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America's Cup: Brits vs Kiwis - two AC75s line up

by Sail-World.com/NZ 8 Nov 2019 03:43 PST 9 November 2019
INEOS Team UK training on the Solent out of their base in Portsmouth © Harry KH / INEOS Team UK

America's Cup teams sailing against each other, other than at sanctioned events is illegal under the Protocol for the next America's Cup.

Here is the next best thing - two videos shot in similar circumstances - that show the similarities and differences between the AC75 designs. In this case it is INEOS Team UK - with their AC75 scow design, Britannia, compared to Emirates Team New Zealand and their skiff Te Aihe.

Both videos are shot in similar conditions light-moderate breezes and flat water.

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