Team New Zealand s Te Rehutai in full flight.
America’s Cup defenders Team New Zealand have given an indication of the true potential of the new AC75 boats, believing they will crack 100kmh. The prediction comes in an article in respected French magazine
Paris Match which looked at France’s influence on the current 36th America’s Cup being held in Auckland this summer. France has no direct entry but there is plenty of French involvement behind the scenes, including Guillaume Verdier, Emirates Team New Zealand’s hugely successful naval architect.
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America s Cup first official practice Verdier has been with Team New Zealand for the last three America’s Cups - helping the giant 72-foot catamaran foil against predictions for San Francisco 2013, working on the successful cyclors-powered 50-foot catamaran that won back the Auld Mug at Bermuda 2017, and now bringing his skills to the table to produce the incredible 75-foot foiling monohulls.
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A spectacular skyward launch for American Magic’s Patriot during early trials. The focus of these latest Cup boat designs is as much on aerodynamics
as hydrodynamics. Photo: Will Ricketson/American Magic
As each of the new AC75s were wheeled out into the open for the first time, amid the celebration and champagne spraying, each team will have been keenly aware that this was it.
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