The AC75 has emerged as one of the undisputed stars of this Americas Cup.

Ac75 racing. Friday 09 April 2021. Six years later in 2018 the publication of the AC75 Class rule marked the beginning of a new sailing era. Nowadays foils are commonplace but the engineering and sailing techniques needed to get the AC75 to fly are completely different from anything seen before.

November 30 2017. The ground-breaking new americascup class race boat concept. However the foiling boats we have seen in the last three editions of Americas Cup racing the AC72 and AC50 catamarans and now the AC75 monohulls do.

Whilst the batteries control the main foils and rudders everything above the waterline including every sail control is powered by the onboard grinders using pedestals supplied by official Winch. Which has both increased the pace and cost of racing. Viewers in Europe wondering how to watch the Americas Cup and AC75 racing will need to be up early over the next few months.

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The Flying Technology of the AC75. The hull and appendages of the Americas Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly. Still as these beast are something totally new we understand the functional changes they had to made.

Inflatable battens are not permitted in the AC75 class rule. Several sailing legends say the AC75 has taken the Americas Cup too far from its roots. Bella Mente Quantum Racing graphic of double luffed AC75 mainsail - showing the flying shape of the AC75 mainsail and how it integrates with the D-shaped mast to give a cross section that is not unlike a birds wing.