For their AC72 the Emirates Team New Zealand design team is something of an all-star cast including Guillaume Verdier and his team Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin in California and Canadian C-Class designer Steve Killing along with the likes of VPP expert Dan Bernisconi formerly with Alinghi and Head of Vehicle Dynamics at McLaren F1.

Ac72 catamaran design. One racing model 1618ft and another model cruiser with side accents 2125 ft. A Design Study of an AC72 Catamaran Presenter. That and the fact that the chase boat on which I was perched had to strain to keep up with the big black 72-footer as its speed nudged toward and then beyond 30 knots.

Highest speed recorded while racing was 44knots by TNZ. AC72 Polars Penalties. The new catamaran yacht DynaWing AC72 34th Americas Cup Challenger by Sauter Carbon Offset Design SCOD has a Schooner Rig boasting a hybrid Wingmast as well as boom furling mainsail combination that provides a dynamic variety of power options from a full sail array with Wingsail emulation efficiency to a gradual reduction of sails down to Wingmast reefing.

These were posted by friend RETIRED GEEK in 2006 would be ideal for me. A system of custom aluminum trusses hinged to lay flat or lock in place vertically when the cradle is moved support four carriages with hoists at the corners which raise and lower the yacht as needed. He and his associate Mr.

The event is now called Cowes Week. The AC72 Americas Cup 72 class is a wing sail catamaran box rule governing the construction and operation of the yachts to be used in the 2013 Louis Vuitt. A multihull is the ideal dynamic class capable of being raced hard in winds from 5 to 30 knots to minimize racing delays due to winds too light or too strong.

The Yacht America wins the 100 Cup by sailing around the Isle of Wight and beating all comers. The catamarans must always be eligible for competition under the terms of. For the 2013 Americas Cup Andrew Mason worked for Oracle Team USA on the optimization of their two AC72 Class catamarans using evolutionary modeling techniques to test design possibilities and breed faster yachts.

Len Imas were involved in many aspects of the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic design of the New Zealand AC72 catamaran. Peter Schwarzel RPEQ 1851. Not even T rudders at the moment.