One of the serious question marks hanging over the choice of a wingsailed multihull for the America's Cup has been the rigging process.
Those who were in Valencia 12 months ago would have been only too aware of the issues faced daily by the then BMW Oracle Racing team as they tried to keep USA-17 on a short leash between races, and without having to lower the wingsail each night.
A lot of thought and effort has gone into the prototype AC45, and the rigging and launching process.
Sail-World was on hand to document the exercise on Monday morning as a well drilled shore crew went through the process - which took just 30 minutes from the time the wingsail was pushed out of the shed to the AC45 splashing into the Viaduct Harbour.
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