Get Foil Sailing America's Cup Pics. Ahead of emirates team new zealand taking on luna rossa, here's how the ac75s are put together for the formula one of sailing. This is a magnet for the world's most talented sailors.
America's Cup: Teams Foiling on San Francisco Bay, May 24 ... from i.ytimg.com Every four years, teams compete for the oldest trophy in international sport in yachts that represent the cutting edge of yacht design and technology. How did the america's cup go from using displacement boats, heavy boats that sit deep in water, to foiling? It was towed out from the team's base about 9.30am friday and got up on its foils while under tow during the planned test programme of sailing.
Ahead of emirates team new zealand taking on luna rossa, here's how the ac75s are put together for the formula one of sailing.
• an epic 'summer of sailing' is coming to auckland. Spectators along the manhattan shoreline will see an the boats use a technique called foiling to lift themselves out of the water and accelerate to speeds once unheard of in sailing. Etnz claim development of the ac75 began in late 2017, at a cost to the taxpayer of $3 million. • an epic 'summer of sailing' is coming to auckland.
