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Written by Ollie Marriage
It"s an AC45F foiling catamaran. I know, it looks bananas doesn"t it? It"s the cutting edge of sailing technology, has a wing instead of a mainsail and can climb up out of the water to reduce drag and increase speed, surfing on a wing-profile foil.It"s 45 feet long, the mast is 70 feet tall and it weighs just 1320kg, so it"s lighter than a Golf GTI. It"s constructed entirely of carbon fibre.These are the boats that are contesting the Louis Vuitton America"s Cup World Series. At this point some explanation is probably required, because this isn"t that straightforward.
Date written: 27 Jul 2016
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It"s an AC45F foiling catamaran. I know, it looks bananas doesn"t it? It"s the cutting edge of sailing technology, has a wing instead of a mainsail and can climb up out of the water to reduce drag and increase speed, surfing on a wing-profile foil.It"s 45 feet long, the mast is 70 feet tall and it weighs just 1320kg, so it"s lighter than a Golf GTI. It"s constructed entirely of carbon fibre.These are the boats that are contesting the Louis Vuitton America"s Cup World Series. At this point some explanation is probably required, because this isn"t that straightforward.
Date written: 27 Jul 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4437
