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Although Lila is not billed as a sequal to Zen, it builds upon the argument in Zen. The narrator, still Phaedrus, is a little bit older, a little bit wiser. Now he is sailing his one-person yacht down the Hudson River to New York City. He is joined by Lila, a woman he picked up in a bar one night...
...future that is radically different from those of the past, involving a lot less yo heave ho. The fruit of their efforts is the Amoco Procyon, a $1.5 million, 65-ft. luxury vessel, built of space-age materials, that demands one- third the crew of an equivalent-size traditional yacht. The Procyon is currently cruising down the U.S. East Coast in a bid to spark interest in its arsenal of design changes, which add up to the automation of a labor-intensive sport...
Visually, the most dramatic departure is the 90-ft. bipod mast. Stretching 20% taller than an ordinary mast on a yacht this size, it looks something like a seven-story wishbone straddling the boat. Made of 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...
...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...
...final destination. But its creators are hopeful that many of the innovations it incorporates can be offered on smaller boats with less imposing price tags. "In the future you'll see bipod masts and carbon-fiber construction all over," says Olaf Harken, co-founder of Wisconsin's Harken Yacht Equipment, the world's second largest manufacturer of boat hardware, and a driving force behind the Procyon. "The benefits are so substantial." Push-button sailing, anyone...