75 feet 2286m.

Ac75 foil weight. Foil Cant Arms move under or outside the boat to provide the leverage it. New - may alternatively be provided as data streams from the ECC or CIS. The hull and appendages of the Americas Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly.

Davy Moyon from Luna Rossa Challenge said. Latest AC75 Class Rule version. Rigs half the weight of AC75 wingsail The other big drawback with the hard wings was the weight.

The AC75 45 metre long carbon foil arm has a wing attached to the tip of the arm which provides the upward force needed to lift the AC75 clear of the water. Its also different rather than a keel a brand new concept keeps it standing. The foil wing 4 metre span is.

It will make the boats much safer as this is a key component and we cant afford the teams to choose for example weight over safety. The weight limit for the AC75 is 6520 kg 14374 lbs thats not including sails or crew. 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.

In the foil arms the cant. Ability to foil in waves With a minimal ballast package and a mast height of around 90ft the AC75 would be expected to have some stability issues when floating upright or alongside a dock When the boat is floating upright the righting moment is quite low due to the small keel weight for that size of boat 2-3 tonnes of keel weight Bernasconi says. Mainsailsoft wing 145m2 - jib 80m2 - code zero 180m2.

Provided by Sailing World The AC75s foil wings have articulating flaps and theres also a very stringent weight and center-of-gravity rule for the foil package. Its pretty impressive to see a 4 metre arm with a ton of weight at the end moving so fast. Driving the foil arms is the electronic and hydraulic foil cant system FCS another one design supplied part which puts the arms and wings in and out of the water.