Adventure publication Outside reports that each boat can cost anywhere between US8 million and US10 million to construct.

Ac75 yacht cost. The ground-breaking new americascup class race boat concept. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. While Team New Zealand has maintained that part of creating the radical new design rule for the AC75 was a legitimate event cost and that it billed for less than half of the 69m spent MBIE.

New and used models for sale. The AC75s are able to lift out of the water and fly in just six knots of wind. Ad Find and Compare Luxury Yachts For Charter online.

The AC75 is the bold new high performance fully foiling monohull. 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. 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 boats alone cost between 8 million to 10 million and most teams have a backup just in case. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. They start around 300000 for smaller 40-foot models and can go as high as several hundred million dollars for the biggest superyachts.

THE AC75 AT A GLANCE. Some Cup commentators have criticised the new boat as being too complex and too expensive. 207m plus 2m bowsprit.

Legend Dennis Conner reckoned it would hike the cost of a competitive challenge up to 200 million. While Americas Cup teams do not release top speeds its estimated that the AC75 boats break the Cups sound barrier at about 50 knots or 57 mph. New and used models for sale.