Saturday 13 April 2013

America's Cup update, Team Artemis latest news

Artemis Racing 3 months till the start of the Louis Vuitton Challenger series:

From the following Sail-World article

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Artemis-Racing-Update---Three-months-left-to-LVC/108366

With only three months until the start of the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series, Artemis Racing has been busy training and preparing for racing, which begins in San Francisco on July 4th.

The team spent the majority of March in the shed modifying our AC72 and turning a standard AC45 into a foiling AC45. We expedited our time to get onto a foiling boat by modifying an AC45 while we wait for our second AC72 which will fully foil.

In April, we will continue to train on the foiling AC45, while also sailing our first AC72 and learning about all its recent modifications. This is a very valuable part of our preparation for our second AC72.  We also plan to train with OracleTeamUSA on the Bay to see how our modifications have impacted our boat speed and handling.

Time on the water is crucial for our team so when weather or maintenance permits us from sailing the AC72 or 45 we have a small fleet of F18's and Moths to train on.

read more here

More images of Artemis Racing's AC72 in action.  No full foiling implemented as yet that may be for boat no.2

From the following Sail-World article

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Images-of-a-revamped-Artemis-Racing-in-San-Fran/108367


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