Sailing at Triple the Wind Speed
The AC75 is something special with the ability to sail at three to four times the speed of the wind.
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The 36th America's Cup presented by Prada will be contested by the winner of the 2017 America's Cup, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron represented by their team, Emirates Team New Zealand, and the winner of the Prada Cup, the challenger selection series which takes place in January-February in 2021.
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Was hoping to learn how it's possible to sail at triple the wind speed. Instead, we got three minutes of "It's exciting."
Wish the music was a bit louder. Could almost make out what they were saying.
Talk about about how fast the boat is,and never tell the speed. Whats up with that?
I cant believe there are still the old school sailing fans knocking these amazing pieces of innovation. Top end racing should be about maximising what technology is available at the time, so what if it isnt the same as it used to be, there are countless opportunities to watch traditional sailing races. This is cutting edge and how it should be. Amazing! Cant wait for the racing and can.t wait for a world series being developed for these boats.
Would have been nice to be able to hear the dialogue over that pounding music bed.
I remember when Cup sailing had sailboats in it.
Now that’s a rich man sport!
If Columbus had had one of these he could have made it to the Americas in a little over two days. A couple of peanut butter sandwiches is all he would have needed.
Water World 3000
I was expecting an explanation, how can they go at 3x the wind speed?
ok, FAST IS A STRAIGHT LINE, SURE.... BUT THE TURNING ABILITY IS MIND BENDING!
I was a kid in the 70's when a boat designer made a catamaran with a wing replacing the sail to break the sailing speed record. I don't think he saw where the idea would go at the time!
at first I was skeptical of the ac75, but now I think they are fantastic boats, it is the most beautiful and exciting America's Cup of the last 30 years, congratulations to Team New Zeland for introducing this new way of sailing, bravo !
While everyone is focused on the foils the real breakthrough in this cup is in the rigging. There are hydraulic cylinders and lines going into the kiwi boom and mast that they are just starting to tweak
That's right people, Kiwi's do fly! Just awesome combining aviation and sailing into one epic piece.
It is crazy to watch how fast these boats are and how quick and nimble they are. Especially the turn radius.
I loved the old ac class boat that raced in 2000, '03 and '07...and i never liked catamarans to play America's Cup....
It’s all fun and games until someone goes supersonic
mind bending what humans are capable of...you'd think we could all get along...excellent video
Wow that was informative and exciting! I learned how to say exciting with 14 different accents. .......