The syndicate boss said Americas Cup fans can expect the yacht to hit speeds of up to 50 knots on the Hauraki Gulf.

Ac75 vs ac72 speed. Render comparison by Americas Cup. While the 12 Meter Class reveled in the strong winds of the 1987 Americas Cup in Australia the light winds in San Diego during the 1988 Deed of Gift match. In a massive understatement Ashby labelled the AC75s closing speeds particularly into the wind pretty impressive and felt the performance levels of the boats had gone beyond where the.

Of course the double skinned mainsail doesnt generate the power of the hard wingsail of the AC72. Given these formulas there was no other solution than to come up with about 19 degrees of apparent wind heading downwind and 16 degrees apparent wind heading upwind. The AC75s will have the same speed and turning abilities as the cats but will necessitate greater sailing prowess and have the ability to be righted if they capsize.

Your playlist will load after this ad. In comparison the AC72 catamaran used in the 2013 Americas Cup had a sailing weight without crew of 5500kgs only 1500kgs less than the ballasted AC75. 23 vs 15 mts boat length diff 25 vs 65 Tonnes gap plus the killer external massive foils of the AC75 give a quick notion of the extreme Tinkering done just to match or surpass the AC50 performance with a monohull.

You might have also observed how tight in the sails were trimmed in the downwind heading. The mast on the AC75 is a lot shorter than the AC72 but generally we are around half the weight of what the AC72 wingsail was - including mast sail and rigging he says. The ground-breaking concept is achieved through the use of twin canting T-foils ballasted to provide righting-moment when sailing and roll stability at low speed.

Americas Cup AC72 True Vs Apparent Wind Upwind. The AC75 combines extremely high-performance sailing and great match racing with the safety of a boat that can right itself in the event of a capsize. The AC75 a new class thought from scratch to foil 100 to surpass the performance reliability Match Racing abilities of the Bermuda AC50s is currently having big control issues while sailing and flying in moderated breeze.

Advantage to the cat - T foils vs L foils. 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. Dalton told TVNZ1s.