The whole article with more photos is at sail-world.com

Oracle Racing's James Spithill joins the Mile High Club

Interesting that it righted itself. I wonder if that was deliberate or just happened.

That is interesting, they did not even get the front beam wet!Just how much bouyancy do these boats have? From the photos it looks like the bloke in white [Spithill?] douses the assymetric then steers the boat upright while an unseen boat [large rib?] pulls from a line attached to the jib tack. seeing the AC 45 on its side [front and side on views] gives a different perspective to the hull shape,
Cheers,
Roy.

Here's a video which includes the righting.

AC45 highlights

Another nice AC45 video on sail-world.com:

Coutts capsizes in San Francisco

That's supposedly Coutts dropping through the wing - probably hurts a bit more than going through a sail!

Apparently he's OK because he has been through hardships before

Nice one Peter!

The amount of bouyancy in the hollow mast gives a whole new meaning to sailing on the edge !! If the crew can invert the sail shape to act like a aircraft wing then the yacht will always right itself. It's just a matter of getting the platform to be facing into the wind.

Better still if a crew member is tied to the control line and falls off first and inverts the sailshape then the mast may not even touch the water.

Outstanding PeterL!

Terrific pic and videos Tim... Keep on sharing more of such kind.