If there is anyone who can give Spithill a run for his money, that would be Kiwi sailor Dean Barker who has teamed up with American Terry Hutchinson, the skipper and Executive Director of American Magic. Sir Ben Ainslie on testing the new AC75 for INEOS Team UK ahead of the 2021 Americas Cup. GRANT DALTON, CEO Emirates Team New Zealand “We are really proud to present the concept of the AC75 today. All four teams have now launched their new-generation America’s Cup boats, and we’re learning that operating the AC75 is a completely different proposition from handling even the AC50 – never mind the old IACC monohulls! As the boat swaps tacks, the cant system is activated, placing one hydrofoil in the water, and lifting the other one out where its weight becomes ballast. These tiny appendages are what the boats fly on, and with just the tip of the rudder are the only boat parts still in the water while the boats are racing. The mast, rigging, foil-cant arms, and their hydraulics are all stock components, but that still left plenty of areas where the designers could experiment to find a race-winning edge. He also has a very impressive team both on the boat and on shore. “Working in such a varied role gives you the unique opportunity to be able to muck in and help out different parts of the organisation. “For the Grinders staying fit and healthy is a big priority. This involved a crane and a complex set of maneuvers to make sure that the system was not damaged in any way during the operation. The 36th America’s Cup will take place in Auckland, New Zealand in 2021, and feature an astounding new design, the AC75 foiling monohull. At some point, if the costs get out of control, it’s going to be too expensive, and you won’t get any competitors. When Emirates Team New Zealand won the last America’s Cup in … Pin-point precision goes into creating an ergonomic cockpit, a task that Graeme and the team take very seriously. AC75 class boats are powered by both human energy and battery power. The Prada Cup is when things are getting serious. Several sailing legends say the AC75 has taken the America's Cup too far from its roots. They are also very light with a huge sail plan that allows them to fly. I even went so far as to write an article about how ridiculous the new design looked. The #AC75 is the bold new high performance fully foiling monohull. They are looking to schedule two races a day for the Cup, with the first team to win a total of seven races being the winner of the 36th America’s Cup. “That’s just one of the creative challenges associated with the America’s Cup”, said Graeme. It is almost like a foiling IACC class. I guess that I was being too smart for my own good. Underwater is where things get really interesting this America's Cup, but the story starts inside the boat. In 12-15 knots of wind, these amazing sailboats have reached speeds in excess of 50 knots. The courses are windward/leeward, and each race has six legs, with the finish at the end of the last downwind leg. It is not just about generating as much power as possible at any given time either. With official practice on the Auckland courses being held this week under the eye of regatta … 28 Floor Miami, FL, 33131USA (305) 913-1337 info@navisyachts.com, Follow us in the social networks to get the latest news of superyachts and luxury, Photos: Stefano Gattini, Carlo Borlenghi, Luca Butto , C. Gregory | Words: Brian Hancock, © 2019 Copyright NAVIS Luxury Yacht Magazine. Both boats are AC75 class high-performance foiling monohulls, a class designed specifically for this competition. AC75 BOAT CONCEPT 20 Nov 2017. pictures: 4. We have been through loads of stuff, I was massive proponent of American Football gloves for a while, but I ended up coming back to just bare hands. Ultimately everyone needs to share their knowledge to come up with the best possible product.”. With all that said, Prada this month unveiled their brand new AC75 Luna Rossa monohull which will contest the 36th edition of the America’s Cup in 2021. The design of the AC75 is already well underway. The AC75s, the America’s Cup boats currently racing in the Prada Cup and that will be used for next month’s Cup match showdown, are arguably the most radical boat the America’s Cup has ever seen. America’s Cup: Team New Zealand AC75 Te Rehutai Capsizes at 35 knots. These are three highly experienced and well-funded teams, each capable of beating Emirates Team New Zealand, but they first have to challenge each other for the right to challenge for the America’s Cup. 11 months later, they were the first to sail and foil on an AC75 shortly after launching DEFIANT. In the 36th edition of the America’s Cup, the role of the grinder is more important than ever before. They are looking to schedule two races a day for the Cup, with the first team to win a total of seven races being the winner of the 36th America’s Cup. Spectators will be able to view the racing not only from on the water and the city waterfront, but also across the bay in Takapuna. Here it is! A general complaint in previous America’s Cups were the cost of the carbon fixed-wing sails. Only Luna Rossa 2 leans fairly less. Even when there isn’t anything immediately pressing for Graeme to take action on, he will make sure he can find a way to help win the Cup. We try different things, but I’m only going to mention the ones that didn’t work.”