Naaah! That's just the kid brother. The AC45 is for the Junior America's Cup. The grown-ups will be playing for real, with the AC72. Not sure if there's one sailing yet, but they are the new America's Cup class.
That is amazing, I like the curved keel design, I guess they slide up and down depending on direction.
so what are the principles of that twin hull yacht?
Does one side anchor in the "rail of the boat" and the other sheet in as much as possible until there out of the water! They use rachets to pull the sail in?
Im a windsurfer and probally never even get to go on a boats like that unless i win lotto .. twice ;-)
I think it would be a pretty skilled technical sport to do.To get a boat like that really humming would be a rush.
is that the thing that was cartwheeling and pitch poling across San Francisco Harbour yesterday with crew flying in all directions ?.....
Got me interested too dinsdale.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003314/Crew-sent-flying-new-catamaran-cartwheels-sea-San-Francisco-Bay.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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You must of found it the same time as me.
I always thought sailing was one of those sports that's deadly tedious to watch on telly but good fun to do. Like motorcycle racing and sex( though come to think of it watching sex on telly isn't that bad).
I love wing sails. Aussies have had a huge impact on their development and implementation.
These Blokes in Vic dominated the "little americas cup", early 90's
Then tackled speed: first craft over 50 knots. does high 40's in 17knots breeze, one of the most efficient sailing craft around.
Then there was BOR90. awesome. head engineer is an aussie.
They interviewed the guy that went through the sail on the news last night doggie and he reckons if he didnt have his helmet on it may have been much worse as he went through it head first.
carbon frame & structural elements, skin is equivalent to mylar or other stretchy stuff.
Yeah agree regarding reefing, you'd need a different system for the ocean.