America’s Cup: the world reacts to New Zealand team’s new boat, Te Rehutai

Team New Zealand’s radically new America’s Cup boat has garnered media attention from around the world.

Defenders released Te Rehutai on Thursday before testing it at Waitemata Harbor on Friday, and it wasn’t long before the Kiwi made headlines around the world.

Italian sailing publication Do it he described the New Zealand team’s first outing on the water as a “show of strength and control.”

“Immediately at ease in the first outing, the challengers respond with so many intense training sessions in the Hauraki Gulf.”

Do it he described the ship as having “agility in maneuvers” and noted its “acceleration capacity.”

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Yacht website Sailing world wrote Team NZ it was impressive on its first sail.

“The radical helmet design proved to be fast from the get-go, easing the fear of many Kiwi Cup fans that the defending champions had gone a step too far this time.

“There is no denying that the latest AC75 to be released has a complex hull shape, with a flared arch that somehow evolves into the flat tennis court behind the underside of the body.

“A cleverly worked contour line marks the perimeter of the widened bow and then descends to the waterline to form a hard back running aft.”

‘So fast!’

British website SailWeb they were also in awe of the radical design of the ship.

“Despite trying to convince everyone that they had a fast boat with their first effort, mainly based on the perceived advantage of drafting the new AC75 rule, it now appears that they decided, quite early (three months later) that the la opposition didn’t look too bad after all.

“But it was still quite surprising to see how radically ETNZ changed their basic design thoughts … if their first effort was so quick!”

Meanwhile, American Magic Captain and CEO Terry Hutchinson was equally impressed, saying its design featured an innovation that has become characteristic of the team’s America’s Cup campaigns.

“You can see a lot of clever ideas and you can see the evolution that they took from boat one to their little test boat, which is probably quite a critical component for the development of their boat two,” ZB told Newstalk.

“It’s an exciting time because, curiously, there are some features on that boat that we saw on the INEOS boat, so there are a lot of clever ideas underway. You know without a doubt that the boat is going to be fast and you know there lots of smart people working on it. As always, you have the utmost respect for what you see. “

Speaking to NZME today, New Zealand team helmsman Peter Burling said he hadn’t paid much attention to the headlines on how they stack up against their opponents.

“We feel like we are trying to compete with ourselves and it is always difficult to say exactly where the other rivals are,” he said.

“We’re just trying to make sure we do our best and develop the boat to the best of our ability and figure out how to navigate it as fast as we can so that we can keep pushing those limits.”