Crossbow II was a late 1970s proa (or asymmetrical catamaran) sailboat, the successor craft to Crossbow . [1]
It was built by former Olympian Tim Whelpton at his boatyard in Upton near Acle. [1]
It revised the world sailing speed record of its predecessor until 1980, finally reaching 36 knots (41 mph), a record it held until 1986. [1]
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Speed sailing is the art of sailing a craft as fast as possible over a predetermined route, and having its overall or peak speed recorded and accredited by a regulatory body. The term usually refers to sailing on water, even though sailing on land and ice is progressively faster because of the lower friction involved. The World Sailing Speed Record Council is the body authorized by the World Sailing to confirm speed records of sailing craft on water.
The World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC) was founded in 1972, initially to ratify records at the inaugural Weymouth Speed Week held every year since in Portland Harbor.The WSSRC is the body authorized by the World Sailing to confirm speed records of sailing craft on water. In the early years the council only dealt with claims of speed records on a one-way leg of 500 metres. Since 1988 the WSSRC is also responsible for offshore sailing records, because there were several controversial claims about the times of long voyages. The first records recorded in 1972 were the Outright record of Sir Timothy Colman, Crossbow, 26.30 knots ; Icarus 21.6 knots ; Mayfly 16.40 knots and Lief Wagner Smitt, windsurfer 13.6 knots.
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Leonardo's crossbow designs are a series of shooting weapon schematics designed by Leonardo da Vinci that are in the Codex Atlanticus. One version, a self-spanning infantry weapon called the Rapid Fire Crossbow, is found on sheets 143r, 153r, and 155r. The other is the Giant Crossbow design intended to be a mounted siege weapon found on sheet 149a in the Codex.
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Crossbow was an early 1970s proa sailboat.
James Roderick Macalpine-Downie, known as Rod Macalpine-Downie, was an English multihull sailboat designer and sailor.
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