Really great videos Justin! Thanks for posting. Sailing and match racing are very different, so excited to see ETNZ get after it pretty soon. I noticed other boats have a transparent section on the main sail so the skipper isn’t totally blind when on the downwind side of the main sail. Hoping they might make that adjustment on the main sail.
I'm sure that's on their worklist, but equally, given that they're keen not to show what's hiding in there by way of lower zone controls, they'll leave it till it's too late for the challengers to act on anything they might clap their peepers on.
I guess whoever wins the Prada cup will be happy with the level of sailing quality and manoeuvres they will have achieved at that point. But then they will wonder how to go so much faster to put up a fight against this beast. And for sure, they will end up making thinner foils
@@giuseppeaccardo8580 I'm not sure if changes can be made to the foil arms. It sure seems that TNZ has found some way to reduce the spray from the foil arm. Less resistance somehow ?
@@williamfrancis6993 Aye, less spray = more headway + greater comfort and visibility too, eh?. The foil arms are all from the same stock and can't be tinkered with - I'm not sure at what point the arms end and the foils begin.
Wow, I'm a LR fan but Team New Zealand seem incredibly fast. Hope to see LR vs this boat next month. It will be a fantastic show. Thank you for this great footage.
Much like Prada, IOW. Could be a fascinating showdown. Not that UK is out of the reckoning, given their recent track record of pulling rabbits from hats unexpectedly...
It's not a new idea. It's a cut down sail area for high winds, reducing the area higher up the mast lowers the centre of effort, the battens are kept longer hence the batwing. The lower COE headsail makes it look dumpy. Lowering the centres reduces the chance of a capsize. American Magic used a batwing main as well. Great video. Good luck with the lockdown.
I'm curious how you think they are doing in the maneuvers. LR look very slick, especially in the starting box and they appear to lose less speed than Britania in the tacks. Is ETNZ's apparent speed advantage going to be enough to overcome a bad start?
That's pretty much their plan... Making it all about pure speed and then improving all the rest. Which might be a great plan indeed... but there is also a chance they find out that their opponent is better than them for other reasons not related to pure speed
@@realnohat Well, first we have to get through the Prada cup final. And if we do, I hope we have some edge "somewhere", cause otherwise I am afraid it's gonna be super hard to match team NZ speed. Good thing for us is that during the world series they were not perfect in everything they were doing, but neither were we. Now things look better for us and team NZ remains a mistey
LR have shown that it's difficult to prevent a pass from a boat with an extra knot of VMG up its sleeve, even for a legend like Ainslie. Provided of course that the trailing boat is manoeuvrable and mistake free, which is virtually certain to the case for the defenders... And if you can pass, you don't have to win the start.
@@x40xandus I'm a kiwi but I'm hoping one of the other syndicates will win. More so the Brits. Nothing against LR but Southill has had his moment. Be nice to see Ben hang up his sails with an AC victory as helmsman and skipper of Team UK
@@colinmahoney7734 The 747's questionable low attitude sluggish handling, colossal backwash and deafening noise might pose a few issues for the judges' and competing boats..it would be interesting to see, especially as there currently isn't much demand for them. A bit like a white elephant floundering in the Waitemata........ Three V12 Mercury Marines should be enough to do the job, especially as they have two speed automatic transmissions incorporated into each leg. Besides they are whisper quiet V12s. Probably the last word in non electric outboard motors to be developed for pleasurecraft..... ;-)
Reminds me of surfsails with camber inducers. Guess the "notch" two thirds up is to keep the trailing edge better together. Most likely they use two sailtracks, do they? Very impressive sailing too, they make it look effortless.
10:38 interesting to see how the change of side of the helmsman happens differently compared to AM and INEOS (between the mainsail and the jib), but the access to the cockpit seems a bit steep, too slow?
You can make out the letters American Magic and Airbus through the materials. LoL. Sadly, perhaps American Magic team said try this batwing sail. We can’t use it anymore.
OK lads, I grew up in the mountains so know zip about sailing. I see that the mainsail is a different shape from earlier and that you are calling it a 'batwing' sail. I see the narrower, than previously, top of the sail and the two points out from the top and a third of the way down. What is that telling you? More mechanical options for shaping the sail? For expected higher winds?
