We’ve seen the America’s Cup winner before 25 years ago
We’ve seen the America’s Cup winner before 25 years ago
2021 June 1
New ESCAPE 75. First customer is TNZ.”
That was the headline above two photos that appeared on a Facebook page last fall. One of the pictures was of the just-launched 75-foot Team New Zealand America’s Cup boat. The other was of an 11.5-foot sailboat launched 25 years earlier. Except for the size difference, they look pretty much alike, which was the point of the ironic headline. The little boat, designed in 1996 as an easy-to-sail daysailer for novices, flaunted the same flared chine swooping in a dramatic curve from transom to stem that would be seen on the winner of the 2021 America’s Cup.