Emirates Team New Zealand.
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The_Alchemist
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With the extended mast, where does it stop? I know there are volume requirements and you need room for controls, batteries, etc... but how extreme could you go? Make it basically into a catamaran with a solid connection between the two hulls. The hulls hold the crew and foils and the bottom of the boat looks like a "monohull". Just deepen the wind tunnel between the two crew hulls. Add the orange mast extender...
buckdouger
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Interesting blurring
barfy
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Is that the access hatch for the robot bits?
Sailbydate
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I like your thinking, Alchy. Limited to an extent by foredeck sheer height, I'd imagine. Gotta have the apparent wind flowing around the sail foot to gain an advantage, no?
Forgive my ignorance, but how are etnz allowed to test a full-scale b1? I thought that teams were limited to either full scale 1st-gen boat + ac40 or leq12 + ac40, and by my count, etnz has run both an leq12 and an ac40. Or does their leq12 not count because the hull was that of a stock ac40?
AM was sailing B1, then AC40 anfd now LEQ12 so in effect no difference. Using B1 there are many restrictions what cannot be modified which is why they can use LEQ12 to test the foils etc. I think if you dont modify the AC40 hull it is just the new components that you do test count to allocation.
JALhazmat
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Full scale boat from the last cup is allowed
ChairborneRanger
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look like open inspection panels.
robingimblett
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Thank you.... this pic helps establish CoG plane of the foil arm assembly. Been wondering about this for a while.
Mozzy Sails
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Hull volumes. One bulkhead in the middle of the yacht (9m going forward enclosing 35m3 and one in the bow). There is also a limit on how the boat tapers towards the bow.
But also space for the foil cant system which position is fixed relative to the mast rotation point.
Then perhaps this rule about center of buoyancy.
Thanks, missed that.
This boat has 10 pods (5+5), for 8 crew members. Have we seen that on other AC75's?
JALhazmat
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That’s because they are using 10 crew when everyone else uses 8…
don’t worry, they’ll be a rule amendment coming along shortly
JALhazmat
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Likely some will swap sides still or flexibility to move weight around to test weight distribution in light/heavy air while maintaining full system functionality
without having to to do the LR hanging on for grim death wile sliding around on an open deck
without having to to do the LR hanging on for grim death wile sliding around on an open deck
Sailbydate
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America's Cup: An upgraded Te Rehutai returns to the Waitemata
Te Rehutai, Emirates Team New Zealand's 36th America's Cup winning yacht has been upgraded to Version 2 of the AC75 Class Rule, including the use of cyclors to provide hydraulic pressure, instead of grinders, and will play a role in ETNZ's test program.
Kiwing
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Five seats, 2 cyclors at the back, next the trimmer, then the helmsman in the front?
Uh, so, one or two of them switch sides?
My guess is that their AC37 AC75 will have just 8 pods. These extra two will be for data analysts, coaches, whoever else. The position of the roles is interesting though, like someone above posted about a clip in a video above, there does appear to be a bike in the SB rear pod; may well be the same for more of the cyclors - at least as the experiment.
The AC40s have the 'pilot' in front.
The AC40s have the 'pilot' in front.
