We had a great nosedive and that was exciting he said.

Ac75 nosedive. A bear-away is the most high-risk manoeuvre in the AC75. An AC75 has survived the mother of all catastrophes after an AC75 went into a violent nosedive at highspeed. On the last two generations.

We had a great nosedive. The phenomenon is common to all boats that have similar foiling physics such as the AC50 F50 AC72 and AC75. We had a great nosedive and that was exciting said Skipper Terry Hutchinson.

The AC75s first gybe attempted with a windspeed of around 20 knots turned out to be a memorable one. The AC75s first gybe attempted with a windspeed of around 20 knots turned out to be a memorable one. When systems went awry in the flight control department a nosedive or pitchpole was the usual outcome.

It was nothing that we havent seen or done on our other boats and our familiarity with PATRIOT will increase rapidly over the coming days. The new generation AC75 foiling monohulls are undoubtedly bigger. One week since her launch Auckland_NZ just over 7 weeks until americascup AC75s go racing PATRIOT is being pushed early and pushed hard.

We highly recommend clicking on the link to watch the video While splashdowns where the bow enters the water with a spectacular splash are commonplace on the larger AC75s only one boat and maybe two have capsized most of the foiling mishaps have occurred on. But the AC75 has a unique characteristic - rearing up clear of the water at a takeoff angle sharper than that of a commercial airliner taking off from a runway. First the boat is flying very high on her foils and second the rudder wing breaks free of the water about midway through the low-resolution clip and at that point the nosedive becomes inevitable.

There were also images showing the foiling monohull taking a nosedive into the water. The wind readouts show the breeze looked to be a steady 20kts but with a relatively sharp and sudden gust to 25kts or so - which was probably the root cause of the ensuing nosedive. It was nothing that we havent seen or done on our other boats and our familiarity with.