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The AC75s of the America’s Cup are power-hungry beasts. The human input required for sustained foiling and maneuvers on demand is a critical piece of the design puzzle.
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The AC75s of the America’s Cup are power-hungry beasts. The human input required for sustained foiling and maneuvers on demand is a critical piece of the design puzzle.
Between the skins of the AC75 mainsail lies the secrets to powering the latest generation America’s Cup yachts.
The hull and appendages of the America’s Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly.
Sails provide power, foils the lift, which makes the hull the third critical leg of the AC75.
A productive few months in Auckland finds the American Magic America’s on schedule as it shelves its first AC75 and prepares to launch its real Cup challenge yacht.
American Magic headsail trimmer Dan Morris explains the experience of trimming the headsail on the AC75.
Defiant, the first AC75 racing yacht built for New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup, has arrived in New Zealand. The AC75 was shipped through the Gulf of Mexico, transited the Panama Canal and then crossed the Pacific after departing from the team’s winter base in Pensacola, Florida on May 28.
Much of the magic of a big foiling monohull is in the precision controls and elaborate systems required for takeoff and flight. Here’s a guide to what’s happening under the hood of American Magic’s AC75.
Naval architect Scott Ferguson examines the first-generation AC75 designs.
America’s Cup Challenger American Magic unveils its AC75 and we go in for a closer look.
American Magic’s wing trimmer provides a first-hand account of the AC75s beautifully complex wing sail with lessons learned from the team’s test boat over the winter. There’s a lot going on, he says—and that’s just what’s on the surface. An excerpt from our Fall issue where there’s much more.
There is not the slightest trace of the 2017 team at the Portsmouth headquarters of INEOS Team UK; the changeover is total and complete and
The AC75s of the America’s Cup are power-hungry beasts. The human input required for sustained foiling and maneuvers on demand is a critical piece of the design puzzle.
Between the skins of the AC75 mainsail lies the secrets to powering the latest generation America’s Cup yachts.
The hull and appendages of the America’s Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly.
Sails provide power, foils the lift, which makes the hull the third critical leg of the AC75.
A productive few months in Auckland finds the American Magic America’s on schedule as it shelves its first AC75 and prepares to launch its real Cup challenge yacht.
American Magic headsail trimmer Dan Morris explains the experience of trimming the headsail on the AC75.
Defiant, the first AC75 racing yacht built for New York Yacht Club American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup, has arrived in New Zealand. The AC75 was shipped through the Gulf of Mexico, transited the Panama Canal and then crossed the Pacific after departing from the team’s winter base in Pensacola, Florida on May 28.
Much of the magic of a big foiling monohull is in the precision controls and elaborate systems required for takeoff and flight. Here’s a guide to what’s happening under the hood of American Magic’s AC75.
Naval architect Scott Ferguson examines the first-generation AC75 designs.
America’s Cup Challenger American Magic unveils its AC75 and we go in for a closer look.
American Magic’s wing trimmer provides a first-hand account of the AC75s beautifully complex wing sail with lessons learned from the team’s test boat over the winter. There’s a lot going on, he says—and that’s just what’s on the surface. An excerpt from our Fall issue where there’s much more.
There is not the slightest trace of the 2017 team at the Portsmouth headquarters of INEOS Team UK; the changeover is total and complete and
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