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Foiling AC45 cats
Foiling AC45s confirmed for America’s Cup World Series with Aussie sailors aboardThe best sailors in the world will be flying above the water at speed when the America’s Cup World Series begins in the summer of 2015.?? Champion sailors Ben Ainslie, Dean Barker, Franck Cammas, Nathan Outteridge, Max Sirena and Jimmy Spithill will lead their respective teams into the first stage of the competition for the most "storied trophy in international sport.??"
Harvey Schiller, the Commercial Commissioner for the America's Cup, says that he also expects at least one additional team will be joining as a late entry.?? The America’s Cup World Series runs for two seasons in 2015 and 2016, ahead of the America’s Cup Qualifiers, Playoffs and Finals in 2017. The venues for the races will be announced shortly.
?All racing in the America's Cup World Series will take place in foiling versions of the one-design AC45 catamarans. A feasibility study has confirmed the necessary modifications can be made to all the boats prior to the first event in June 2015.
??Powered by a highly efficient wing-sail, the foiling version of the AC45 catamaran will lift out of the water, riding on hydrofoils which reduces drag and increases speed.??
It will be a thrilling and spectacular sight to see these boats racing together in a fleet-race format and it will be challenging for the five sailors on board.
After plenty of desirable publicity following its announced challenge in September 2013, not to mention recent trials and crew practice on Sydney Harbour, Hamilton Island Yacht Club its withdrawal from the 35th America's Cup in mid-July this year, thereby leaving Australia with no entry in the historic race. But as detailed above, some of our best sailors are still on the water.
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