America's Cup - First look at Groupama Team France's AC50 assembly

by Sail-World.com on 22 Jan 2017 Groupama Team France has taken delivery of their AC50 hulls built in part in Switzerland by Décision. They have been at the Multiplast-Groupe Carboman facility to be assembled with the parts already built - being the pod and the beams.

The team says via social media is to have stopped sailing their AC45S on December 18, and it is believed that several of the parts from the AC45 will be transferred across to the AC50.

In early January, the team started sending containers to Bermuda as the first stage of base set up.

The team flies to Bermuda in early March.