garnered, the SeaCart is a thrill from beginning to end.

Models:   SeaCart 26

Length: 26’

A high performance racer class, the   Multi 23   is a lightweight, powerful trimaran known for its wicked speed of up to 25 knots. Multi trimarans of both available configurations were designed to give beach cat thrills and speed without any of the stability or seaworthy concerns. Open ocean sailing is no issue for the Multi’s big bows, which do their job to keep her stable. Built for sailors with a need for speed, the Multi makes a perfect weekend boat for racers, especially those with a taste for boat camping.

Models:   Multi 23

Length: 23’

Another dual outrigger sailing kayak/canoe design,   the Triak trimaran   was designed to be effortless and fun, especially for beginners. Paddle the kayak with sails furled, use the foot pedals for an extra kick of momentum, or sail with just the mainsail – the only boat in its class to feature an asymmetrical spinnaker – for exhilarating speeds and a blast on the water. Car-top the Triak anywhere for a quick sail or plan for a week long expedition, but always count on having a great time on this easy little boat.

Models:   Triak

Length: 18’

Use: Convertible kayak/trimaran

SeaRail trimarans   are known for being affordable, light weight, trailerable trimarans that offer the perfect combination of exciting and relaxing experiences to a wide range of sailors. Whether it’s day sailing with your family, resort or camper sailing, SeaRail trimarans are ideal leisure vessels. Leave the hassle to the other boats – the SeaRail takes you from trailer to sailor in 15 minutes. But don’t let its reputation as a leisure tri fool you: if speed is what you want, rest assured that the SeaRail can deliver that as well.

Models:   SeaRail 19

WARREN LIGHTCRAFT

Warren Lightcraft trimarans , another example of a convertible kayak-to-sailboat option, are known for their aesthetically pleasing designs that are also, as the name implies, very light for simple transportation and ease of use. Convert the kayak into a fast, high performance sailboat in just minutes, fly around on the waves all day long, then simply car-top the 68lb Warren for a maximum enjoyment, low-hassle day on the water. Perfect for sailors and paddlers of all skill levels, the Warren Lightcraft is the best of both worlds and an absolute joy to sail.

Models:   Warren Lightcraft

Length: 15’6”

Built strictly with racing in mind,   the Diam 24   is a light, powerful one-design class trimaran and a notoriously exceptional performer. Boasting blistering speeds of up to 30 knots, Diam trimarans are not intended for beginners. For racers who crave the very best in terms of intense speeds, smooth handling and impeccable performance, the Diam is the red-hot one-design racing tri for you.

Models:   Diam 24

Length: 24’

For the sailor who prefers the finer things in life, the   Radikal 26   delivers. Perfect for bringing the whole family out for a day on the water, this high performance, trailerable sailing trimaran strikes the most luxurious balance between quicksilver speeds and a smooth, comfortable ride. The Radikal 26 trimaran is as convenient to transport and set up as it is pleasant to sail, with a folding system that minimizes rigging hassle and also makes this a trailerable tri. Built for a fast and comfortable sail rather than a hold-onto-your-seats thrill, one-the-water safety and overall pleasure makes the Radikal 26 what it is.

Models:   Radikal 26

Use: Sport cruiser

A solidly-built, single-handed trimaran, the Challenger also doubles as an adaptive design – meaning it is made to accommodate sailors of all levels of physical mobility. Best suited to lakes, the Challenger is a very safe, seaworthy boat for sailors of all ages and experience levels. Add to this the ease of owning, transporting and maintaining the Challenger trimaran and what you get is a simple, fun sailboat perfect both for beginners and those seeking a cheap thrill alike.

Models:   Challenger

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Oracle Team USA

The Challenge When the Oracle Team USA sailing team decided to move their revolutionary 2010 America’s Cup winning trimaran to a landlocked lake outside Oracle’s corporate complex, they knew it would require a difficult skycrane lift. At 120 feet long by 90 feet wide, the boat would provide numerous challenges during the lift. A 3-point lift was determined to be the best method to keep the boat stable and secure while in flight, and allow it to be carefully lowered into its new permanent display location in between tall office buildings.

The Solution Cortland was called for their expertise in challenging lifts, and for their relationship with Oracle Team USA. To safely execute, engineered high performance synthetic slings would be needed. Cortland recommended, and delivered, three (3) 20mm Plasma® Lifting Slings with soft eyes on each end, approx. 50m in length each. They were used to execute a 3-point lift and helicopter transfer of the boat from the wetlands outside of Foster City to its new home outside of Oracle headquarters.

