Sailing on Foils? - America's Cup Thread

[Par Four]

Originally Posted by NoBozo

Pretty much like that. The only thing I would modify in your description is Sail Area. In todays boats The BIG factor is Sail Shape rather than area. In this case (AC72s) the Mainsail is actually an "articulated" Wing..very much like the wing of an airplane which can be adjusted.

When the boat is Put Up for the night..the entire "Rig".. Wing Mast, has to be removed from the boat with a crane because the Sail can't be lowered as in "Ordinary" sailboats. The Jib is a conventional "soft sail" and can..as seen in the video, be lowered. NB

Thanks. One can only imagine the expense involved with an America Cup campaign... Keeping up with the Jones, getting out on that leading edge must be crazy competitive, crazy expensive.