Virtual Sailing…: Not everyone is rich enough or good enough to go sailing on the hottest new one design class in big boat racing, the TransPac 52. But if you want a taste (which will make you drool) of what it is like to be aboard one–Team Flash–during the Vic-Maui Race, check out this video. And if you want to know what two weeks of racing with 10 guys will do to your brain, make sure you wait around for the highly regrettable closing speech from one of the crew…

TP52 Beau Geste: “The hell with going to windward. When do we get to turn this puppy downhill and red-line the fun-meter….”
(Via Scuttlebutt)