Oracle Racing Team Talks Yacht Tech

The Oracle Racing team won the 33rd America's Cup yacht race in February 2010 over Swiss defender Alinghi (Image c/o Gilles Martin-Raget).

To win the prestigious title, the team sailed the USA 17, a 90-foot by 90-foot trimaran with a 223-foot tall wingsail dubbed the fastest boat in the history of the event (Image c/o Gilles Martin-Raget).

Ellison's Oracle Racing team is now gearing up to defend its trophy in the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco during the summer of 2013 (Image c/o Gilles Martin-Raget).

Among the technologies that will be in play are LiveLine, which race umpires will use to help them officiate the close races (Image c/o Gilles Martin-Raget).

Judging will be done via a combination of LiveLine and super-accurate GPS (Image c/o Gilles Martin-Raget).