@@abatesnz Yes Andrew quite right. The higher up the sail you have pressure the more righting moment you need. Reduce the power at the top and shift it to the bottom of the sail and you get more power for less drag with better righting moment. ETNZ also has a bigger mainsail area than the other boats in the lower third. The mast/hull interface is fixed in the rule. Which is why ETNZ has the "cutout" shape. Their Mainsail extends below the mast plinth effectively increasing sail area at the bottom and also dropping it below the effective hull line. It's absolutely genius!!! And check out the top of the sail at 3:45. It is inverted to the bottom. So they are using the top of the sail to push the boat upright. These boats are something!!!
There’s nothing new about that style of sail. We had them on sailboards back in 1983. It is a way of inducing twist in the sail in particular sections in response to changing wind strengths. This may be an easier way than reshaping a mast or changing masts (if allowed under the rules). Similarly, closing the slot between the foot and the deck (i.e. no gap between boom and boat) was also the de facto standard in sailboards from the early 1980s but it took 40 years before it was widely taken up in the A-class catamarans, the highest performing development class which trained many of the crews in the America’s Cup over the past 10 years.
@@philipalmond3550 It was more of a joke on how AC teams will do stuff just to create confusion in their opponents rather than it being a viable option. Regarding its viability I have no opinion as I haven’t really looked into it. ETNZ will be working to get an advantage or the perception of an advantage in advance of the AC
How some see its faster then another? Looks fast but AM was blady fast. I hope they blady fast and got a mainsail that is from another space! Twisting-moving and catch every bit of windpower. Team N.Z. vorever!!! Have to come to Aotearoa and visit Friends and grandfathers Farm!
theyve cut the leach back... there is a box measurememt the sail must stay within... the battens extend that out so the actual sail can measure well inside the minimum... tusa tried it
To me it looks like they are trying to reduce sail area and keep within the regulations, perhaps the stays/gaff will have some interesting features that we'll find out about in years to come.
We wouldve seen that though. I would say we would've analyzed that factor carefully in order to make our own sail of similar design. America may have had one but we do it better
All 3 teams are OK on the water from Tuesday - www.stuff.co.nz/sport/americas-cup/124255053/americas-cup-team-new-zealand-luna-rossa-and-ineos-team-uk-permitted-to-train-during-covid19-lockdown
@D R Lockdown mean lockdown, or to say better: no one can leave their apartments, if not for urgent matters (work, medical health matters). And is also the case of NZ. Training for the AC is not an urgent matter. It's all said in the level 3 lockdown explanation of Stuff,nz. www.stuff.co.nz/national/121049178/alert-level-3-explained-what-can-you-do-if-and-when-the-coronavirus-lockdown-is-lifted
Hi Sol ! I am taking my scooter to the city today for a replacement part today. I checked 1st, and it is legal. If Prada cup continues on Friday, then possibly there will be no one at the viaduct. Mainly cafes and restaurants. NZ
They have added drag on the main without adding lift, I don't get the bat wing thing. May not matter too much because what really matters is drag under water. Water is 870 times the density of air.
Drag does really matter above water too, one reason why jib selection is critical. Larger jib gives more power but, in stronger winds, with resulting higher speeds, the extra drag negates the power gain.
They are inverting the top of the mainsail during high winds to maintain the balance with the foils. The inversion adds tons of drag. Removing sail is less costly.
How enjoyable! Thank you, Justin. Does the yacht have a name? I noticed that mostly the tv crews call the boats by their sponsors name, which I don't like. They are calling Luna Rossa by name now, but still calling Britannia "Enios", and I've always heard this boat called ETNZ.
Just for reference, in the southern hemisphere we don't call undies pants. Pants are trousers this side of the planet. This is something I found out when buying a suit in London and going to pick up some adjusted trousers and naively stating that I was there to pick up some "pants that had been taken up"...
@@steveobhave Enough to make your eyes water Steve. I do hope this race isn't settled out of the water as rumoured in the press today. Let us have this decided on the water.
