The AC75 class rule splits the mainsail into three zones.

Ac75 width. Surface of the mast. To start with the AC75 is big - 75-feet long and 16-feet wide - but its also light which is crucial because the AC75 is designed to fly. 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.

The ground-breaking concept is achieved through the use of twin canting T-foils ballasted to provide righting. 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. New - may alternatively be.

The AC75 is relatively light its weight can be compared to a 380 meters surfboard boarded by a 35-kilogram teenager. The class was subsequently replaced by. THE AC75 AT A GLANCE.

29 rows Latest AC75 Class Rule version. Developed by Harken and refined into two new models for the current Americaʼs Cup cycle Harken True- Clutch can handle more than 1000Nm of torque and yet the whole assembly weighs just one kilo. The top four metres is known as the Upper Zone and the bottom 15metres is the Lower Zone.

In between is the largest area of the sail which Fallow refers to as the Passive Zone. The AC75 is the bold new high performance fully foiling monohull. The ground-breaking new americascup class race boat concept.

AC75 class boats are powered by both human energy and battery power. 580 m 2 6200 sq ft wing and gennaker estimate The AC72 Americas Cup 72 class is a wingsail catamaran box rule governing the construction and operation of the yachts that was used in the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2013 Americas Cup. 2 1175 t.