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...lightweight carbon-fiber, it replaces the familiar -- and bulky -- pole-and-support system midships, for a better airflow onto the mainsail. The height of the newly designed structure allows the boat to carry 25% to 30% more sail for greater speed. Moreover, it is movable and hinged at the deck so that the entire assembly can be raised and lowered...
...Procyon is self-tacking: as the wind pushes the jib sail in a new direction, its hardware slides along a track located on the deck, forward of the cockpit, without needing any special attention from captain or crew. Underneath it all is a 13,000-lb. winged keel, which can be moved by hydraulic power from a vertical down position to as much as a 25 degrees slant to either side. That and a two-ton water-ballast system greatly improve the vessel's stability...
...yacht sleeps eight in three private cabins with every creature comfort: carpeted floors, TV and VCR, two bathrooms with showers and a roomy galley. It can be outfitted with a harness-and-pulley mechanism, so that people with handicaps can sail the boat and move easily above and below deck...
...mind game of deterrence, MIRVed submarine missiles are the trump card in the American deck: even if American ICBMs were destroyed in their silos and American bombers vaporized on their runways or shot down trying to penetrate Soviet airspace, U.S. submarines would still be at the bottom of the ocean, running silent and running deep, invulnerable to pre-emption and bristling with missiles, each capable of exacting terrible revenge on the U.S.S.R. Older U.S. boats are equipped with missiles that carry as many as 14 warheads each, while the newer ones have missiles with eight to 12 warheads. The notion...
More likely, the Vegas gurus are looking at the cards stacked against the Crimson. In fact, it resembles a full deck...