America's Cup: The Beginning of the End - Edition 7
America's Cup: The Beginning of the
End
Welcome to
Sail-World.com's seventh America's Cup Newsletter for the
34th America's Cup, being sent to 155,000 subscribers
world-wide.
February 4 marked the christening of the first of the second generation AC72's for the 2013 America's Cup. Emirates Team NZ had hoped to splash their new boat on the same day, but was prevented by strong winds. On the same date Oracle Team USA relaunched a repaired and modified USA-17, in San Francisco.
On February 22, after a few days of trialling against Oracle's revamped USA-17, Artemis Racing announced they were suspending sailing and taking some time out in the builder's shed.
The Swedish Challenger was the last of the Class of 2013 to call for modifications.
The team has also indicated, via CEO Paul Cayard writing in his blog, that their second AC72 is under construction in Sweden and will be launched in May.
Between San Francisco and Auckland, there is a clear design dichotomy. In Auckland, both AC72's are firmly in the foiling camp. Maybe not surprising seeing the hulls and platform initially, at least, are from the same design team.
In San Francisco, Artemis Racing is foiling in a very limited way, with the leeward hull lifting to a limited extent, but not clear of the water. Oracle Team USA seem to have worked out many of the wrinkles that were so obvious in their first build. Whether their foiling is quite as smooth and relaxed as those Down Under will only be established when the two groups come together, in San Francisco, and the vagaries of wind and water are equalised.
In the meantime, Cup watchers argue back and forth.
And in a signature of the internet age, Cup fans can now see both factions sailing in San Francisco and Auckland via web cams in both locations. It might not be the prettiest video, but certainly it gives an impression. And by the same medium, tonight we can see the lights are burning late in the Emirates Team NZ tent, in the Viaduct harbour.
The Design Jury is still out on the merits of foiling. Certainly most believe that it is an essential part of any AC team's arsenal, to some degree. When, and how high, are still the unanswered questions. And we have that word 'trade-off' creeping back into the America's Cup lexicon. This time the factors in the equation are speed, drag and VMG - or simply knowing the option that will get your boat to the next mark, in the shortest time.
In this edition of Sail-World.com's America's Cup newsletter we feature four video interviews with the key players from Emirates Team NZ, and get their take on the key issues of the months to come.
We have featured several team supplied videos in this edition, but perhaps the two most interesting are two Am-Cam videos - one from San Francisco of Oracle Team USA foiling, and the other from Hauraki Gulf, showing Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa having race practice.
This is the first video showing the two AC72's involved in a racing situation - and spectacular they certainly are.
We will be publishing further America's Cup newsletters, when there is sufficient content and/or on milestone occasions -this will be once a month, until the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
In the meantime stay tuned to www.sail-world.com - for the latest on the two AC72 launches.
Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
Sail-World's America's Cup News
Editor
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America's Cup: Artemis Racing suspends
sailing program to modify AC72
America's
Cup Media,
Following a couple of training sessions on
San Francisco Bay earlier this month, when Oracle Team USA
and Artemis Racing lined up with their two AC72s for the
first time, the Swedish team has decided to suspend their
sailing program in favor of boat modifications.... [more]
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America's Cup: Am-Cam video of AC72 racing
on the Hauraki Gulf
In the coiffed and manicured world of
America's Cup PR, much of the video released is usually done
with intent, and often well after the event. Over the past
two days, Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa have been
sailing together in the Hauraki Gulf, and were caught on
camera, by the crew of a 14ft powerboat.... [more]
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America's Cup: Spy vs Spy - Serious, or
straight from the comic books?
Rod Davis
writing for etnzblog.com,
Surveillance is part of America's Cup life.
