Buzz in Cup circles focusing on active gyro stabilizer “Herbies” as the magic that altered fortunes. Addressing rumors, that Team NZ was planning to take Oracle to court over the automatic “Herbie” system it used to work their foils, Emirates Team New Zealand managing Grant Dalton has categorically ruled out making any legal challenge against …
2013 34th America’s Cup: Team USA Wins! Hats off to New Zealand, a formidable contender, true champions on all levels, pioneering the foil tack, and foiling to windward, with the use of ‘Stability Augmentation Systems’ (SAS) sensors, Accelerometers and Gyros which can detect and instigate corrections to stability. To all of the New Zealand’s Team …
EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND 8 WINS | ORACLE TEAM USA 8 WINS – Race 19, is scheduled to start today at 1315 PT. Only twice in the 162 year history of the America’s Cup, has there been a “Winner Takes All Race” The “Defender” in 1920, and the “Challenger” in 1983, where Australia II, skippered …
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LOA: 106′ 3″ LWL: 75′ 0″ Beam: 21′ 1″ Draft: 13′ 9″ Original Rig: Cutter Hull Number: 725 Designer: N.G. Herreshoff Contracted By: NYYC Syndicate Contract Date: 9/22/1913 Original Price: $ $123,000 Status: Destroyed
LOA: 143′ 9″ LWL: 90′ 0″ Beam: 25′ 6″ Draft: 19′ 6″ Original Rig: Cutter Hull Number: 605 Designer: N.G. Herreshoff Contracted By: L.C. Ledyard Syndicate Contract Date: 10/16/1902 Original Price: $ 174,000 Status: Destroyed