Sailbydate
Super Anarchist
Yep. They'll definitely need 12 months building time and more possibly.
Team American Magic
- Thread starter Admiral Hornblower
- Start date
It was around 5 months for them last time, October before the Feb CSS began (right?) for the B2's and so yes, April to August could be the timeline here too. Having only one boat this time could move it up strategy-wise, guess we'll see.
ChairborneRanger
Anarchist
Can't see reasons? Same reason as AM, testing systems at scale.
I am just guessing that if other teams were going to go deep into full scale for initial development on legacy AC75's like what AM's strategy was, that the opportunity window has now passed for it. Looks like Alinghi is tacking too, almost simultaneously.
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Altair and New York Yacht Club American Magic Announce Partnership for the 37th America's Cup - The Leaders Online
Altair provides data analytics and AI technology to optimize NYYC American Magic team’s performance TROY, Mich., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced it has been named the official computational
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ChairborneRanger
Anarchist
No way has the time passed. There is plenty of time left.
jaysper
Super Anarchist
Very true.
You could run the cup in boats the size of lasers and still have teams spend north of $100 million
Rennmaus
Super Anarchist
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But participation cost would be less => more teams, representation of more countries => better RoI for sponsors.
The_Alchemist
Super Anarchist
Here is a MS thesis done by a Mechanical Engineering student on AM’s Patriot simulator:
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF AN AC75 SAILBOAT FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP RACE
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF AN AC75 SAILBOAT FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP RACE
Sounds like a grad student found a sneaky way to translate his interest in sailing into a degree project.
jaysper
Super Anarchist
True.
Personally I've not enjoyed any of the cups as much as those run in the IACCs, with 95 being a high point not only because TNZ finally won the damned thing but because there were a bunch of teams with at least 2 or 3 that were really competitive.
Aside from that, I miss the massive tacking duels and the like that just can't take place in these rocket ships.
I'm hoping Prada win this thing and take it back to real monos.
MattFranzek
Member
I think the protocol states that need to stick with these boats for another cycle, or was that the last cup for this cycle?
I have thought a few times that the last time I felt there was a ton of interest in the Cup was the last cycle of IACCs when there were a ton of challengers and boats being build.
These current boats are pretty cool.
JALhazmat
Super Anarchist
They put in a buy out clause if the winner wants to change boat, essentially pay I think 30mil to Someone, grant? I dunno. then you can do what you like with the boat
The_Alchemist
Super Anarchist
Talk about a lot of hype from AM! Announcement about an announcement about an announcement, etc…..
It does sound like they will have real sponsors and new logo. Trying to make the team more self sufficient and independent of the original backers.
Feb 8th:
They post something wicked this way comes. Stay tuned 15 Feb….
New Beginning
Feb 15th:
They post about reimagined ideas, fresh start, etc…. New Challenge. And they mention Helly Hansen.
Stay tuned 22 Feb….
Feb 22:
On March 1st, we look forward to this new campaign to win the cup, new look and new supporters together with Helly Hansen.
enigmatically2
Super Anarchist
Almost sounds like something they planned to announce/reveal got postponed
Just marketing people being marketing people.
Fiji Bitter
I love Fiji Bitter
You mean it's just part of a pyramid marketing scheme?
ChairborneRanger
Anarchist
This is easy. Sounds like they will be launching their AC40, with new look branding and sponsors. I'm fucking amazing.
