SpeedDream Prototype to be built

7:57 AM Sun 16 Jan 2011 GMT

'SpeedDream Prototype' SpeedDream

SpeedDream design and engineering continues to advance, and a decision has been made to build a scaled down 35-foot version of the record setter monohull. Hundreds of hours of computer engineering and analysis has already been completed for the SpeedDream design, but there is nothing like a scaled prototype version out sailing in actual conditions to test the unique ideas and technical solutions that are at the heart of this project. 'For a typical evolutionary design you start with a set of known performance parameters and work to gradually improve them,' said Vlad Murnikov, the lead designer and creative force ...

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