The rig height for the length of the AC75 is very short.

Ac75 yacht weight. Martin Fischer who is the co-design coordinator at Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team and was also involved in coming up with the AC75 class rule says that such a drastic design departure from the previous boats is rarely seen. They generate so much apparent wind that as soon as. Rigs half the weight of AC75 wingsail The other big drawback with the hard wings was the weight.

One is a reduction of the wetted area of the flat bottom of the hull at pre-transition boat speeds when only a portion of the boats weight needs to be supported by buoyancy. 2 1175 t. The AC75 is the bold new high performance fully foiling monohull.

Published on20 Nov 2017. Then when you pop out on the foils the apparent wind speed rockets up and therefore you dont need a very big rig. To start with the AC75 is big - 75-feet long and 16-feet wide - but its also light which is crucial because the AC75 is designed to fly.

So the foil wings at the base of the foil arms are nearly ⅓ of the. The weight limit for the AC75 is 6520 kg 14374 lbs thats not including sails or crew. 262 m 86 ft LWL.

True-Clutch is undoubtedly relevant for any racing yacht with or without foils that has a team of grinders on board. It is a happy coincidence that in both modes - displacement and foiling - that we only require a short rig Balancing the power and weight. 580 m 2 6200 sq ft wing and gennaker estimate.

The Flying Technology of the AC75. 400 m 1312 ft Sails. If you tried to build a light displacement boat then every kilogram that you add anywhere to the boat make it harder to get foiling So the soft sail rig was an endeavour to try and save some weight as well.