The upgrades to their AC75 aside from the aero fairings look concentrated on sail control with the team able to gain more depth in their sails providing more power on the downwind legs.

Ac75 downwind. On trimming the AC75s Twin-Skin Main. The period to watch after an AC75. INEOS Team UK relaunched its first AC75 Britannia 1 in the UK in the first week of June.

From 25 to 38 knots downwind. Built in view of the 2020 regattas in Cagliari and Portsmouth they are now destined to be scrapped as these races have been canceled. It shouldnt be quite as bad as a couple of races in Bermuda when the AC50s were gybing through 220degrees -but you will see some of that trying to build speed out of a gybe for sure.

Once foiling the AC75 has the potential to be faster than an AC50 both upwind and downwind An exciting new era in Americas Cup racing has been unveiled today as the concept for the AC75. The Americas Cup AC75 boat concept revealed. It takes some serious power or sail depth to lift the 65-tonne AC75.

Turn the corner and head downwind and you want some of that power back. So when an AC75 is sailing upwind in 18 knots of breeze at a boatspeed of 40 knots the crew on deck will be experiencing 40 knots of wind over the decks plus a percentage of the true wind speed. The AC75 is a kind of strange boat not very natural.

One thats able to do both is quite a challenge because the sail shapes youre trying to achieve from upwind to downwind are very. He expects the AC75 to be a lot better proposition than the AC50 sailing downwind in lighter airs in displacement mode. Inside the AC75s hull is an intricate web of hydraulic pumps tubes.

The AC75 is the bold new high performance fully foiling monohull. Heres a quick and easy way to determine the right downwind angle using a few simple tools. Sailing an AC75 in a match race is all about control both of your own boat and that of your opposition and the Italians are dishing out a masterclass in it.