Highlights of the AC75 Class Rule include the introduction of one-design see page 121 components built by a unique supplier chosen by Defender and Challenger of Record with special focus on foil rigging electronic.

Ac75 technology. The Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa design teams have spent the last four. The AC75 Class is a 75 foot high performance monohull governed by the AC75 Class Rule which was published on 29 March 2018. In the coming Americas Cup the AC75 rule requires the sailors to power the control of the soft wing mainsail and the headsail along with legal rig adjustments like the runners but allows.

The hull and appendages of the Americas Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly. In mere seconds the AC75 goes from low-speed displacement sailing in as little as 10 knots apparent wind speed to high-speed foiling in excess of 50 knots apparent wind speed. They are flying objects - 75 feet long 228m 75ton mass with 12 people crew capable of flying at about 50knots 92kmh with the only internal energy source provided by the arms of the athletes on board.

The Class Rule is open enough to guarantee a wide margin of freedom to the designers but introduces certain one-design elements for cost containment also. An underlying principle has been to provide affordable and sustainable technology trickle down to other sailing classes and yachts. The AC75 Class is a 75 foot high performance monohull governed by the AC75 Class Rule which was published on 29 March 2018.

The system on which the AC75 monohulls fly on one of two retractable foils was a radical system designed for the 36th Americas Cup to be staged in Auckland this summer. With the AC75 sailing on its foil drag is dramatically reduced vast amounts of power can be generated and so speeds rapidly increase. This is the AC75.

Coupled with the fact the AC75 is unlike any other boat that has ever come before the current Cup cycle is fast proving to be as much a battle of the designers as a contest on the water. An exciting new era in Americas Cup racing has been unveiled today as the concept for the AC75 the class of boat to be sailed in the 36th Americas Cup is released illustrating a bold and modern vision for high performance fully foiling monohull racing yachts. The AC75 Designed to Fly - YouTube.

Its a freak of science 75 tonnes of technology flying above the water precariously latched to the surface by less than two square metres of carbon fibre. But the foils can serve another purpose too. AC75 is precisely the yacht that will compete in the Americas Cup a special foil-equipped monohull yacht that wants to promote the development of sailing towards innovation and technology.