Oh my!
Free swag . . .

no way is that for free.

somebody's pulling our leg

I think it's legit, it's also posted on the official AC's Facebook page.

Maybe they already tried selling it, the market for 130ft trimaran day sailors can't be that big

and it's in two pieces.... on purpose?

it's probably the one that broke...but I don't understand why they have pictures of dagger board molds and the like in that posting. It seems out of character.

"Other carbon fibre items (molds, boom, broken mast, etc) from the same boat are available."

Hmm, how to get from SF to Annapolis...

Go get the free mast, stick it on a Laser, and sail it 'round the Horn!

Looks like the board molds are up for grabs.

Looks like something Krantz could use to turbo his Reynolds :P

Karl #2 has been looking into a bigger mast for his viper. Maybe this will work for him.

Its easy to forget how big that crap is until you see those molds in the parking lot.

If the add is fake, I cant really see how they could be worth much.

Not many bridges high enough for that mast either.

Oracle countdown to relaunch

Team NZ has launched their 2nd AC72 today.
article here
Let's pour the champagne on the hull to christen her, don't want to break the carbon!

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pacific in SF . . .
Looks like the new Oracle boat has done away with the tiller.



more boat porn . . .
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What makes you say that?

http://livesaildie.com/oracle-team-usa-ac72-v17-1/

http://www.americascup.com/en/news/8/teams/11540/improved-oracle-team-usa-boat-back-in-the-water

Some pics from Jeremy at Sail Revolution

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Somebody mentioned this early on in this thread and was spot on . . .

“The amount that the platform racked (twisted) was a trade-off with weight and windage in the structure of the boat,” he explained. “That trade-off is still there. We’ve made some subtle changes that will reduce the racking, but again, it’s a design decision trading off windage and weight.”

Some NZ goodies . . .

I hope that wheel base articulates (it looks like it might)...it's AWFULLY close to that winch.

I have wondered why some of the foils haven't been shaped like the new OR foils. From my aviation days, it seems the dihedral there would create some extra stability.

Dont really understand why the helming position is so low (apart from windage), shouldnt he be able to oversee the whole boat from that position? (Especially with matchracing?).

Great interview with Grant Dalton! Enlightening indeed.

Dalton referring to Oracle 17 "It's going to go like stink upwind!"

NZ named their second AC72 - Aotearoa
(Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand, meaning the land of the long white cloud, said to the the first sighting of New Zealand by the first migration.)

This is first of a series of four with Grant Dalton, Kevin Shoebridge (COO on the shorecrew), Dean Barker (Skipper on the sailing aspects) and Nick Holroyd (Design Director).