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Nicolas Charbonnier, 470 bronze medallist from Beijing for France given dispensation so sail as a Swiss national for AC37. He was also with K-Challenge last time they raced.

I believe that based on the below (technical regs), which I think is saying you can add modified material between the immutable portions, and that can change the position or orientation of the immutable portions and so change the overall shape:

legacy sails have a 85% immutable quota. So 15% new. But crucially, the 85% that can just be the material, not alignment of said material. So it's possible to have pretty much have totally different sail shapes, just by recycling old cloth. New material added for repairs doesn't count and nor...

I guess this makes sense, allows new teams to recreate experience other teams have had, but stops them getting ahead of the curve testing new stuff early. It does devalue the old boats though, but perhaps there are too many differences in the rule to make upgrading a legacy boat in to a race...

yup... see post #1093

I think you're spot on. I didn't really think we'd see new foils or new arms at this point, but it's interesting to ID the kit they are sailing with. As it tells you a little about who is prepared to sell tech, and which tech they view as useful to buy. To be honest I did think we would see a...

Looks like we can add self-tacking jib to the list of modifications they could have, but haven't made.

Starboard foil looks like ETNZ W3 or W4. The foil that was on the starboard side for ETNZ at the Christmas regatta. The one with the blended bulb. The other in this pair had less fairing between bulb and wings. This is also the foil that has the strip of flexible material joining the flaps on...

Starboard foil looks like ETNZ cup foil, or close to the cup iteration. Port foil looks like a test foil with larger bulb. More like LR / AM / INEOS first foils. I know this is a roll out of the first kiwi boat, but I was hoping there would be at least a few rudimentary conversions to see...