The AC75 will foil-tack and foil-gybe with only small manoeuvring losses and given the speed and the ease at which the boats can turn the classic pre-starts of the Americas Cup are set to make an exciting comeback.

Ac75 gybe. AC75 Class Rule Version 116 issued 30th September 2020 Rule References. During a practice match against British challenger INEOS Team UK Peter Burling Team New Zealand skipper lost control of the AC75 Te Rehutai during a gybe. Sail handling will also become important with cross-overs to code zero sails in light wind conditions.

This second video shows the AC75 in steady flight and at the end a foiling gybe is attempted which ends in a soft landing at the exit after the old foil wing is raised. - 19th November 2020. That is effectively a.

While sailing at about 35 knots the boat took a nose-dive and rolled on its beam ends. Like the catamarans of the last Cup it will be able tack and gybe on foils. The AC75 will foil-tack and foil-gybe with only small manoeuvring losses and given the speed and the ease at which the boats can turn the classic pre-starts of the Americas Cup are set to make an exciting comeback.

Smooth and consistent power delivery from the grinders is the key to keeping your AC75 aloft and that took a bit of a Harken rethink. For example a gybe requires a complex combination of control switches that correspond to the closing and opening of specific valves. All four AC75s have a central beam running the length of the cockpit.

AC75 Cockpit Layouts Mainsail Differences. We have placed an e-grinder on the boat explained skipper Ben Ainslie. The crew work in the two trenches out of the airstream reducing aero drag.

Sail handling will also become important with cross-overs to code zero sails in light wind conditions. 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. He added that generally an AC75 would come out of a gybe at around 130 degrees to the true wind.