Eric Hall is one of the few qualified people to bang the drum for the scale of Oracle’s design and engineering achievement in going from a blank sheet of paper to winning the first race of the 2010 Cup in Valencia, simultaneously completing the first ever full race distance in which USA 17 did not break down. When the big tri’s previous conventional mast failed and under immense time-pressure Coutts & Co said put everything on red and build the world’s biggest wing they didn’t even know how they’d put it up (above)