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American Magic has taken a high-speed approach to their training in Auckland.
American Magic says that capsizing their America’s Cup yacht “was always going to happen.”
The union, backed by the powerful New York Yacht Club, confirmed to Stuff they flopped on his side during training in his AC75 Defiant in Auckland last Sunday.
Skipper and CEO Terry Hutchinson said the rollover occurred with the Defiant “cruising” in high winds.
There were no injuries or damages, and they were able to resume training, testimony to their systems and the safety element in the design of the radical foiling monohull that is reaching speeds close to 50 knots.
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“It was always going to happen,” Hutchinson said. Stuff while talking about the incident for the first time.
He said that while this was their first capsize at the full 75-foot size, they had become well versed in capsizing on their half-scale test boat “The Mule” during testing and training in the United States.
“Best of all, we had done it 19 times on our Mule. We straightened the boat, did a systems check and a rig check, and sailed for another two hours after the fact.
“It wasn’t as impressive as some of the falls I’ve had on a traditional monohull.
“It was just another day at work. But, like I said, we had a lot of experience with The Mule. “
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The New York Yacht Club test boat was spectacularly wrong in practice.
It is the second rollover of an AC75 after defenders Emirates Team New Zealand turned Te Aihe onto its side in the inner harbor last December in what was a kind of slow motion roll.
“We were going at a good pace, for sure. At the same time, the ship slows down, so it happens in slow motion, ”Hutchinson said, describing the moment of no return.
“You are in tune with everything. On the leeward side, our biggest concern is the guys under the mainsail and making sure everyone is safe, which they did. “
The preparation for the America’s Cup regatta in Auckland has produced some spectacular moments as teams push more and more with the radical new design.
British challenger INEOS Team UK came close to a high-speed rollover during their training camp in Italy.
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New Zealand team’s Te Kahu takes off during training in Auckland.
The New Zealand team and the Luna Rossa have managed to get their boats back down safely after alarming jumps, as they suffered an imbalance of pressures on the fins and the rudder.
Hutchinson said it was necessary to push the limits and that he had seen them train at the upper limits of the wind range during his time in Auckland.
“We are definitely working with the mindset that our practices should be more difficult than we think they will be on race days,” said Hutchinson, a veteran of four previous America’s Cup seasons.
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American Magic have been taking advantage of the good off-season sailing conditions in Auckland.
He felt that his stern guard, led by the Kiwi Dean Barker at the helm, had done “a very good job when we went out in high-end conditions making sure the boat sails very strongly.”
“We operate within a reasonably safe limit, but not without its moments. It’s exciting, the speed of the boat is impressive, ”said Hutchinson, who tried to put some perspective on that.
“I’ve been going faster on a sailboat now than probably on a highway since I’ve been here. But I don’t go out of town much, either, ”he chuckled, referring to Auckland’s clogged road network.
