The AC75 is a racing yacht used in the 2021 Americas Cup match and planned to be used for the 37th Americas Cup and 38th Americas Cup matches.

Ac75 crew positions. Introducing the ETNZ sailing crew. 1 Helmsman 1 Trimmer 1 Flight Controller 2 Offside Control 6 Grinders 11 Total So more than half the crew just grind all race. The technology is new as is the concept and even the language that the crew use to.

In comparison the AC72 catamaran used in the 2013 Americas Cup had a sailing weight without crew of 5500kgs only 1500kgs less than the ballasted AC75. The imagery is iconic. All four AC75s have a central beam running the length of the cockpit.

207m plus 2m bowsprit. An anxious tension hovers over the crews. The AC75 rule also sets limits on the positions of different components and overall centers of mass and so this must also be monitored.

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. THE AC75 AT A GLANCE. On all the AC75s the crew positions are designed to keep crew low down to improve aerodynamics.

It all makes weight management a much tougher job than with. 75 feet 2286m. For what its worth ETNZ lists their crew this time around as.

AC75 Crew Work Explained PlanetSail. One of those grinders is BritishAustralian Graeme Spence now in his second Americas Cup campaign he sailed with ORACLE TEAM USA in the 35th Americas Cup in Bermuda. Mainsailsoft wing 145m2 - jib 80m2 - code zero 180m2.