@@mrpaul5726 oh you and I both. I'm a Kiwi but if I had to choose another team to take the mug it'd be the UK. It's about damn time they got to take it home IMO.
Aside of saying "it's fast!" which, in absence of adversaries, is pretty meaningless, I would be more interested to understand if the tip of the mainsail acts as a "winglet" (like on modern aircrafts), helping to reduce vortex, hence reducing aerodynamic drag. Notice the "antennas" on the mast head.. it seems they control the "winglet" tension.
Poca resistenza indotta della penna centro velico abbassato fiocco fuori dalle palle per massimizzare efficienza randa ...se l assetto con le antenne" testa randa lavorante " la facesse funzionare anche con venti medio bassi sarebbe veramente all round...
@@mauriziocanale1669 sarebbe veramente interssante capire quanta differenza fa la "penna magica" con le antenne. Faró un po di ricerca. In ogni caso questa soluzione, mostrata qui nel video, ha tutta l'aria di ricerca e non di sviluppo definitivo.
@@sergio6625 ti aggiorno sulle antenne "fonte Vittorio D'Albertas " sono due supporti per telecamere controllo forma della vela quindi nulla a che fare col trimming balumina in alto.
@@mauriziocanale1669 cavolo, dal video ho l'impressione che la winglet sulla penna prende una forma 'innaturale' come se fosse regolabile, forse è solo un'impressione... grazie dell'informazione
Well done, nice batwing.If we can beat ineos I'm curious to see how many starts TNZ will win.If we put you in the wind you will fly, yes towards the bounderin.And in those conditions the loss is sure, you want to have a fast boat, he wants a motorboat. Forza Luna Rossa. The Italians are coming.
Be quick is not enough. Ineos is faster then Luna Rossa, but Luna Rossa had almost always a higher VMG, difficult to understand in training. And, when training alone, every AC75 looks like a rocket ship.
I think it's against the rules? Edit: the rule...18.12 Self tacking systems such as tracks or cables traversing from the port and starboard headsail sheeting positions are forbidden.
Looks to be some interesting power control going on with this new sail. Is it my imagination or is this bat wing less radical than the one fitted to Patriot.
Herald are saying she has been clocked well above race speeds how fast and what wind speeds?? I am guessing higher end of 50knots low 60 knots maybe, lr and Rita were reaching 54 and 56knots in last of round robin races in good wind.
Pushing or exceeding 60 kts is absurd speed and questionable in my mind. Won't there be significant cavitation past the 50 kt mark or can these foil designs handle it? No sailboat achieved 60 kts or higher except the Sailrocket 2, but with supercavitating wedge-shaped foils to achieve it not to mention extreme multihull/rig design.
@@jamesaron1967 Hi James ! I wonder if Team NZ did reach that speed for a very brief time. I don’t know. I remember in the US election, a punter put 3 million bucks on Trump to win, because he had inside information.
@@walk_in_solo1543 Hahahahaha Very Clever Mate. It's looking like the Italians will be singing this song next week. Bit Early to say who will be singing such song next Month though.
Cicadas....the sound of summer in NZ. ❤
Trippy shit I reckon.
Aahh confirmation, had me headphones on and could hear the brazen clickbaits chirping away. Could've testified they were skulking about the house.
The are alot of cicada in Taranaki this year I still hear them at night lol the chirping is burned into my brain 😁😁
@@uapnz0698 if your inclined, have a joint while out in the bush and just listen.
It's amazing.
It's gonna be interesting when it goes down between us and whoever.
Such a stunning boat.
Go ETNZ
Wow - seems to have suddenly become smoother and faster - less wake off the foils as well as new sail geometry...
Really great videos Justin! Thanks for posting. Sailing and match racing are very different, so excited to see ETNZ get after it pretty soon. I noticed other boats have a transparent section on the main sail so the skipper isn’t totally blind when on the downwind side of the main sail. Hoping they might make that adjustment on the main sail.
I'm sure that's on their worklist, but equally, given that they're keen not to show what's hiding in there by way of lower zone controls, they'll leave it till it's too late for the challengers to act on anything they might clap their peepers on.
