The 75-foot racing machine will use twin foils for speed and maneuverability.

Ac75 vs ac72. 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. These are the boats which will be used in the 34th Defense of the Americas Cup in 2013 and in the challenger selection series of the Louis Vuitton Cup regatta. Official website of Americas Cup.

The AC72 is a 72-foot catamaran with a wingsail. Advantage to the L with less drag - Foil flaps. The Class rules of the AC72 were thought to forbid discourage full foiling.

A sailing hydrofoil can achieve speeds exceeding twice the wind speed. Now with hydrofoils mounted on the Americas Cup AC72 sailing catamarans were seeing sub 20 degrees off the apparent wind. The AC75 is the bold new high performance fully foiling monohull.

Render comparison by Americas Cup. We hope this new AC75 ballasted flying beast can provide faster boats double the number of. Advantage to the cat - T foils vs L foils.

While the 12 Meter Class reveled in the strong winds of the 1987 Americas Cup in Australia the light winds in San. The ground-breaking new americascup class race boat concept. Initial AC72 Multihull Class Rules.

The AC75 crew weight will be in the region of another 1000kgs on top of that Bernasconi says. The ground-breaking concept is achieved through the use of twin canting T-foils ballasted to provide righting. Obviously the minimum wind limit did not require any on these boats.