The Project Team USA is a two-time America’s Cup winning professional sailing team that has revolutionized the sport with their high-speed boat designs. The boat lifted – using Cortland’s 3-point Plasma® sling solution -was their 2010 winning entry called USA-17. It had been stored in a San Francisco Bay warehouse since its successful return from Valencia, Spain, where the regatta took place. At the time of the event, USA-17 was the first of a new generation of giant racing multihull sailboats created by Oracle Team USA in association with BMW for the America’s Cup. The enormous trimaran design truly pushed the limits of both man and technology to previously unseen levels. USA-17 easily defeated the Société Nautique de Genève’s yacht, Alinghi 5, in to win the 33rd America’s Cup challenge of Spain’s Mediterranean coast.

Understanding the historic importance of the USA-17 design, it was decided that the boat would be moved to a new permanent outdoor display for all to see. This meant the boat needed to be relocated from a San Francisco warehouse to its new display location in a lake on the Oracle corporate headquarters campus in Redwood Shores, CA.

To achieve this unique relocation of the 120 foot wide by 90 foot long trimaran, a helicopter skycrane lift was required to lift and transport the boat to the landlocked lake. The boat was then crane lifted onto a new set of piers that had been previously installed in the pool.

Cortland custom engineered three (3) lifting slings to execute a 3-point lift used during the helicopter portion of the move. The lift and relocation of USA -17 went as planned and this significant piece of sailing history is now in position on the Oracle campus as a symbol of technological triumph.

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Trump Doubles Down on Migrants ‘Poisoning’ the Country

In an interview on Fox News, the former president said again that migrants crossing the southern border were criminals from prisons and mental institutions.

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• Published March 17, 2024 Updated March 18, 2024

Former President Donald J. Trump , in an interview broadcast Sunday, doubled down on his description of immigrants as “poisoning the blood” of the country, language that echoes Hitler .

“Why do you use words like ‘vermin’ and ‘poisoning of the blood’?” Howard Kurtz, the media critic and interviewer, asked on Fox News. “The press, as you know, immediately reacts to that by saying, ‘Well, that’s the kind of language that Hitler and Mussolini used.’”

“Because our country is being poisoned,” Mr. Trump responded.

He also repeated a claim he has made many times: that the migrants crossing the southern border are criminals flooding in from prisons and mental institutions.

Evidence does not support that. According to border officials, most migrants are families fleeing violence and poverty, and despite a few high-profile cases, data show no increase in crime attributable to immigration. Crime rates, including that of murder , declined last year.

“We can be nice about it, we can talk about, ‘Oh, I want to be politically correct,’” Mr. Trump said. “But we have people coming in from prisons and jails, long-term murderers, people with sentences that the rest of their lives they’re going to spend in some jail in some country that many people have never even heard of. They’re all being released into our country.”

He went on: “These are people at the highest level of crime, and then you have mental institutions and insane asylums — I always say the difference is one is ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ you know, it’s a mental institution on steroids, OK? — and those mental institutions and insane asylums are being emptied out into the United States, and then you have terrorists pouring in at levels we have never seen before.”

Mr. Trump’s demonization of migrants has been a mainstay since he announced his first campaign in 2015 with a speech calling Mexicans rapists. But his rhetoric has become more extreme in his current campaign, and the dehumanization more explicit.

In addition to using the phrase “poisoning the blood,” which he started saying last fall , he has gone even further lately in demonizing migrants in his public comments. In a speech in Ohio on Saturday, he called migrants “animals” and said: “I don’t know if you call them ‘people,’ in some cases. They’re not people, in my opinion.”

He has similarly demeaned his political opponents, vowing in November to “root out” the “radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.”

The nearly hourlong interview that Fox News aired on Sunday covered a range of topics, including abortion, NATO and the potential TikTok ban that the House passed on a bipartisan basis last week and that Mr. Trump recently changed his position to oppose.

He said he didn’t want to ban TikTok because then more people would use Facebook, which he said was worse. He denied that his reversal was related to his recent meeting with a billionaire who has a stake in the company that owns TikTok.

He said he would decide on abortion proposals “pretty soon”; he has said privately that he supports a 16-week ban, and his allies want him to take executive or administrative actions to effectively ban abortion without going through the legislative process. He gave no details in the interview, deflecting by saying Democrats supported third-trimester abortions (which account for less than 1 percent of procedures) and abortions “after birth” (which don’t exist).

Weeks after saying he would encourage Russia to invade NATO members that didn’t pay the alliance enough, he claimed falsely that, as a result, “countries that were late on their payments or not paying at all have paid up.” The alliance’s payment structure doesn’t work the way Mr. Trump described — some countries aren’t meeting unofficial commitments to spend 2 percent of G.D.P. on defense, but nobody owes dues to the alliance — and nothing significant has changed since he made the remarks last month.

Mr. Trump also repeated his most perennial of lies: that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

“You can cut this if you want,” he said, “but the election was rigged.”

Maggie Astor covers politics for The New York Times, focusing on breaking news, policies, campaigns and how underrepresented or marginalized groups are affected by political systems. More about Maggie Astor

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Former President Donald Trump sought to defend  his declaration that the United States would face a “blood bath” if he lost in November , saying — as his campaign had previously — that he had been referring only to the auto industry .