Everyone does it. Coach Rod Davis muses on what can be
learned – and the rules that regulate it. At times the
America's Cup seems just like Mad Magazine's Spy vs Spy. One
team keeping tabs on another and a game of, not so much
dirty tricks, but pranks played both by and against the
spy.... [more]
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Iain Jensen, Andrew Simpson and John Gimson
join Artemis Racing
Jennifer McHugh,
Artemis Racing has announced the addition of
2012 Olympic medalists Iain Jensen and Andrew Simpson as
well as 2016 Olympic hopeful John Gimson. The newcomers will
join the team's decorated Olympians Percy, Lange,
Outteridge, and Monk.... [more]
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America's Cup: Paul Cayard confirms second
AC72 build in Sweden
Sail-World,
Artemis Racing's CEO, Paul Cayard has
confirmed that the team has a second AC72 under
construction, in Sweden, and that they expect to be sailing
the new boat in early May, two months ahead of the start of
the Louis Vuitton Cup. Writing in his blog, Cayard doesn't
reveal whether the team will opt for a fully foiling AC72,
or if the Swedish America's Cup Challenger will stay in
partial foiling mode... [more]
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America's Cup: On board Emirates Team NZ's
new AC72
Sail-World,
Chris Cameron, Emirates Team NZ's
photographer takes us on board the team's new AC72 as she
works up against Luna Rossa, doing some race training in the
Hauraki Gulf, ahead of leaving for San Francisco for the
start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in July... [more]
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America's Cup: Docking out - Image
gallery
Richard Gladwell,
Images taken dockside as Emirates Team New
Zealand and Luna Ross left Auckland's Viadauct harbour area
for a training session on the Hauraki Gulf... [more]
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America's Cup: Am-Cam video of Oracle's AC72
foiling in San Francisco
Andrew Wisner,
Oracle Team USA is videoed on a practice run
on San Francisco Bay. Flick the quality onto HD and watch in
full screen. In contrast to other video distributed on the
interweb, this one is not too flattering. The wind
conditions are described as light, but whitecaps are clearly
visible which may be tide, but the breeze does look to be at
least 12kts... [more]
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America's Cup: How to run an AC72 crew that
is four short
Emirates Team NZ,
Emirates Team NZ explain how they have had
to change the crew roles around to cope with the reduced
crew numb ers allowed on the AC72 catamarans. Gone are the
old positions of navigator, tactician and a couple of others
to do backstays. Now it is just the skipper and a part-time
tactician/navigator/grinder/sheet hand.... [more]
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America's Cup 2013 - Artemis Racing lines up
with Oracle Team USA
Beau Outteridge,
Artemis Racing had the opportunity to line
up with defending champion Oracle in San Francisco last
February 11 as the two racing teams continue their build-up
towards September's Americas Cup series. 'We learned that
we have a lot of improving to do so we are taking it on',
explained CEO, Paul Cayard.... [more]
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America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ - The finer
points of foiling
Sail-World,
One of the big design thrusts with the
second generation AC72 by Emirates Team NZ has been to
reduce drag, and improve performance, or taking the brakes
off, if you will. In this series of images from Emirates
Team NZ photographer, Chris Cameron, we can maybe get a
handle on how far the team has managed to get down the
lowered drag path.... [more]
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America's Cup : Emirates Team NZ's AC72 -
NZL5 goes down the mine?
Chris Cameron,
Emirates Team New Zealand are just a few
days into testing their new AC72 - and certainly seem to be
putting the 72ft foiling catamaran cat through her paces.
Whether this trip down the mine was deliberate or not , is a
matter of conjecture, but in the remainder of the images
there doesn't seem to be too many issues aside from flying
spray.... [more]
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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA enjoys steady
flight on foils
Richard Gladwell,
Oracle Team USA, the Defender of the
America's cup has released a video showing their AC72
catamaran flying steadily on San Francisco Bay while
foil-borne. To date the team's first AC72 has been plagued
with rumours about her ability to foil steadily and under
control. This lack of ability has been put down to a number
of factors, orbiting around the rather obvious platform
twist.... [more]
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America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ flying on
the Hauraki Gulf + Video
ETNZblog.com,
On Thursday, Emirates Team NZ's new AC72 had
her second day of sailing on the Hauraki Gulf. Team
Photographer, Chris Cameron, was on the water again and
provided this gallery of images... [more]
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America's Cup: 'Promise we won't go foiling
on Day 1' - Yeah Right!
