Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton announced the color: “All competing teams will have to purchase at least one AC40 that will be used in the preliminary races, then made available to women and youth races to be held on the website. of AC37 Match “.
The Kiwis are therefore the first to launch and pilot this new monohull without a keel like its big brother AC72. The AC40 Emirates Team New Zealand then took its first turns in the Hauraki Gulf, between Auckland’s Waiheke Island and Howick Beach.
Peak at 34 knots
The monohull was first towed by the hydrogen catamaran, before take-off: despite a fairly light wind of 8-10 knots, Nathan Outteridge, helmsman, quickly made the speedometer rise by 20 knots at the start with a peak of 34 knots to leeward and 27 knots upwind: “Obviously it was a very successful day. It is impressive to sail on this type of boat for the first time, ”explained the Australian.
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