. Ineos Team UK and the New York Yacht Club’s entry American Magic. Remarkably, there were no reported injuries or significant damage to the boat. The Sails of the America’s Cup. INEOS TEAM UK has officially christened their America’s Cup race boat ‘Britannia’ from the team’s base in Auckland, New Zealand, three months before the start of racing for the 36th America’s Cup. He is referring to the AC75 design for the 2021 race that specifies a boat length of 75 feet, with two long foil arms that make the vessels appear to fly over the water. America's Cup AC75 boat concept An exciting new era in America's Cup racing has been unveiled today as the concept for the AC75, the class of boat to be sailed in the 36th America's Cup is released illustrating a bold and modern vision for high performance fully foiling monohull racing yachts. A revolutionary breed of "flying" yacht will contest the 36th America's Cup in New Zealand in 2021. Emirates Team New Zealand has unveiled the new AC75 monohull for the next America's Cup and this incredible new flying monohull could be faster than the AC50 catamarans TAGS: Americas Cup … The Italian pair have become YouTube stars with their insightful comments on the new America’s Cup AC75 class, and their latest video looks at the foiling problems of Britannia, the British second-generation boat. In the 36th edition of the America’s Cup, the role of the grinder is more important than ever before. It’s no different than building your dream kitchen, you are the end user and you need to pay attention to each step of the design and build process. By far, the most exciting development for this upcoming America’s Cup are the AC75 yachts. Whoever thought that there would be a crew position on a sailboat that goes by the name ‘flight controller?’. America's Cup Match: Day 5 28 Jun 2017. pictures: 11. He demanded to know what I meant. “The sailors have a lot of input into their positions and they are always developing. This is the AC75, the class of boat that will contest the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland. News from New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup After racing into a squall, crashing, capsizing, incurring significant damage and coming close to sinking, American Magic’s AC75 racing yacht, PATRIOT, made it back to shore at 10:45 PM NZDT after a herculean effort to save the boat. AC75 class boats are powered by both human energy and battery power. The work each grinder does on the boat is closely monitored and measured so that the power can be generated in an as efficient way as possible, ensuring the boat reaches its top speed for the given conditions. INEOS TEAM UK has officially christened their America’s Cup race boat ‘Britannia’ from the team’s base in Auckland, New Zealand, three months before the start of racing for the 36th America’s Cup. Now we know more about the flying ability of these hydrofoil monohulls. In the 36th edition of the America’s Cup, the role of the grinder is more important than ever before. America's Cup Match: Day 4 28 Jun 2017. pictures: 13. Simply gain as much strength as you can to enable you to turn the Harken grinding handles and generate as much power as you can come race day. This means it’s illegal to use the old testing regime: lining two boats up beside each other and sailing – as fast as possible, but with both boats constrained to a straight-line either upwind or downwind – for 10 minutes at a time. While sailing at about 35 knots, the boat took a nose-dive and rolled on its beam ends. When I saw the first renderings of the new AC75 yacht that Team New Zealand was pushing for after winning the America’s Cup in Bermuda, I was shocked. Let’s acknowledge that the Americans Cup has always had to thread a thin needle between wanting to push design, innovation, and technology, while at the same time trying to reel in costs. There are going to be times when you get off the water, debrief, then go home to rest, whilst others stay late into the night to prepare for tomorrow. Because the idea is to fly the boats for the entire race, the hulls’ shape is totally unconventional, including some abrupt chines designed to detach the water from the hull as quickly as possible. As soon as the last America’s Cup in Bermuda was over, the Italian team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli became the Challenger of Record. “You are trying to design a boat that’s fast, but it obviously needs to have some safety requirements. He was horrified to hear me on the radio all the way from the United States, especially chiming in on something as sacred as the America’s Cup to a New Zealand audience. As Team New Zealand launched its AC75 this morning, the team's chief executive Grant Dalton talked about the boat's intricate design - specifically how fast the foiling monohull can go. If you reduce the time it takes to design the boat and campaign it, the costs will be lower." This hydrofoil monohull on which the team of the New York Yacht Club's challenge for the America's Cup American Magic is training. Team New Zealand official video and images managed to miss some of the more interesting features of the Kiwis second AC75 launch. Because the boats are flying, the hull shapes are aerodynamic rather than hydrodynamic, and they resemble a rather intimidating jet fighter plane. It will be contested on the inner Hauraki Gulf, off Auckland, between the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Circolo della Vela Sicilia of Italy. There is only so much time a grinder can spend in the gym or on the water too. AC75 class boats are powered by both human energy and battery power. Turns out I was 100%, completely wrong. Both Spithill and Hutchinson are going to have their work cut out of they are going to best Sir Ben Ainslie, the skipper of Ineos Team UK. Render comparison by Americas Cup.23 vs 15 mts boat length diff, 2.5 vs 6.5 Tonnes gap plus the killer external massive foils of the AC75 give a quick notion of the extreme Tinkering done just to match or surpass the AC50 performance with a “monohull”. If the sailmakers have a lot on, for example, and they’ve got a bit of tidying up to do, it’s much better for the team that you help them out. For the America's Cup the earliest Auckland will come out of the Lockdown is Sunday, March 7. They do not have keels like on most monohulls. We look at heart rates, or power generated at the handles, then look at how we can link up that relative effort with where it’s most efficient for making the boat go faster. They have the home-field advantage, so to speak, and their economy will benefit from the event, but for other countries, New Zealand is on the opposite side of the world, and that escalates their costs. The Prada Cup final starts on February 13, with the America’s Cup slated to begin on March 6. For the first boat we had a limited amount of time from receiving the rule to starting the build. The Catamarans were smaller so we had to spend a lot of time grinding on our knees. “We measure and record pretty much everything on the boat, data analysis is a big part of the America’s Cup. In fact, he was the youngest winning helmsman in the history of the America’s Cup when at age 26, he and his team won the 35th competition for the Cup in Bermuda. It has been a phenomenal effort by Dan and the guys together with Luna Rossa design team and there is a lot of excitement building around the boat in the development and getting to this point.” Whether it’s generating significant amounts of power through turning handles and keeping as fit as possible or working with the design team to optimise the grinding pedestals and deck layout, there is always something to do. In the article some design characteristics were discussed of the first boats of the four contenders for the 36th America’s Cup races, to be held in New Zealand in a couple of months from now. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's boat is Te Rehutai, owned and sailed by the Emirates Team New Zealand syndicate. Spending oodles on the Cup is a tradition that goes right back to its beginning. It turns out that the Kiwis saw the humor of it all, and the radio personality told me that after I had hung up, his show had dozens of callers all agreeing with me. While they may have reverted to what one might think of as ‘old’ technology, the massive mainsail is still highly innovative. Watch the wind vectors through the maneuvers and also watch the boat speed increase as it bears away. Those two teams will then compete for the Prada Cup and the right to challenge for the America’s Cup. I explained that with the windward board up in the air, the boat looked like a dog peeing against a lamppost. “First and foremost, we are incredibly […] 36th America's Cup: Sir Ben Ainslie and INEOS TEAM UK launch race boat Watch all the drama of the America's Cup on Sky Sports with the World Series, Christmas Regatta and PRADA Cup … Sure it would have been nice to see more boats, but it’s better than having just the Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, be the only boat to show up to challenge for the Auld Mug. The skins wrap around the mast to form a foil, which generates the lift needed to get the boats flying. The technological leap forward in so many areas has been incredible. The emphasis was on speed of build and getting on the water as quick as possible. The much-anticipated launch of the first two AC75 foiling monohull yachts from the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and USA Challenger NYYC American Magic respectively did not disappoint the masses of America’s Cup fans waiting eagerly for … “It’s an interesting one because grinding as an athletic sport is really in its infancy”, said Graeme, “I think there are gains to be made by exploring new things, particularly from other sports. Two other equally strong teams also made it Down Under. For a start, they are big boats; 75-feet long and 16-feet wide. The race to make this concept a reality has already taken teams almost three years. The cockpits are not just built for performance either. This time, with Dean Barker alongside, the New York Yacht Club was hoping for sailing history to be made again. Between the skins of the AC75 mainsail lies the secrets to powering the latest generation America’s Cup yachts. America's Cup - AC75 designs February 2021 LATEST AC75 - DEVELOPMENTS - ANALYSIS. For the 36th America's Cup, teams will be sailing in AC75s, or more specifically 75-foot foiling monohulls. Part of being an America’s Cup sailor is helping out when you can in the hope that it makes up for the times you can’t.". The team has sustained an aggressive pace of operations during the current America's Cup cycle. The return to monohulls with soft sails after three America's Cups on multihulls with win… They are also very light with a … On the other side, all the sail planes are represented in the highest-flying position. These 75-foot monohull vessels, known as AC75s, rise out of the water on hydrofoils. For us, the most important thing is putting the power down and making sure the sails are trimmed correctly without fiddling too much”. On Thursday 19th November Emirates Team New Zealand were the last team to launch their second AC75, the boat on which the Kiwis will defend the 36th America's Cup over the period March 6 … If someone needs to be able to cross the boat we can test how they will get in and out of the cockpits. “There are some positions on the boat that trim sails whilst grinding. Peter Burling, the skipper of Emirates Team New Zealand, has an equally impressive sailing resume, but perhaps not as long as he is younger than the other skippers. Whilst the batteries control the main foils and rudders, everything above the waterline, including every sail control, is powered by the onboard grinders using pedestals supplied by official Winch Systems and Deck Hardware partner, Harken. The America’s Cup is a peculiarly ugly trophy — and it lacks a bottom, so you can’t even drink from it — yet some of the richest men in history have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an attempt to own it.. Following the 2017 America's Cup, the winning club Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron accepted a notice of challenge from Circolo della Vela Sicilia that stipulated a monohull in the ship's particulars. As its name implies, The Mule is a draft scale model of the AC75 that will race the Cup in 2021 in Auckland. It looks like this time around the needle was threaded almost perfectly. Well, I did say that because as soon as the article was published, I got a call from a sports reporter in Auckland, New Zealand. However this doesn’t last. Burling has won six 49er World Championships, two 420 class World Championships, and the 2015 Moth World Championship. During long sailing days we need to rotate Grinders on and off the boat regularly. I agreed. New Zealand is a tiny country of just under five million people, but almost all of them are sailing fanatics, and over the last two decades, they have been able to raise extraordinary amounts of money to first challenge and then defend the America’s Cup.