Sail-World,
Video from Emirates Team NZ's first day of
sailing in their new second generation AC72, Aotearoa, on a
light summer's day on the Hauraki Gulf. Grant Dalton before
the AC72 was launched and sailed for the first time: 'The
temptation today is just to go out and send it straight away
and get her up on the foils.... [more]
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America's Cup: On the Hauraki Gulf for
ETNZ's new AC72 - More images
Richard
Gladwell,
Sail-World' s Richard Gladwell was on the
water today for the first sail of the team's second
generation AC72, launched on February 4, 2013. Here's the
second gallery of images of the 72ft catamran sailing for
the frist time in a light seabreeeze of less than
8kts.... [more]
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America's Cup: A good first day on the
Hauraki Gulf for new AC72
Richard Gladwell,
Sail-World' s Richard Gladwell was on the
water today for the first sail of the team's second
generation AC72, launched on February 4, 2013.... [more]
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America's Cup: First day of sailing for
Emirates Team NZ's new AC72
Chris Cameron,
Emirates Team NZ's photographer, Chris
Cameron was on the water today for the first sail of the
team's second generation AC72, launched on February 4,
2013... [more]
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America's Cup: Images of Artemis
Racing
Sail-World,
Challenger of Record, Artemis Racing (SWE)
was on San Francisco Bay for another day of practice and
testing. These images courtesy of
www.pressure-drop.us... [more]
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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA sails in
fresh winds at San Francisco
Guilain
Grenier, Oracle Team USA,
Oracle Team USA was sailing today in fresh
winds averaging 15kts - from wind recordings at one
location. Guilain Grenier, the team photographer posted
these images of the day.... [more]
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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA and Artemis
Racing hook up briefly
Sail-World,
San Francisco based website
www.pressure-drop.us reports that America's Cup Defender,
Oracle Team USA and Challenger of Record, Artemis Racing
(SWE) were both sailing in San Francisco, and the two sailed
against each other for a brief time.... [more]
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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA foils again
in San Francisco
Sail-World,
Oracle Team USA's rebuilt AC72, USA-17, has
sailed for two days in San Francisco, and the team have
released some images and video showing her in foiling mode.
Some changes have clearly been made to the boat - most
obvious being removal of the former steering system, now
replaced with a wheel, the same as Emirates Team NZ....
[more]
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America's Cup: Nick Holroyd looks at AC72
design concepts and rivals
Richard
Gladwell,
Emirates Team New Zealands's Technical
Director, Nick Holroyd talks about the changes that have
been made to the latest AC72 for the team, and gives his
thoughts on what is being seen of the teams now sailing in
San Francisco. This video features many still images to
illustrate the design nuances of the AC72, and in many ways
this video is a primer on AC72 design thinking and
concepts.... [more]
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America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ's Kevin
Shoebridge looks shoreside
Richard
Gladwell,
In past America's Cups, the shore and
support crews have been very much an unseen force. But in
the 34th America's Cup - while they are still largely unseen
- the dependence of the team on their skills and dedication
has never been more crucial. In this video interview, on the
occasion on Emirates Team NZ's christening of their second
AC72 catamaran, Chief Operating Officer for the team,
Kevin... [more]
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America's Cup: Dean Barker talks about the
sailing side of NZA
Richard Gladwell,
Emirates Team New Zealand's skipper, Dean
Barker discussed the sailing issues and program with the
teams new AC72, New Zealand Aotearoa. Surprisingly he
reveals that the team only have 13 sailors, and that they
will be announcing a 'First Eleven' from that group. For
most teams that would not even be a viable reserve bench.
Who is the backup skipper?... [more]
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America's Cup: Grant Dalton on the new AC72
- Aotearoa
Richard Gladwell,
Emirates Team New Zealand's Managing
Director, Grant Dalton spoke with Sail-World's America's Cup
Editor, Richard Gladwell, after the team named their second
AC72 - New Zealand Aotearoa. Here he elaborates on the new
features on the AC72 catamaran, and the thinking behind
them, along with an assessment of the competition and where
they are ranked.... [more]
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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA relaunch
USA-17 in San Francisco
Sail-World,
Oracle Team USA relaunched their first AC72,
USA-17, today in San Francisco. She was rebuilt after a
catastrophic capsize in San Francisco, which destroyed her
wingsail, and severely damaged the platform. She will now
undergo sailing trials and the tem will continue their
development program from the eight days of sailing they were
able to achieve before the capsize.... [more]
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America's Cup: Images from Emirates Team
NZ's launch in Auckland
Richard Gladwell,
Images from Emirates Team NZ's launch of
their second AC72 in Auckland. These images of the boat and
gear show a lot of the refinements which have been done from
the first design, mainly in the area of platform fairing and
drag reduction. The boat features smaller foils and slightly
altered hull shape from its predecessor... [more]
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America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ unveil
second AC72 in Auckland + Video
Richard
Gladwell,
Emirates Team NZ christened their second
AC72 in Auckland, this morning, in a simple ceremony
including a Maori blessing of the waka, or canoe. As
expected there was nothing radical about the boat, in terms
of a departure from the base design developed for the teams
first AC72, launched last July.Rather the focus is on
refinement in terms of drag reduction and efficiency in
working systems.... [more]
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America's Cup: A look behind the door at
Oracle Team USA
Guilain Grenier, Oracle
Team USA,
Oracle Team USA's photographer, Gulian
Grenier provides this look behind the building shed door at
Oracle Team USA, as they make the final touches on the
rebuilt and repaired USA-17, which was badly damaged in a
capsize on San Francisco Bay in October 2012.... [more]
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