Emirates Team New Zealand.

[SiC]

I think the flare at the bow is to avoid going down the mine after a nosedive and to provide aero lift.  The skeg/ keel end plates to the water and provides for a low wetted surface when transitioning to foiling/ touch downs.  The hull volume, and therefore aero drag, is small because its heading towards being a surfboard with a keel. Aero over the topside looks slick with crew pods and a low mainsail for lowering COE.  The back is ugly based on the pics we have seen - maybe it will look better in the water?

Overall I quite like the shape of the front 3/4 of the boat so far.

 

[Southern Cross]

Pure amateur guess work, but hey, that's what we do here.

Guesswork ~ you don’t have to be an amateur, I think you have apply identified what the designers have been doing to date.

 

[MrBump]

well there were a lot of similarities between B1 and the alleged S&S mould photos that circulated a while back. Clearly AM1 was just a testing platform 

Firstly apologies for quoting myself but found the photo

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[Southern Cross]

I think the flare at the bow is to avoid going down the mine after a nosedive and to provide aero lift.  The skeg/ keel end plates to the water and provides for a low wetted surface when transitioning to foiling/ touch downs.  The hull volume, and therefore aero drag, is small because its heading towards being a surfboard with a keel. Aero over the topside looks slick with crew pods and a low mainsail for lowering COE.  The back is ugly based on the pics we have seen - maybe it will look better in the water?

Overall I quite like the shape of the front 3/4 of the boat so far.

What don’t you like about the last 1/4 ?

 

[Horn Rock]

you don’t have to be an amateur,

I do sail - have an Elliot 7m, although out of action as I cracked the mast step base plate. They don't make them anymore, so having to have one fabricated.

 

[phill_nz]

I'm not sure about that. I'd like it to be able to cross a few bows.

maroro


1. (noun) flying fish, Cypselurus lineatus.

He maroro kokoti ihu waka (W 1971:184). / A flying fish that cuts across the canoe prow (a whakataukī for someone who crossed the path of a war party and was killed to ward off bad luck).

if thats the ref .. maroro is just the flying fish part of that ..

the shape reminds me of a flying fish .. hence maroro

 

[KiwiJoker]

And that  afolks, is the next Cup winner.

Early days for sure but I'm agreeing with you. An interesting blend of design concepts that have already been floated, all flowing into a finished boat that suggests power, purpose and progress.

Didn't know what the design and build team had in store for us. That plus new surprises yet to be revealed.

 

[IllusionWanderer]

Chill SBD, Rita 1 still wins the fugly award by miles. NZ B2 whilst not pretty like Te Aihe, is growing on me. She's clever in the way she incorporates all the best concepts. The most advanced design of the fleet.

In the same way that The Homer adopted all the best automotive concepts. 

 

[SiC]

What don’t you like about the last 1/4 ?

It looks like a big box - wider than I would have thought was needed.  I like the way Amway's arse tapers away in an aesthetically pleasing manner.  As I said tho, limited pics thus far, Im hoping it looks different on the water.

 

[trt131]

I think it was Ben Lexan that said of another designer's boat "Jesus, even a turd tapers at the end"

 

[Horn Rock]

In the same way that The Homer adopted all the best automotive concepts. 

This is a better automotive metaphor - 

 

[Superpipe]

This is a better automotive metaphor - 

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At least CCBB had a proven race record before the mods.

 

[Xlot]

I think it was Ben Lexan that said of another designer's boat "Jesus, even a turd tapers at the end"

Talking of turds ... two in a single line ... it’s not Ben LEXCEN, it was Ted Turner telling Britton Chance what was wrong with Mariner

 

[IllusionWanderer]

This is a better automotive metaphor - 

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CCBB is too good looking... ETNZ B2 has all the grace and beauty of a Mac26x

 

[terrafirma]

Just as well there's still what appears to be a bustle of sorts, through the bottom, mid sections. That run aft looks flatter than a millpond.

I'm actually now embarrassed that I scoffed so hard at Rita1's looks. Sorry guys. I apologise. 

If this had been launched as INEOS B2, I think I may have understood it a little more.

Right now, I'm struggling.

So you should be embarrassed SD..!  Here mate eat some of this...! 

 

[Southern Cross]

I think it was Ben Lexan that said of another designer's boat "Jesus, even a turd tapers at the end"

No I don’t think it was Ben Lexcen , my memory is that Ted Turner quoted the words to designer Britton Chance ~ about Mariner’s bustle geometry.

 

[Sailbydate]

So you should be embarrassed SD..!  Here mate eat some of this...! 

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Thanks mate. 

 

[Kiwi]

cd aqn

 

[terrafirma]

Spare a thought for Prada and American Magic right now..! Nick Holroyd getting a lot of smiles and taps on the back today.! When Ben and Grant Simmer said to Holroyd "Sure you want to sign off on this mate?"  This is exactly why Ineos hired Nick once a Kiwi always a Kiwi.! 

 

[Stingray~]

Nick Holroyd getting a lot of smiles and taps on the back today.!

Agreed. The Jedi of ETNZ, no surprise Holroyd’s pupil Bernasconi followed in the same direction with the underhull.