Emirates Team New Zealand out on the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / Adam Mustill – America’s Cup
Team New Zealand look to have the sting on their America’s Cup rivals as they transfer nearer to racing a second boat on the Hauraki Gulf.
According to the America’s Cup web site, Team New Zealand had their AC40 up to 45 knots in an impressive show of crusing yesterday as the rookie members of the staff obtained an opportunity to shine.
The newer AC40-3 was additionally towed out onto the water as the staff look prepared to race the 2 boats in opposition to one another.
Liv Mackay, Leonard Takahashi, Sam Meech and Marcus Hansen all obtained an opportunity on board the AC40 with Peter Burling, Nathan Outteridge and Josh Junior sharing the helm.
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“They put in an astonishing 48 tacks and 26 gybes with a success rate of some 96 per cent foil-to-foil and had the AC40 rocketing at speeds estimated at up to 45 knots. The rest of the [America’s Cup] world will be sitting up at numbers like that,” the report on the America’s Cup web site mentioned. “All eyes on Emirates Team New Zealand now.”
Two-time America’s Cup winner Blair Tuke was observing from a training position in the chase boat.
“We had 44-45 knots when we were reaching downwind but with everything else going, it was hard to tell,” Takahashi mentioned.
“But we’ve got some really good teachers in Pete (Burling) and Nathan (Outteridge) who have both been sailing on the boat with us and then at the end we were slowly just trying to take them out and put the other crew on and that’s been really good and probably the best teachers you could ask for.”
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For now, racing in opposition to themselves is the closest dwell observe the staff can get. However, throughout this yr and early 2024, there may be potential for up to three preliminary America’s Cup occasions, which will probably be contested by all groups. The first two of these will probably be races in the AC40s, with the ultimate in the full-scale AC75s.
No dates or places for these occasions have been confirmed but.
America’s Cup: Team New Zealand in impressive early form as second boat close to racing
America’s Cup: Team New Zealand in impressive early form as second boat close to racing
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America’s Cup: Team New Zealand in impressive early form as second boat close to racing