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Sail-World.com : America's Cup: Construction of first AC45 well advanced at Warkworth
America's Cup: Construction of first AC45 well advanced at Warkworth
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Construction of the first of the AC45 catamarans continues apace at the Core Composites building facility in Warkworth, 40 minutes north of Auckland New Zealand.
The 45ft long one design catamarans will be used for preliminary events leading to the 34th America's Cup and are designed to be sailed initially by America's Cup crews and they will be handed over to Youth teams from each America's Cup Team to be sailed in associated events linked to the America's Cup World series, due to be sailed in 13 rounds at different venues prior to the 34th America's Cup which will get underway in July 2013.
Core Composites are in the midst of factory construction as the facility is reshaped from housing a major printing company. They are continuing to produce moulds and tooling for other builders of the AC45's as well as constructing the first boat due for launch late December or early January 2011.
'We are well into producing the second set of moulds which will go to Cooksons ready for production' says Mark Turner. 'They should begin building in the next couple of days.'
Earlier this week Core Composites were about to start laminating the main spar of the wingsail (the front element) are also building the internal structures for the wing. Hall Spars (NZ) are building the beams and centre spine.
Craig Sterling will be building the appendages from tooling supplied by Core Composites and Alex Vallings is building the rudders
'There's a lot happening,' say Turner. 'All the hulls will get built at Cooksons – all we will do here is wingsail manufacturing – which will eventually get pushed onto another manufacturer.'
The key to the tooling and mould making process has been in installation of a large CNC milling centre capable of milling a component 6m x 3m x 1.5m. The machine is the largest in New Zealand and a 26metre monster is being installed in early 2011. 'That will help in building bigger parts' says Turner. 'It will mean that we can do much bigger sections which can be machined as a whole part.'
While the new beast is capable of being able to mill the male plug for a whole AC72 hull, Turner says the America's Cup rules prohibit Core Composites from building any part of the the Defender's hull in New Zealand, which must be done in the 'country of origin' of the Defending club, USA.
by Richard Gladwell
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