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In 1903 reliance, the largest America's cup racer ever built, represented the most sophisticated piece of naval and aeronautical engineering in the world. This was the same year the Wright Brothers skidded across the kitty Hawk dunes for less than 300 yards, propelled by the same principles of lift. That applies to the airplane wing reliance. At 100 and 43 ft eight inches long and carrying 16,000, 160 square feet of sail an area roughly the size of a large suburban supermarket, was the most powerful lift driven craft ever produced. A title came with one caveat reliance was so immense that some thought her too dangerous to sail.