Cheers Justin, she’s looking mighty impressive!
Grazie Justin, speriamo siano i nostri prossimi avversari. Mi sembrano molto in forma. Forza LR
Dajè
Thanks Justin for the Great Videos. Whom ever wins the Prada Cup is going to need to up their game to match TNZ !
I guess whoever wins the Prada cup will be happy with the level of sailing quality and manoeuvres they will have achieved at that point. But then they will wonder how to go so much faster to put up a fight against this beast. And for sure, they will end up making thinner foils
@@giuseppeaccardo8580 I'm not sure if changes can be made to the foil arms. It sure seems that TNZ has found some way to reduce the spray from the foil arm. Less resistance somehow ?
@@williamfrancis6993 Aye, less spray = more headway + greater comfort and visibility too, eh?. The foil arms are all from the same stock and can't be tinkered with - I'm not sure at what point the arms end and the foils begin.
@@downunderdan Less spray and new batwing sail TNZ is on to something for sure !
Wow that’s quick. For a minute there, I thought I was playing at 2 x playback speed!
One thing's for sure. She is damn fast. Especially downwind apparently. We'll see how they handle all the other aspects of sailing
So far, every team has looked damn fast at some time, when sailing on their own in practice. 😁
We will see team nz speed soon enough! Can't wait until they side by side with whoever comes through prada cup. There will be alot of upset people🤣
That is one smooth racing machine
Man that is fast 💨 can’t wait for the cup
Yes she is fast but will be faster...
Wouldn't you love to be on board
@@leannesmith5818 I’d be scared 😟
One things for sure, the inovations haven't stopped with ETNZ.
Wow, I'm a LR fan but Team New Zealand seem incredibly fast.
Hope to see LR vs this boat next month. It will be a fantastic show.
Thank you for this great footage.
Deal with Eneos first, Eneos will be a dragon ready to kill
@@naketoatalagi1659 Yeah, I know it will be difficult to beat Ineos, that's why I said I "hope" and not I'm sure.
AM copped quite a bit of mockery with their batwing... but now that it's NZ... great idea!
That batboat sails on the strength of a butterflies wing flapping in Brazil
Looks fast and smooth as silk
Much like Prada, IOW. Could be a fascinating showdown. Not that UK is out of the reckoning, given their recent track record of pulling rabbits from hats unexpectedly...
Just a cut down main as its windy! Small jib small main! Its fast and low! 👍
They can only use one mainsail for the AC.
@@tomgruitt6563 Bullsh*t! Teams are allowed 10 mainsails, they can only fly one at a time!
@@Toob41 If you look closely they are flying two mainsails at a time, they can even have different sizes on each side if they want.
@@cindyullsee393 True, it's a double-skinned main
@@Toob41 Do two skins count as one sail in terms of the limit of ten mainsails?
God damn she's fast!
Mozzy sails comments on it would be quite fascinating!
Agree
@Mozzy Sails maybe they will.
@@abatesnz They have. So good!
Tip vortices creation my guess. They've had the same spike on the end of the boom since day 1. Slight drag reduction and a clever way to reduce SA?
The 4 thumbs down are from Superman, Robin & 2 helmsman who shall not be named .
You mean from Ironman, Thor , Captain America, Hulk , 😂
Great video Justin, thanks for posting!
Cool footage. Thanks!
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO FILM
It's not a new idea. It's a cut down sail area for high winds, reducing the area higher up the mast lowers the centre of effort, the battens are kept longer hence the batwing. The lower COE headsail makes it look dumpy. Lowering the centres reduces the chance of a capsize. American Magic used a batwing main as well. Great video. Good luck with the lockdown.
I'm curious how you think they are doing in the maneuvers. LR look very slick, especially in the starting box and they appear to lose less speed than Britania in the tacks. Is ETNZ's apparent speed advantage going to be enough to overcome a bad start?