In an interview on Fox News, Trump doubled down on his description of immigrants as “poisoning the blood”  of the country, language that echoes Hitler.

President Biden’s re-election campaign said that it had raised more than $53 million in February  together with the Democratic Party, an influx of cash that is expected to widen the Democrats’ money advantage against Trump .

Nicole Shanahan — a Bay Area lawyer and investor who was once married to the Google co-founder Sergey Brin — has emerged as a top candidate to be Robert Kennedy’s running mate  on his independent ticket.

The War Over Disinformation: Claims by Trump and his allies that they are being censored online have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies .

An Alternate Reality Pitch: The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. Trump has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020. Here’s an assessment of his assertions .

Wooing Black Voters: Even as he repeatedly traffics in stereotypes about Black Americans, Trump is counting on them, and aggressively courting them , to help him win back the White House in November.

Economic Battle Lines: Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget for the next fiscal year  offered the nation a glimpse of the diverging directions  that retirement programs, taxes, trade and energy policy could take depending on the outcome of the election.

Cruel lip-out leaves Wyndham Clark one short of PLAYERS playoff

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – How did that putt not go in? It’s a question Wyndham Clark might ask himself for a while.

After back-to-back birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 Sunday at the 50th edition of THE PLAYERS Championship, Wyndham Clark faced that putt , 17 feet for birdie on the final hole of regulation to force a playoff with Scottie Scheffler, who was in the clubhouse at 20-under.

The result is an addition to golf’s lore of oh-so-close closing moments.

Clark had played a perfect drive down the right center of the fairway at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course’s par-4 18th hole, setting up a 173-yard approach toward a front-left hole location. His short iron tracked toward the flagstick but landed in the front fringe and came up 17 feet short of the hole, setting up that putt to force extra holes.

That putt seemed perfect. But after the ball caught the hole’s left side and began to sink into the cup, it spun out with a horseshoe-shaped trajectory.

Wyndham Clark’s heartbreaking lip-out on the 72nd hole at THE PLAYERS

“I don’t know how that putt doesn’t go in,” Clark said shortly afterward. “It was coming with some speed, too. It was kind of right-center with like a foot to go, and I knew it was going to keep breaking, but it had speed and I thought it was going to go inside-left, and even when it kind of lipped, I thought it would lip in. I’m pretty gutted it didn’t go in.”

Just like that, Scheffler became the first player to successfully defend THE PLAYERS title. Clark tapped in for par, tying Xander Schauffele and Brian Harman for second place.

Clark needed a moment to compose himself, his head in his hat, before exiting the green.

“You finish second, you get a bunch of points and money and all that stuff, but it just sucks,” Clark said. “I've always wanted and dreamt about making a putt that really mattered to either force a playoff or win a tournament, and I have yet to do it in my professional career, so I was pretty bummed that I didn't have one of those really awesome moments.”

Wyndham Clark risks it all to card clutch birdie at the island green at THE PLAYERS

Clark has ascended into the world’s elite tier in the past year, winning last year’s Wells Fargo Championship and U.S. Open before carding a third-round 60 to win this year’s rain-shortened AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. THE PLAYERS would have been his fourth win in 10 months.

After a bogey at No. 14, Clark needed late magic to force extra holes, and he nearly delivered. He made par on 15, then two-putted for birdie from 11 feet on 16; his eagle try just missed on the right edge. He played boldly to the back-right hole location on the island green par-3 17th, stuffing his tee shot to 4 feet for birdie on the hole that played as Sunday’s most difficult.

He did everything right across TPC Sawgrass' famed closing three holes, up until the final millimeters.

“I'm still a little beside myself,” he said. “I'm still shocked that putt didn't go in.”

Kevin Prise is an associate editor for the PGA TOUR. He is on a lifelong quest to break 80 on a course that exceeds 6,000 yards and to see the Buffalo Bills win a Super Bowl. Follow Kevin Prise on Twitter .

Printable March Madness bracket for 2024 NCAA Tournament

It's time for brackets, office pools and bragging rights once again.

The brackets for the  2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament  were released Sunday and 64 teams found out their road to the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona.

The UCONN Huskies are the consensus favorite to cut down the nets in the desert, with CBS Sports' college basketball analyst Jay Wright saying, "I just can’t see anybody beating UConn in this tournament," on the annual Selection Sunday show.

While some teams are prepping for the dance, others are grousing about being left out as a  chaotic championship weekend  left  once top-10 teams  on the outside looking in.

Around the country folks are making their annual guesses in bracket competitions and the clock is ticking to the start of another month of madness.

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Here is a printable PDF of the men's bracket

With a great bracket comes great possibilities!

How to watch NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness 2024

All games will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV. Here are additional streaming options to watch all the action on your devices.

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• NCAA March Madness Live app
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