Emirates Team New Zealand launched the very first AC75 , the future flying monohull of the America's Cup, on September 5, 2019. Quickly, the Americans responded with a first picture in flight, but without any comment
Now we know more about the flying ability of these hydrofoil monohulls. And to each his own premiere. The launch for the Kiwis and the flight for the Americans. Indeed, American Magic has unveiled a video of the launch of its boat, named Défiant, in which, we can see it at voler?! Magique?!
In Narragansett Bay, near Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the Americans were able to test their new toy, which came out of the hangars after 76,000 hours of work
Of course, we don't see much and the images are fast, but this avant-garde project, announced two years ago, is now in existence. Without a keel and with two large T-shaped foils up to 4.5 m long, the boats are now flying on eau?!
And it is not only on large monohulls that flight is practiced. The smallest offshore racing boats in the world too, as we presented it to you a few years ago at jours?! Just before the start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, the Bigouden shipyard, Pogo Structures, delivers a fascinating video of his proto to foil, the PogoFoiler .
