Swiss challenge, yes, but Catalan base of operations and Spanish design. The new AC75 of the Alinghi Red Bull Racing teamcalled ‘Boat One’, was launched this Tuesday at the Swiss team’s base located in Port Velland he was the first to do it in Barcelona. Last Friday, in Cagliari, the Italian Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli experienced a similar event at its base in Cagliari (Sardinia).
Under the watchful eye of Swiss magnate Ernesto Bertarellion the top floor of the amazing but very functional Swiss base, with their guests and sponsors, and all the uniformed members of the Swiss team -many of them Spanish- Chiara Bertarelli, eldest daughter of a tycooncreator and owner of the Alinghi team, and the Castellers de Sarriawith the base formed by the members of this group of castellers and the Swiss team that made a beautiful column of four, the traditional champagne bottle was immediately broken on the hull of the boat.
‘Boat One’ arrived in Barcelona on March 4 by road and welcomed by a great party with team members, authorities, guests and sponsors with a great show of Fura dels Baus.
The boat, with a completely black hull and foils, is an innovative design by Cantabrian Marcelino Botín and the Uruguayan Adolfo Carrau. Here you can see many changed details of the first generation AC75.
Botín is probably the designer with the most knowledge in the America’s Cup class as he is the AC75s of the American team ‘American Magic’ in 2021 and previously of Team New Zealand in the 2007 edition in Valencia and of Luna Rossa in 2013 in San Francisco.
The new Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team presents a very aerodynamic line in the bow part with a kind of conical protuberance intended to quickly increase the buoyancy of this front section and which descends towards the middle of the length of the boat.
Another feature is how flat and thin the back of the boat’s hull is. On deck, the length increases as it moves, providing more protection for the eight crew members.
The length of the hull is 22.90 meters with a beam of 5 meters and a draft of 5 meters, displacing 6.2 tons. The mast measures 26.5 meters high with a 90 square meter headsail and a 145 square meter double skinned mainsail.
Source: La Verdad
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