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America's Cup: Top sailors reflect on the AC75 - the upwind beast

by Sail-World.com/NZ 28 Dec 2020 19:32 AEDT 28 December 2020
The AC75's sail at speeds in excess of 35kts upwind and over 50kts reaching downwind - Emirates Team New Zealand - December 2020 - Waitemata Harbour - America's Cup 36 © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com

Now the AC75 has passed its first test, as a class, in the opening and only America's Cup World Series regatta which concluded less that two weeks ago, some of the top sailors in the new class share their views on the foiling monohull.

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