Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Does anyone know any more info? I heard from a mate that they flipped the AC45 earlier on today. Did anyone see it? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Maybe this next AC will be a bit more interesting???? Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 not to be outdone by Team Muscat on the weekend eh! This rumour has been floating on the site here for an hour or two now but still no updates - what's happening!?!? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubthumper 0 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I don't know details, but it will be back on the water tomorrow apparently, people working on it through the night. TNZ had they're V70 out too, maybe they've got too many toys now... Link to post Share on other sites
Bogan 8 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 If so, it didn't look damaged when it came back in today. Certainly nothing visible on the wing. They came back in about the same time that oracle went out, which did surprise me. Link to post Share on other sites
Scotty3934 5 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 From Sailworld. Emirates Team New Zealand today confirmed that their AC45 had capsized in Auckland while training today. The one design wingsailed catamaran left the Viaduct Harbour just before 1000hrs this morning and returned soon after noon. A Team confirmed the incident had taken place when approached by Sail-World, saying the time of the capsize was late this this morning (Wednesday) NZT. The yacht toppled on to its side as it rounded a mark. No one was injured. The yacht was righted without incident and it sailed back to base, Sail-World was told. Minor damage to the top of the wing will be repaired overnight and the yacht will be back on the water tomorrow. Skipper Dean Barker said the capsize was all part of the learning process. 'Every time we take the yacht out we test to the limits in the conditions prevailing otherwise there’s no point to the testing process.' No cameras were on hand to video the incident. A southwesterly wind (offshore) was blowing at the time gusting to 29 kts. Emirates Team NZ are the second team to capsize an AC45. The first being the Swedish Artemis Racing about a month ago, when the wing stalled and the yacht tipped over while the crew were taking a break in training. The damage took three days to repair. On that occasion the damage was more severe, and for America's Cup event organisers and teams it is encouraging to see that the wingsailed boats can capsize without creating major rig destruction. The AC45 is due to be sailing tomorrow along with Camper, the Emirates Team NZ campaigned Volvo 70, launched last week. Trials for the 34th America's Cup race management are due to get underway next week on the Hauraki Gulf, and are not expected to be impacted by this incident. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 What does it say when they get more press coverage for getting govt funding than when they flipped their boat? Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 From SA ETNZ is clearly sticking to their individual program and not being sidetracked by media/puffery crap. They are arguably the most professional racing team in the world, and anyone who knows anything about training for sailing, would know they would have goals to be ticked off. Given how new these sort of boats are to everyone, I'd definitely have checkboxes that say: - pushed until crew was scared - CHECK - stuffed it in deep to know how hard to push - CHECK - pushed beyond the limit - CHECK - seen how much damage occurs when pushed too hard - CHECK - practiced righting techniques and safety procedures to ensure least amount of damage - CHECK. Link to post Share on other sites
col j 0 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 just need to figure out how to release marks that they catch with the foils. Link to post Share on other sites
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