The teams AC75 racing yacht PATRIOT was damaged during the incident and began taking on water.

Ac75 patriot capsize. Stuffs video of the boat being taken out of the water showed the extent of the damage with the gaping hole clearly visible. The teams AC75 racing yacht Patriot was damaged during the incident and began taking on water the American. 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. Emergency management plans were put into operation during the Americas Cup challenger series on Sunday when American Magics Patriot yacht dramatically capsized. With all the capsize action it is easy to forget that we did see some racing today.

The AC75 boats weigh seven-tonnes and have the ability to reach speeds of around 60mph. Challenger for the 36th Americas Cup on Wednesday re-launched its racing yacht PATRIOT for the first time since a damaging capsize and near-sinking suffered by the team during a Prada Cup Round Robins race on January 17. Team New Zealand capsized their AC75 Te Aihe at low speed last December and.

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. 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. The crash and capsize on January 17 ripped a sizable hole in PATRIOTs port side hull just ahead of the foil arm.

The gaping hole left in American Magics AC75 Patriot after its capsize. The teams AC75 racing yacht PATRIOT was damaged during the incident and began taking on water. Earlier in the week Sir Ben Ainslie described the moment Emirates Team New Zealand had capsized.

So the team will need to strip that out of their old AC75 Defiant and fit it to Patriot. Challenger for the 36th Americas Cup just completed their first week of training on the brand-new AC75 racing. The crash and capsize on January 17 rippeda sizable hole in PATRIOTs port side hull just ahead of the foil arm.