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Pushing the boundaries by Mark Jardine 16 Mar 20:15 GMT America s Cup match day 6 - Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Emirates Team New Zealand battle it out in race 9 © ACE / Studio Borlenghi
When the AC75 boat concept was revealed back in November 2017, we all looked on it with a sense of incredulity. Would this gecko-like monohull actually fly? Would the sailors be able to control it? Would they be able to match race?
The 36th America s Cup has answered those questions with an emphatic Yes ! Looking back at the video which accompanied the announcement, we can see how reality differs from the concept: the traditional yacht deck layout has become twin pods on either side of the boat, the mainsail now hugs the deck along the entire foot and the Code Zero on the prodder is redundant. Yes, we saw a few trials of them in practice, but even during Monday s race 8, with the yachts wallowing off the foils, neither team chose to hoist theirs.
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The drama and pressure in Auckland went off the scale today with intrigue and twists at every turn.
Going into race seven, North Sails President Kenny Read was the first to make the call on the race commentary that Luna Rossa was carrying a much bigger jib than Emirates Team New Zealand. The wind was hovering around 10-12 knots, and this difference was explained brilliantly by INEOS TEAM UK grinder David Freddie Carr, who was in the helicopter for expert insight: the J1.5 Luna Rossa were carrying was for sub-10 knots, whereas the Kiwis smaller J3 is a 10 knot+ sail. Freddie was spot-on saying that getting this right could make a couple of knots of boat speed difference.
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This edition of the America s Cup sees teams racing at speeds of up to 50 knots in an incredibly intense environment. So what goes into the kit bag of a sailor at the very top end of the sport?
Watching the AC75s cracking along on a foil, it’s easy to forget that innovation pervades every element of elite racing, particularly America’s Cup racing and goes well beyond simply boat design.
Right down to the helmets the sailors wear and their choice of rash vest, hundreds of hours of R&D lie behind the garments on display.
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