How Sailboat Racers Are Like Cheetahs

 Click on the article link for this cool cheetah video.

Okay, so not all of us, but stay with me here... Some interesting in formation in this article from the New York Times "Cheetah's Secret Weapon--a Tight Turning Radius."

It reads: “Cheetahs don’t actually go very fast when they’re hunting,” said Dr. Alan M. Wilson, a professor at the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London who studied cheetahs in Botswana and published a paper about them on Wednesday in the journal Nature. “The hunt is much more about maneuvering, about acceleration, about ducking and diving to capture the prey.”

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So, what do you think, racing sailors? Are you like cheetahs?