America's Cup: Oracle expect second wingsail to arrive on Tuesday

'Oracle Team USA’s second wingsail leaves Core Builders Composites in Warkworth, NZ bound for San Francisco'    Ivor Wilkins/www.americascup.com© America's Cup Defender Oracle team USA have are expecting their second wingsail to arrive in San Francisco on Tuesday. Oracle Team USA capsize AC72 Oct 16, 2012 -  Erik Simonson_©_www.pressure-drop.us   The 40 metre wingsail which has been shipped in sections, was constructed by Core Builders Composites in Warkworth, near Auckland, New Zealand. The spar sections left CBC just before Christmas and were shipped directly to San Francisco. After the ship docks in Oakland in the morning, the wing will be unloaded onto a truck, transported through the South Bay and back up to the team base at Pier 80 in San Francisco. That will be followed by a fit-out process on the new wingsail, before it is fitted to the reconstructed USA-17, which capsized spectacularly on San Francisco Bay in October. The rebuilt USA-17 is expected to be sailing again in early February, having lost a vital four months and 22 allowed sailing days in the period to the end of January 2013. Oracle Team USA's second AC72 will be launched in March or April, and the two 72ft catamarans are expected to sail in a Defender Selection Series which will parallel the Louis Vuitton Cup for the Challenger Selection Series starting on July 4, 2013. As well as costing valuable sailing and testing time, the capsize of USA-17 cost Oracle Team USA one of their three allowed wingsails, and they will have just one wingsail per boat through to the end of the 34th America's Cup. by Richard Gladwell - 3:14 AM Tue 8 Jan 2013 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=105395 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here Click for further information on 2013 America's Cup Related News Stories: 21 May 2013  America's Cup: Artemis damage revealed on haulout 19 May 2013  America's Cup: Luna Rossa sails on San Francisco Bay 18 May 2013  America's Cup: We are here for the sailing not a TV show - Luna Rossa 18 May 2013  America's Cup: Review Committee meets Teams - Italians break to ranks? 17 May 2013  America's Cup: All teams recommended to suspend sailing 17 May 2013  America's Cup: 'We will not participate in the slaughtering game' 15 May 2013  America's Cup: Committee to report on AC72 safety measures 14 May 2013  America's Cup: German team pulls out of Red Bull Youth series 14 May 2013  America´s Cup Artemis Crew in shock - newspaper quotes inaccurate 14 May 2013  America's Cup: Barclay expects Cup to proceed as planned

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