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.

Ac75 patriot. Despite myriad Covid-related challenges faced by 2021s Americas Cup teams The New York Yacht Clubs American Magic announced an exciting step forward today. Patriot was out again on the Hauraki Gulf again well away down by the Whangaparaoa Peninsular returning to Base nearly. It was nothing that we havent seen or done on our other boats and our familiarity with PATRIOT.

American Magic is expected to use the new boat to compete in three upcoming regattas. January 27 2021 Americas Cup From Americas Cup Racing Sailing. 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.

PATRIOT is the first of the second-generation AC75 racing yachts to be launched by a team competing to win the 36th Americas Cup. Blue 75-footer sees the syndicate move their hull design from a flat-bottomed scow to a deeper skiff for their second AC75. The teams AC75 racing yacht PATRIOT was damaged during the incident and began taking on water.

AC75 PATRIOT BACK IN ACTION AS PRADA CUP SEMIFINALS NEAR. American Magics Second AC75 Now In Auckland. The team do have their first-generation AC75 with them in Auckland and are expected to take the FCS out of that as well as any other bits and pieces they might need to get Patriot.

We could not be more excited to get PATRIOT into the water after all of the hard work it has taken to get her designed built transported and fitted-out for sailing said Terry Hutchinson Skipper and Executive Director of American Magic. 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. AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND October 22 2020.

I think for the team this is an amazing day said Dean Barker American Magics helmsman. Auckland New Zealand 1272021 New York Yacht Club American Magic the US. Americas Cup World Series Auckland December 17-20 2020 the Prada Cup the Challenger Finals January 15-February 22 2021 and the 36th Americas Cup Presented by Prada March 6-21 if the team wins the Prada Cup.