35th Americas Cup: Foiling Multihulls!

35th America's Cup on Foils---Oracle-test boat

The christening of Oracles newest AC 50 test boat: (note the endplate for the jib)

 

35th America's Cup on Foils---ACWS Bermuda

Live ACWS from Bermuda-new link for today:
http://www.tv4play.se/sport/3210476

Tune in about 1pm EST, 2pm Bermuda time, 7PM Swedish time(tv4 is Swedish)
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Another channel live now(12:38PM Sunday) : http://www.zoptv.com/live/bt-sport-1

 

35th America's Cup on Foils---ACWS Bermuda

Spectacular racing! Spithill pulls it out in the first race by less than a boat length! Go to the Swedish channel.....

Major crash-no one hurt-Artemis collided with a judges boat breaking her kingpost and possibly knocking her out of the days racing!
Update: looks like they have to get rid of part of the bowsprit and code zero and might be able to sail...
Update: they got rid of the stuff-race committee gave them extra time-and they'll be racing albeit w/o the code zero
Update: Artemis wins Race 2 going away!! And in doing so pull off one of the first foiling gybes in the AC 45. Spectacular comeback after the collision!!

 

35th America's Cup on Foils--Artemis

Video of the Artemis crash into the judges boat: http://bernews.com/2015/10/videos-artemis-crashes-umpire-boat/

Sailorgirl( http://www.nicdouglass.org/ ) interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8F4FDVmKiU

 

35th America's Cup on Foils---ACWS

The "uptip" portion of an AC 45 UptiP foil:
pix by Giles Martin-Raget

 

35th America's Cup on Foils--Artemis

John Navas video shot in San Fran of Artemis testing their experimental boat. Towards the end a special appearance by one of the last AC monohulls. The difference in speed in these few years is nothing less than astonishing! Whod a thunk it back then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmYi30QGR4

 

35th America's Cup on Foils---Oracle

At Oracle it's about collecting data-lots and lots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNU2PxfDJQ8

 

35th America's Cup on Foils---Oracle

Oracles wing and.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTt3uMkCB30

 

Cammas Injured

No more detail other than a foot injury-rumor is serious.......
Cammas was on a GC32 and fell overboard. He somehow came in contact with the rudder or rudder foil. Serious injury. Transported by helicopter.

http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne...ammas-grievement-blesse-lentrainement-3880545

 

Cammas Injured

More on the story: http://mobile.royalgazette.com/article/20151130/SPORT30/151139963

PARIS (AFP) — Franck Cammas, the skipper of America’s Cup team Groupama Team France, has “seriously” injured his foot in a training accident.

The statement from the French team did not detail the nature of Cammas’s injury, but a report on Le Télégramme, a French newspaper, said his foot had been “partially severed”.

According to Le Télégramme, he suffered an open fracture at the bottom of the right tibia.

Cammas hit “the rudder blade with his leg” while the catamaran was travelling at full speed, Groupama said.

The skipper was reported to have been at the helm of one of two training boats and sailing in Quiberon Bay, Brittany, today when he fell overboard and was run over by the rudder of the boat while it was foiling at speed, his team said.

His right leg was badly injured and Cammas was airlifted to hospital in Nantes by helicopter from the bay, where his team were in training for the 2017 America’s Cup in Bermuda.

 

Really?

Franck Camma's hurt...? He's paid for it and not with peanuts.

"Sent Today, 12:05 AM
Doug Lord, on 02 Dec 2015 - 2:42 PM, said:
Sailing foilers? I guess its possible since Monitor was done over here in he 50's. Got any pictures or a link?
Thanks, Doug
https://www.google.n...iw=1364&bih=631"

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By the way: I like the testing of White Pearl very much (Although I am not so found on Russian Oligargs.)
Nice reseach Project (and it doesn't come cheap.)

 

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from Americascup.com news...

Franck Cammas, the skipper of Groupama Team France, is recovering following surgery on his leg after a training accident. Cammas was two-boat training with his team in foiling GC32 catamarans when he lost his balance and fell overboard. His leg was struck by the rudder. The speed of the boat, combined with the fine edge of the foil, resulted in a double break of the fibia-tibia in his right leg.

He was transported to shore by RIB and then to hospital by helicopter. Specialists performed surgery on Monday night and on Tuesday the news came that the surgery was a success. Franck has a long road ahead of physical rehabilitation, but he has been assured by doctors he will not lose the use of his foot.

On Tuesday morning, Cammas was already asking about his team, anxious that they should resume training. He also expressed gratitude for all of the well-wishes sent his way.

While the injury isn’t expected to significantly impact the Groupama Team France campaign for the America’s Cup, it does put an end to Franck’s bid for a spot at the 2016 Olympic Games.

 

Team New Zealand launch a development boat:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11558136

more photos and news from the team here:

http://emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com/en/news/156_ON-WATER-TESTING-PROGRAM-BEGINS.html

 

35th America's Cup on Foils---TNZ

Video of the new(see last post) TNZ test boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK9jqCAgy2I

 

I liked this presentation:

I expect a lot from this boat.