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.
Ac75 teams. Emirates Team New Zealand. Ineos Team UK the New York Yacht Club American Magic and the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team. That is why on INEOS TEAM UKs AC75 Britannia there will always be eight or nine people turning the handles on the Harken grinder pedestals and generating power for the trimmers.
Team New Zealand christened their new yacht Te Aihe Aerodynamics could be a defining factor for Americas Cup success in 2021. Burns Fallow - one of the team who devised the AC75 Class rule Richard Gladwell wwwphotosportconz. Stars Stripes Team USA.
The view from Auckland. The AC75 supplied parts identical for all the teams - are the foil arms the foil cant system and the rigging. Americas Cup AC75 - working sail plan with a Code Zero to be added Carlo Borlenghi.
AC75 and her crew fight to keep their dreams alive in the face of technical unknowns and an opponent that has been busy developing speed. Having overcome the odds and returned PATRIOT to the Prada Cup racecourse American Magic faces down a must-win final series in Auckland. A day in the training and development life of Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup Class yacht AC75 class sailing in Auckland on January 9 2020.
Four AC75 have been launched to date. A fully and quickly repaired re-wired and re-rigged US. Auckland New Zealand 19th November 2020.
The AC75 rotating mast is a 265 meter long one-design D shaped section that weighs about 300kg and serves as the leading edge of the double skinned mainsail. The mechatronics required to move the A75s foils deliver precision handling and speed and while they may look basic in form their execution is anything but standard. Emirates Team New Zealand.