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Posts: 1,152 tampa, fl | http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/2011/AC45EnergyTeam405.jpgHere is an interesting pic of the underside of an A/C 45. Is it a optical illusion, simply water running off the bottom of the hull, or is there some sort of hole in the bottom of the hull that water is draining out of?
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | I think they do have some type of water ballast tanks in each hull, maybe they are draining it?
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | that looks to be pretty far back for a daggerboard trunk...but I don't see the daggerboard trunk. I believe the teams are allowed to develop their own foils for the 45s...perhaps these guys have some sort of gasket with a drain in the daggerboard case?
I hadn't heard anything about water ballast on these boats.
edit...it's likely that this hole is in the stern scoop just after the joint where the hull's stern meets the main hull. The last 5 feet of the hulls are bolted in-place and removed so they fit in a standard 40 foot shipping container. The stern is open so maybe there is some sort of drain there in front of the rudder because perhaps the hull bottom slopes forward there? I do see a seam running up the side of the hull from that drain hole...so, yeah, this hole is definitely in the bolt-on stern scoop.
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Posts: 2,584 +31NL | Think so too. Looking forward to watching the webcast tomorrow, hope the quality is decent enough... | | | Re: A/C 45 pic
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Posts: 465 FL | >ALEPH-Equipe de France starts to windward of the fleet for the first race of the Dress Rehearsal day in Cascais. This was filmed by Julia Huvé who was the on board guest and writes for americacup.com in French.< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AnsHhrPg0&feature=player_embeddedNice video to get a feel on-board a AC45 to bad they are looking at transoms. | | | Re: A/C 45 pic
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Think so too. Looking forward to watching the webcast tomorrow, hope the quality is decent enough... There is no ****...it has rounded top decks with a hatch for electronics to go inside. I'm Pretty sure it's a drain for the open scoop stern.
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | >ALEPH-Equipe de France starts to windward of the fleet for the first race of the Dress Rehearsal day in Cascais. This was filmed by Julia Huvé who was the on board guest and writes for americacup.com in French.< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AnsHhrPg0&feature=player_embeddedNice video to get a feel on-board a AC45 to bad they are looking at transoms. It's a practice race...so they're probably not pushing to hard. Nice onboard look though...pretty cool. Coverage of the event starts tomorrow morning at 9am EST at www.americascup.com
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Posts: 1,152 tampa, fl | Think so too. Looking forward to watching the webcast tomorrow, hope the quality is decent enough... There is no ****...it has rounded top decks with a hatch for electronics to go inside. I'm Pretty sure it's a drain for the open scoop stern. Wouldn't it have made more sense to slope the bottom of the stern scoop aft so it drains without needing to put a hole in the bottom of your multi-million dollar boat?
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Posts: 402 Punta Gorda, FL | >ALEPH-Equipe de France starts to windward of the fleet for the first race of the Dress Rehearsal day in Cascais. This was filmed by Julia Huvé who was the on board guest and writes for americacup.com in French.< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AnsHhrPg0&feature=player_embeddedNice video to get a feel on-board a AC45 to bad they are looking at transoms. It's a practice race...so they're probably not pushing to hard. Nice onboard look though...pretty cool. Coverage of the event starts tomorrow morning at 9am EST at www.americascup.com I can get my chores done before start time! | | | Re: A/C 45 pic
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