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Te Rehutai of the New Zealand team shows his remarkable speed in midair during the recent World Series regatta.
The champions of the America’s Cup, the New Zealand team, have given an indication of the true potential of the new AC75 boats, believing that they will reach 100 km / h.
The prediction appears in an article in the respected French magazine. Paris party which analyzed the influence of France in the current 36th America’s Cup being held in Auckland this summer.
France has no direct entry, but there is a lot of French involvement behind the scenes, including Guillaume Verdier, the highly successful naval architect for Emirates Team New Zealand.
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First official practice of the Copa América
Verdier has been with the New Zealand team for the last three American Cups, helping the giant 72-foot catamaran counter the predictions for San Francisco 2013, working on the successful 50-foot rider-powered catamaran that the Auld Mug recovered in Bermuda 2017, and now he brings his skills to the table to produce the amazing 75ft foiling monohulls.
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“If we wanted to have fun in a monohull, we would have to… remove the keel. This idea was almost intuitive, ”Verdier said in the latest issue of Paris party.
The performance levels of these giant monohulls have continued to amaze, although teams have been vague about the top speeds they have achieved.
Verdier said these ships were likely to hit the magic 100km / h mark, which translates to roughly 54 knots.
The magazine suggested that it might already have been done. It seems plausible that all teams are becoming more and more comfortable in the upper limits of wind that they have been pushing during practice.
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Emirates Team New Zealand recorded the top speed of 49.1 knots in the World Series regatta.
Te Rehutai recorded top speed in the recent World Series warm-up race, registering 49.1 knots (90.1 km / h) on opening day as the boats debuted in southwesterly winds at speeds of 15-19 knots.
Stuff understands that Team New Zealand’s first generation AC75 Te Aihe clocked 51 knots (94.4 km / h) during training and the Kiwis have made significant strides with the design and performance of their new boat since then.
The maximum wind limits for the Prada Cup final and the Copa América match have been set at 23 knots and the teams expect the 50 knot barrier (92.6 km / h) to be broken regularly if the winds blow in the upper end.
Freddie Carr, the veteran British grinder aboard INEOS Team UK’s Britannia, predicted that 55 knots (101.8 km / h) could be reached during the bear’s complicated movement away at the upper marks as the boats turn and accelerate with wind.
All three challengers acknowledged that the New Zealand team had shown a speed advantage during the first test of the official races in these AC75s, which took place four days before Christmas.
There is a lot of time for the development of the four unions, but it was a promising sign for the Kiwis in a competition where the golden formula consistently says: the fastest boat always wins.
Verdier is considered a genius of the yachting foiling revolution and has achieved remarkable success pulling large ships out of the water and moving quickly.
His frustrated designs dominated the current nonstop solo career of the Vendée Globe around the world.
He has designed the foiled version of the 60-foot yachts that will be presented at the famous Ocean Race team event around the world that will celebrate its fourteenth edition starting in October 2022.
