AC72 Oracle Team USA Spaceship has landed

First to Fly on Bermudan Waters

12:1 mainsheet on the Carbon 20? Really? Sir Ben needs to hit the gym? <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />

heck, we're running 10:1 on the F18s. That thing has considerably more main sail area and is probably a lot more sensitive to high angle apparent winds. I would say 12:1 is probably about right.

12:1 is stock on Supercat 20.

12:1 on that main! Yes more please. I too used to think 10:1 was ridiculous for an F18 then I figured out how to trim it properly, 10:1 is delightful.

Sir Ben foiling solo around Great Sound. More pics here.

what were you doing wrong?

what are you now doing (right)?

Not speaking for Dave, but a wise man once told me

half as much, twice as often

. More purchase would support that nicely.

Pretty sure that the N17's are using 12:1.

Not sheeting nearly hard enough upwind. It's a pretty common fault. My first training session with Red Gear on my A-cat...Robbie is screaming at me with a bullhorn :

Sheet!

....

Sheet!

.....

More!

....

MORE!

....{indiscernible mumbling}...

MOOORRRRE SHEEEEEET!

....

there.

I thought my a-cat was going to split in two but once the echos of the bullhorn subsided in my head I couldn't believe the angle and speed with which I was closing in on A-mark. That price of training had just become an incredible investment.

Spot on Jake and Jeff, and I misspoke earlier, I didn't figure it out on my own I was freaky taught/yelled at.

Nog really AC related but painful video nonetheless.

good info
thanks all who responded to the question

Luna Rossa building for the future in Cagliari

It’s really hard to imagine going back to a displacement boat,” he says.

Interesting....
Plan to extend America’s Cup benefits for Island

Oracle out foiling on the 18 Flying Phantom.
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Beating Philip to the linkage...

Significant improvement over the last cup's broadcast rights.

NBC acquires US broadcast rights for the 35th America’s Cup

NBC SPORTS GROUP ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE U.S. MEDIA RIGHTS FOR 2017 AMERICA’S CUP

This is great news...

Interesting organizational tips on how to leverage major sailing events at the local level.

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/02/09/americas-cup-means-dinghy-sailing-mean/

Nice addition.
Majestic J Class yachts to return to America’s Cup waters after eighty years

very cool, how does the cost on those compare to the catamarans?

+1

It may be more time before the 45 hits the water. The crane to launch it is not there and with the port labor dispute it can not be delivered. They have been out on the FP18's almost every day.

Jimmy needs Elbow surgery. Probably injured it lifting his balls into bed every evening.

Not sure what to make out from these photos. Looks like a heavily modified AC45, including aero package, completely different rear beam, in-hull grinding station, steering wheel (sans tiller) and other goodies.

Pics here.

more here.

More on what Artemis is doing with the AC45 here.

More on the Mitchell ISAF complaint

http://www.news.sail-world.com/America_s_Cup__Mitchell_fires_new_salvo_at_ISAF_Jury_Officials/131285

Wow...they really moved the mast base aft. It's a couple of feet behind the main beam and the

pod

structure looks more like a structural support for that modification than an aero improvement.

Looks like they moved the rudders aft also.