A plumb stern maximises the length allowed by the TP52 'box rule' - Emirates Team NZ -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

The bow is equally plumb - again to maximise length allowed - Emirates Team NZ -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

Hull sections can be gauged the starboard side - a combination of drag reduction and form stability when heeled - Emirates Team NZ -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

That stern shape again on the Emirates Team NZ TP52, one of two launched in 2009 by Cookson Boats. -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

3DL thread weave in the North sails (NZ) supplied inventory - Emirates Team NZ -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

Wetted surface reduction is apparent in this shot of the stern sections - Emirates Team NZ -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

The easily driven hull shape of Emirates Team NZ - TP52 -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

Southern Spars supplied the three spreader rig - with a surprisingly narrow sheeting angle for the jib - Emirates Team NZ. -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

The free area fat-head mainsails that are so common in other classes are not evident in th TP52 class - Emirates Team NZ -  Unknown Photographer   Click Here to view large photo

by Peter Idoine and Richard Gladwell   10:38 AM Wed 3 Jun 2009 GMT

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