AC50
17, 2017 | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Design | development class[1] |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 6 |
| Draft | 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Air draft | 24.90 m (81 ft 8 in) |
| Hull | |
| Type | inshore racing catamaran |
| Construction | carbonfiber |
| Hull weight | 2,332–2,432 kg (5,141–5,362 lb) |
| LOH | 15.00 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 8.47 m (27 ft 9 in) |
| Hull appendages | |
| General | • L-shaped daggerboards • T-shaped rudders |
| Ballast | forbidden (solid or liquid) |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | wingsail sloop |
| Mast length | 23.60 m (77 ft 5 in) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 100 m2 (1,100 sq ft) (wingsail) |
| ] | |
The AC50 (defined in the America's Cup rules as AC Class yacht, or ACC) was a
The class achieved a maximum peak speed of 47.2 knots (87.4 km/h) over the water, recorded by ACRM telemetry aboard Sweden's Magic Blue.[2]
The 2017 America's Cup class winning boat, designed by a team led by Daniel Bernasconi and sailed by Team New Zealand, featured a distinct polyhedral daggerboard stabilizer and pedal-powered hydraulics to control its 24m high fixed-wing mainsail; four crew providing the power from cycling stations in each hull instead of grinding winches by hand.[3][4]
The AC50 design was developed into the one design F50 class used for the SailGP competition.
References
- ^ "AC50 class rule version 1.11". America's Cup Event Authority. 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Peak speed, raw data", 170606.zip/20170606151002-NAV-SWE.csv, Bermuda: America's Cup Race Management, event occurs at 15:13:05.797-15:13:06.597, 15:28:40.797-15:28:41.597, 2017-06-06
- ^ "John Britten Black Pin Winner, 2017". The Designers Institute of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Greaves, Simon (24 June 2017). "New Zealand pedals towards America's Cup Victory". Financial Times.
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