Its also different - rather than a keel a brand new concept keeps it standing.

Ac75 racing yachts. The publication of the AC75 Class rule marked the beginning of a. Viewers in Europe wondering how to watch the Americas Cup and AC75 racing will need to be up early over the next few months. Mechatronics in the Americas Cup.

Whilst the batteries control the main foils and rudders everything above the waterline including every sail control is powered by the onboard grinders using pedestals supplied by official Winch. Coupled with the fact the AC75 is unlike any other boat that has ever come before the current Cup cycle is fast proving to be as much a battle of the designers as a contest on the water. A revolutionary breed of flying yacht will contest the 36th Americas Cup in New Zealand in 2021.

The AC75 combines extremely high-performance sailing and great match racing with the safety of a boat that can right itself in the event of a capsize. The ground-breaking concept is achieved through the use of twin canting T-foils ballasted to provide righting. Emirates Team New Zealand had brought foiling to the Americas Cup and changed the face of top-level yacht racing forever.

Forward of the wing spar the situation is more familiar and closely resembles the situation that prevailed with the AC72 in. However the foiling boats we have seen in the last three editions of Americas Cup racing the AC72 and AC50 catamarans and now the AC75 monohulls do represent a. Were back in 20 tonne loads that you would associate with traditional yacht racing.

With the AC75 we have entered another dimension where aerodynamics are. Part 2 of the interview with Burns Fallow a North Sails designer and long time member of Emirates Team New Zealand on the development of the AC75 class rule and how the various components of the AC75 are expected to interact. Much of the magic of a big foiling monohull is in the precision controls and elaborate systems required for takeoff and flight.

AC75 class boats are powered by both human energy and battery power. The hull and appendages of the Americas Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly. The Flying Technology of the AC75.