Update
Smug bugger… Magnus Wheatley reminds anyone watching that he is one of the very tiny handful of non-Cup sailors to have been granted a ride not only on an AC75, but on Team New Zealand’s Cup Defender Taihoro. Mag has a fair few air-miles on an AC40 too…
doing a dip start, ensuring that the Kiwis had plenty of dirty air to deal with. In their other win, in Race 6, the Brits used their right to room
at the boundary to escape a vulnerable position during the prestart, then led back to the starting line. ETNZ were forced to tack away. GBR was 10kt faster than NZL when they crossed the line. The Brits won the first cross and were able to stay ahead, minimising manoeuvres and sailing the shifts well. ENTZ’s slight speed advan- tage was not enough to get them back in the race. The Kiwis closed in on them, but it was not enough. It truly came down to the sailors. That brought the score to 4-2. Having won the first four races
the Kiwis were not rattled. They reeled off the next three races to defend the Cup and to complete their historic threepeat. Back in the spring one of the recon specialists remarked on how
impressed he was with ETNZ’s efficiency – at everything. Rolling the boat out of the shed, stepping the mast, craning the boat into the water, raising the sails – everything went quickly and smoothly. The Kiwis have built a well-oiled dynasty. The Brits have made steady and impressive progress through
the campaigns of 2017, 2021 and 2024. All the other challengers have shown they can be dangerous. The next America’s Cup, again to be sailed in AC75s, will be
even more intense. Now we just have to wait to learn when and where it will be held.
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16 SEAHORSE
STILL FOOT TO THE FLOOR – Terry Hutchinson As I re-read last month’s entry, I can see that the much needed rest was passed up and the energy turned into planning. AC38, American Magic High Performance Center in Pensacola, Quantum Racing 52 Super Series, Bella Mente and of course J/70 racing! For its part the America’s Cup is a drug, proving yet again to be
too strong to shake and not occupy a lot of time. As a team we are working through the debrief notes, compiling lessons learnt, all while the team packs up 18 months of life in Barcelona. It is a lot for the team to go through and, as we have learnt over the years, filling the ‘void’ left by the day-in-day-out pace of the America’s Cup is hard. New team members have commented how depressing and harsh it is to go from full throttle to stop, an absolute fact. As we continue to push forward in the America’s Cup arena positive news was released by ETNZ and Challenger of Record Ineos. The relevant points for American Magic:
l Consistency in the AC75 class rule including one new boat. l No sailing of AC75 yachts for a period of 12 months from the date of the final race in the AC37 Match except when participating in any Preliminary Regattas (I would think this one is difficult to enforce since the Protocol does not exist). l No development on LEQ yachts. l No restriction on the sailing of ‘in class’ AC40 yachts, which is quite good for racing development.
HAMIS HOOPER ETNZ
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