35th Americas Cup: Foiling Multihulls!

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    And, they lost 2 in a row today in light shifting winds. No foiling.
     
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    35th America's Cup on Foils---ACWS

    Thanks, Jim I hadn't checked yet. Seems to me that they ought to have racing only in foiling conditions?
     
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    Light and shifty and varying wind strengths is when the really skilled and naturally talented show out.
    ETNZ has the least time aboard these cats - yet they cleaned up while other hyped-up favourites stumbled badly.
    Pretty much how we Kiwis expected it to be, by the way.
     
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    35th America's Cup on Foils---BAR(UK)

    T2-a "fighter jet on water" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYnpwnl25Sk


    The British America’s Cup challenger, Land Rover BAR has launched it’s latest testing boat – T2 – at their home in Portsmouth. This boat will continue and increase the momentum already developed with the initial launch of ‘T1’ last October. It’s the next stage in the relentless pursuit of technological excellence that will culminate in the design and build of the final race boat to challenge for the America’s Cup in 2017.
    T2 is designed to drive forward a new era of British maritime design and technology
    The boat uses the latest technology from both the aerospace and automotive industries to create the marine equivalent of a fighter jet
    T2 will fly on foils the size of a wakeboard, whilst lifting the weight of a fully occupied London taxi.
    T2 represents a significant step towards the team’s pursuit of power and speed; driving forward a new era of British maritime design and technology.
    The design combines ideas and concepts previously only found in aerospace and automotive technologies, uniquely, T2 combines the raw power of carbon fibre hydrofoils and a wing sail with sophisticated electronic flight control systems.
    Ben Ainslie- Team Principal and Skipper, four times Olympic gold medallist and America’s Cup winner:
    “T2 is an extraordinary achievement; everyone on the design, engineering and shore teams have put everything they have got into this boat. Power is nothing without control, and there has been no compromise in the pursuit of both. All of the sailing team are grateful and privileged to get the opportunity to test fly this unique craft.”
    Andy Claughton; Land Rover BAR Chief Technology Officer and two times America’s Cup winner:
    “This is the most technologically advanced sailing boat I’ve ever been involved with. It’s the vital next step on our path to developing the boat that will challenge for the America’s Cup, containing some of the most innovative and powerful technology ever used in this competition.”
    Land Rover BAR will continue test sailing in the Solent throughout the winter. Next week the team will fly to Bermuda for the final America’s Cup World Series event of the year (17th and 18th October).
     
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