INEOS Team UK relaunched its first AC75 Britannia 1 in the UK in the first week of June.
Ac75 ineos skipper. Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena on the importance of the first weekend. We have placed an e-grinder on the boat explained skipper Ben Ainslie. INEOS TEAM UK is a British sailing team based in Portsmouth England.
The teams official boat for the Americas Cup was christened by Her Excellency Ms Laura Clarke British High Commissioner for New Zealand. If Ineos Team UK skipper Sir Ben Ainslie could have his way the AC75 would be here to stay. INEOS Team UK skipper Ben Ainslie says testing has shown the second generation yacht has a serious issue in light winds.
Since the initial launch INEOS appear to be the only team to have made use. We have placed an e-grinder on the boat explained skipper Ben Ainslie. His current AC75 is called Britannia.
After the first AC75 racing we saw in the Americas Cup cycle. The crew sees many faces returning from the 35th Americas Cup with Rio gold medallist Giles Scott once again calling tactics for Ben Ainslie and Nick Hutton returning to trim headsails. The AC75 foiling monohull named Britannia was launched in October and has one significant difference from the British teams first generation boat -- the addition of a bustle keel.
Grant Chapman Hes been described as England. British Challenger for the Americas Cup INEOS Team UK was the first team to launch a first test boat in the build up to AC36. INEOS Team UK have named their second AC75 race boat for the 36th Americas Cup Britannia in Auckland.
The first successful defense was in 2013 when as skipper of Oracle Team USA Spithill managed to come back from a 2 penalty score at the start of the series to win 98 on the final race. Known as T5 it is a 28-foot foiling monohull. In the Scow corner you have INEOS Team UK and American Magic while in the Skiff corner we have ETNZ and Luna Rossa.