2015 Little America's Cup

LAC 2015: http://www.littlecup.org/en/event.html

This should be the link to the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=18&v=8WfC2Do8YrA
Note: this link is non-functional as of 9/13/15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REZ8gKefeME this works-live at 8:30 AM

 

2015 Little America's Cup-SNAKEfOIL

Heres a shot of the actual foil for Steve Clarks Aethon thanks to "Merde2":

 

Relatively brief remarks by Steve Clark at the opening ceremony of the Little America's Cup: https://www.facebook.com/SailingShot/videos/1631688083752359

 

Notes from Dave Clark: The US project is the Cogito Project, the boat name is Aethon. AXON is a Swiss project and they're sailing Cogito-the boat!

Races live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REZ8gKefeME Todays(Sunday) racing cancelled.

 

2015 Little Americas Cup

Saw a video on facebook of Aethon sitting in a flat calm with up close shots of the bottom of the wing which was not sealed to the tramp like Groupama-I wonder why?
https://www.facebook.com/SailingShot/videos/1631892167065284

Picture by Pierrick Contin:

 

Hydros video thanks to Merde2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3beN439BMAk


Webzine episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP69T4LR1eQ

 

There may be more live racing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi5-02xgs4c
Groupama is blowing the fleet away with leads as much as one kilometer in relatively strong wind-15-25.

Best coverage here: http://abcclass.fr/

Groupama going fast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWh3iIf-Ihc

 

More Groupama during training:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=263&v=EtO0YYorn2c

 

Steve Clark and Aethon are out of the running due to massive damage to Steves wing. Such a damn shame.
Steve talking about it:
https://www.facebook.com/SailingShot/videos/1632122970375537

 

Team Norgador sailing with a wand controlled lee main foil with windward foil and wand retracted. Rumor is good upwind , dicey downwind with possible slow wand response. Wand moves the whole foil, not a flap......

 

2015 Little America's Cup--wings and foils

It's interesting to note that the AC boats are using wings pioneered in the C Class and some C Class boats(notably Groupama) are using foils pioneered in the AC class:

 

Live now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVHreWotqY

 

Great video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=rXD6GuFcta0

 

Live(no wind) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dl2d8tf8ts

 

Well, its all over with Groupama first, Axon second and Norgador third.
Coverage by http://abcclass.fr/ was great and Luka(M2) provided some great video and stills on MA. But there was no live video from any source and that was a big disappointment.
Groupama used uptip main foils-very refined versions. The AC learned about wings from the C Class and the C Class learned about uptip foils from the AC guys-particularly TNZ in 34.