Yachting meets Formula 1 in the new foiling class of monohulls for America's Cup 36.
NYYC and Team Airbus has both of its designs in Auckland for the first regatta in 2 weeks,
Defiant and
Patriot as part of team "American Magic". (
Patriot is their racing entry;
Defiant was used for testing, design, and training) A collaboration of American Sailors, some members of the Kiwis who first stole it from us with TeamNZ's "Black Magic", and European design has released some amazing footage of the new foiling designs-
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The beauty this cycle is that design is much more open, resulting in all four teams having clear differences in approach compared to prior iterations that essentially were all the same boat, different crews. And thankfully, we've left the catamarans behind so tacking and actual competitive racing will return!
Racing will be aired in prime time LIVE in the United States on NBC, Facebook, and Amazon, as races are in the afternoon in Auckland.
major thank you to the people and country of New Zealand for having their ***together and being a safe haven due to some of the world's best COVID protocols and results, and making this actually happen!