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COR 36 | Borlenghi study
The New Zealand team unsuccessfully pursued the American Magic during their only loss in the America’s Cup world series regatta in Auckland.
The New Zealand team appears to be the guardian of the frustrated America’s Cup generation.
The sport’s oldest trophy’s ability to fly with the fast-paced action that has attracted so many new fans and influenced current sailing technology can rest with the Kiwis successfully defending the Auld Mug in March.
There have been some alarming noises emerging from the New York Yacht Club over the past week suggesting that if their American Magic union can finally win back the America’s Cup, they will revert to traditional yachts that have their hulls glued to the surface.
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First official practice of the Copa América
“We’re going to put the boat back in the water,” said New York Yacht Club Commodore Chris Culver. Sailing world.
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“It will be between 80 and 100 feet long. It will be a displacement monohull that is good for traditional match racing. You have to be able to see the ships from a distance and the ships must be majestic. “
American Magic seems like a legitimate threat to the New Zealand team. These are the first days of a long summer of racing, but they were impressive in the recent world series regatta, beating the Kiwis once and only losing their revenge to a failed move which they attributed to a brief systems failure.
It’s that kind of technical hitch with the radical 75ft foiling monohulls the New Zealand team featured for this 36th America’s Cup that is frustrating all rivals in Auckland and seemingly threatening the future of the ship.
COR 36 | Borlenghi study
Record Challenger Luna Rossa, entangled with American Magic, has had doubts about the AC75 throughout this America’s Cup cycle.
It is unclear what kind of path Luna Rossa would take if she finally won the Copa América.
Enrolling as a record challenger, the Italians insisted that the boat for Auckland 2021 should be a monohull after three multihull editions. They just couldn’t imagine anything as far-fetched as what Team New Zealand’s design gurus came up with in the form of the AC75, and they’ve had plenty of complaints about it over the past three years.
British challenger Ben Ainslie likes fast-paced action, but has expressed frustration at the complications and costs of the current concept.
The New Zealand team must exercise caution here, as the small fleet of three challenger teams speaks volumes about the budget and dedication required to compete at this level by their rules.
Ainslie is in her second season and enduring her second load of problems after a disappointing Bermuda 2017. Success in the biggest boating contest is a long-term commitment, but how long can her patience and that of her sponsors last as they try crack the code of the high-tech Cup? He is not the type of person that the competition can afford to lose.
But he would let the New York Yacht Club win back the America’s Cup at their own risk. They held it from 1851 to 1983, setting the tone for one of the sport’s most fascinating contests, in and out of the water.
A return to large, traditional monohulls would certainly suit the two billionaires currently backing American Magic.
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American Magic sponsor Hap Fauth is a world champion Maxi racer with his ship Bella Mente, left.
Hap Fauth and Doug deVos are multiple world champions in their own right in the Maxi and TP52 classes.
But the New York Yacht Club insists that their plans, if successful in Auckland, and that’s a big deal if given the speed of the New Zealand team’s Te Rehutai, go beyond their own needs.
“The America’s Cup has to be about national and national pride,” said Commodore Culver. Sailing world.
“We want to see more challengers, and this will happen if we make the Cup more economically viable. If you reduce the time it takes to design the boat and campaign, the costs will be lower.
“The yacht club should play an important role as it has done in the past. We have to better balance navigation skills and technology. “
That certainly makes some sense, especially with current campaign costs including reports of a mind-blowing British budget of NZ $ 220 million.
But it doesn’t seem to make sense to watch the America’s Cup fall.
Observe whatever boats are emerging and what is catching the young people’s attention. It is clear that the future is getting frustrated.