Give it enough runway and it will sail around the bow of the challenger
That's pretty much their plan... Making it all about pure speed and then improving all the rest. Which might be a great plan indeed... but there is also a chance they find out that their opponent is better than them for other reasons not related to pure speed
@@giuseppeaccardo8580 That's what I'm worried about, although guessing by your name, you are hoping that that is the case... ;o)
@@realnohat Well, first we have to get through the Prada cup final. And if we do, I hope we have some edge "somewhere", cause otherwise I am afraid it's gonna be super hard to match team NZ speed. Good thing for us is that during the world series they were not perfect in everything they were doing, but neither were we. Now things look better for us and team NZ remains a mistey
We will eat them
Great to see the innovation. Sad to see this event turning into a competition between boat designers though. I’d hoped it would be a sailing race.
With a smaller main sail area it looks like they're able to run a bigger jib. Might be their thinking here. Looks quick.
Pristine conditions.
The water is glassy.
But definitely straight line speed.
Like to see it in choppy water and heavy winds.
3 tacks no alternative foil drop. What have they done or is this a light wind condition, no need for foil change
TNZ may not get race fit through lack of racing but the upside is their free to experiment and develop new tech.
LR have shown that it's difficult to prevent a pass from a boat with an extra knot of VMG up its sleeve, even for a legend like Ainslie. Provided of course that the trailing boat is manoeuvrable and mistake free, which is virtually certain to the case for the defenders...
And if you can pass, you don't have to win the start.
American Magic had a similar batwing thing going on their mainsail as well.
This AC is off its tits with the technology, I love it!
she's quick!
I keep my fingers crossed for the cup. You will win it!!!!
Or not....😆😂😂😂
They've already got it.
I am not a kiwi but they are definitely my favorites.
@@x40xandus I'm a kiwi but I'm hoping one of the other syndicates will win. More so the Brits. Nothing against LR but Southill has had his moment.
Be nice to see Ben hang up his sails with an AC victory as helmsman and skipper of Team UK
@@mitchand9. I am surprised. where is your Patriotism ?
Thanks from Italy...go luna rossaaaa
Notice the rudder?
Nice footage, thanks!
They're gonna need a faster chase boat.
The chase boat will need three of the new Mercury Marine V12s (total 1800hp) to keep up. ;-)
@@thomaslawry5238 Maybe they can use a Boeing 747 as a chase boat, if it can keep up!
@@colinmahoney7734 The 747's questionable low attitude sluggish handling, colossal backwash and deafening noise might pose a few issues for the judges' and competing boats..it would be interesting to see, especially as there currently isn't much demand for them. A bit like a white elephant floundering in the Waitemata........ Three V12 Mercury Marines should be enough to do the job, especially as they have two speed automatic transmissions incorporated into each leg. Besides they are whisper quiet V12s. Probably the last word in non electric outboard motors to be developed for pleasurecraft..... ;-)
@@thomaslawry5238
That is why I added "if they can keep up"!
Reminds me of surfsails with camber inducers. Guess the "notch" two thirds up is to keep the trailing edge better together. Most likely they use two sailtracks, do they? Very impressive sailing too, they make it look effortless.
Easy to sail by oneself without the pressure
@@johnny4xxxx Not sure about that one ;-)
Top footage bloke
Thanks for sharing, excellent!
Beautiful boat
10:38 interesting to see how the change of side of the helmsman happens differently compared to AM and INEOS (between the mainsail and the jib), but the access to the cockpit seems a bit steep, too slow?
You can make out the letters American Magic and Airbus through the materials. LoL. Sadly, perhaps American Magic team said try this batwing sail. We can’t use it anymore.
OK lads, I grew up in the mountains so know zip about sailing. I see that the mainsail is a different shape from earlier and that you are calling it a 'batwing' sail. I see the narrower, than previously, top of the sail and the two points out from the top and a third of the way down. What is that telling you? More mechanical options for shaping the sail? For expected higher winds?
@Rob but it could be aero as there's a thrust-drag trade off.
