The AC75 boats weigh seven-tonnes and have the ability to reach speeds of around 60mph.

Ac75 patriot capsize. American Magic have just taken delivery of their second AC75 with Patriot. Stuffs video of the boat being taken out of the water showed the extent of the damage with the gaping hole clearly visible. A gaping hole in the port side just forward of the foil arm.

The AC75 is rammed full of complex electronics hydraulics and a ton of technical wizardry that I can only hazard a guess at. So the team will need to strip that out of their old AC75 Defiant and fit it to Patriot. Images of the damaged yacht being lifted free of the ocean in near-darkness the hole clearly evident had reverberated around the world in the days after the glossy blue AC75 had disappeared inside her hangar.

Ac75 patriot back in action as prada cup semifinals near Auckland New Zealand - New York Yacht Club American Magic the US. With all the capsize action it is easy to forget that we did see some racing today. The gaping hole left in American Magics AC75 Patriot after its capsize.

When American Magic spectacularly capsized the AC75 Patriot during the Prada Cup on Sunday the severity of the incident took a moment to sink in. Team New Zealand capsized their AC75 Te Aihe at low speed last December and. Ainslie said watching the yacht capsize during the manoeuvre was.

Images of the damaged yacht being lifted free of the ocean in near-darkness the hole clearly evident had reverberated around the world in the days after the glossy blue AC75 had disappeared inside her hangar. Auckland New Zealand - After racing into a squall crashing capsizing incurring significant damage and coming close to sinking American Magics AC75 racing yacht PATRIOT made it back to shore at 1045 PM NZDT after a herculean effort to save the boat. American Magic received rapid assistance from the three other Americas Cup teams along with Americas Cup Event Ltd the race management team the Coastguard New Zealand the Auckland Harbormaster and local fire and police personnel.

Watch as American Magics AC75 Patriot capsizes in a strong gust of wind while leading around the final mark of the race during the PRADA Cup Round Robins in Auckland New Zealand. The teams AC75 racing yacht Patriot was damaged during the incident and began taking on water the American. The teams AC75 racing yacht PATRIOT was damaged during the incident and began taking on water.