That gives the advantage to multihulls, which are inherently faster and lighter than monohulls, with their heavy lead keels.
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And this year's competition was the largest yet, involving 44 teams, sailing in Open 50 and 60 Multihulls, and Open 50 and 60 Monohulls.
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MOD70 is the only race circuit centered on completely identical oceanic multihulls: the concept is for everyone to race on an equal footing on the ocean planet.