@@abatesnz Yes Andrew quite right. The higher up the sail you have pressure the more righting moment you need. Reduce the power at the top and shift it to the bottom of the sail and you get more power for less drag with better righting moment. ETNZ also has a bigger mainsail area than the other boats in the lower third. The mast/hull interface is fixed in the rule. Which is why ETNZ has the "cutout" shape. Their Mainsail extends below the mast plinth effectively increasing sail area at the bottom and also dropping it below the effective hull line. It's absolutely genius!!! And check out the top of the sail at 3:45. It is inverted to the bottom. So they are using the top of the sail to push the boat upright. These boats are something!!!
There’s nothing new about that style of sail. We had them on sailboards back in 1983. It is a way of inducing twist in the sail in particular sections in response to changing wind strengths. This may be an easier way than reshaping a mast or changing masts (if allowed under the rules).
Similarly, closing the slot between the foot and the deck (i.e. no gap between boom and boat) was also the de facto standard in sailboards from the early 1980s but it took 40 years before it was widely taken up in the A-class catamarans, the highest performing development class which trained many of the crews in the America’s Cup over the past 10 years.
Wonder if that bat wing is gonna allow them to point higher into the wind?
@Glenn Watson ta for that,
Hmmm reminds me of a birds wing with its feathers spread🐦
@Glenn Watson Yes, I think so too. When AM was sailing with their version it was in similar conditions, IIRC.
It will be to reduce induced drag
Yeayyyyyyyy Team New Zealand.
Big boys' toy at its best!
Thank you Justin for your efforts, now let me ask you what do you think about the Batwing? They look impressive 🤔
Looks like AM and Quantum did something right!
EXACTLY!! QUANTUM SAILS COPYRIGHT!!!!!
Holy foil Batman
We were born to sail ⛵
this boat can fly,infact, i can not wait to see them next month.
BATWING!!! I don't even care if we lose now.... That is the coolest, sharpest looking boat in the WORLD!
Hi Justin and first of all thank you! Question, did you do this video on February 16th? Is there only the New Zealand boat in the water today?
ETNZ: Alright boys. Let’s put up the batwing and mess with their heads.
UK/IT: WTF is THAT?
The Batwing on American Magic didnt frighten anyone. It seemed to be pretty shitty.
@@philipalmond3550 It was more of a joke on how AC teams will do stuff just to create confusion in their opponents rather than it being a viable option. Regarding its viability I have no opinion as I haven’t really looked into it. ETNZ will be working to get an advantage or the perception of an advantage in advance of the AC
That's a pity they didn't have the right to take part to the round "Robin" with their "batwing"
Who said Kiwi's can't fly ! 🔥🔥🔥
Lol emus
The quality of content on this channel is stunning. Thank you
P.S. Be safe
THX! Excelent w the timestamps!
What a machine!
How some see its faster then another?
Looks fast but AM was blady fast.
I hope they blady fast and got a mainsail that is from another space!
Twisting-moving and catch every bit of windpower.
Team N.Z. vorever!!!
Have to come to Aotearoa and visit Friends and grandfathers Farm!
The top of the main has also a wing. Batwings it is
theyve cut the leach back... there is a box measurememt the sail must stay within... the battens extend that out so the actual sail can measure well inside the minimum... tusa tried it
To me it looks like they are trying to reduce sail area and keep within the regulations, perhaps the stays/gaff will have some interesting features that we'll find out about in years to come.
Sembrano veloci... i foil piccoli li tradiranno.
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 🇮🇹🏆🇮🇹⛵ 💚🤍❤
American Magic had something similar. That worked out real well.
LOL
We wouldve seen that though. I would say we would've analyzed that factor carefully in order to make our own sail of similar design. America may have had one but we do it better
Just like the Italian and New Zealand rugby teams use similar boots .. we know what happens when those teams lock horns
Mate, you're giving away TNZ secrets lol
They won't be showing all their secrets, they'll leave the best til last,
Add a bit of sleeping accommodation , new record setter for Sydney to Hobart? Ok maybe a bit more than that but you know what I mean.
Did the condition really warrant reduced sail area or is NZ trying something new? 15-22 is not excessive.
So...the level 3 lockdown is applied to anyone apart ETNZ?
All 3 teams are OK on the water from Tuesday - www.stuff.co.nz/sport/americas-cup/124255053/americas-cup-team-new-zealand-luna-rossa-and-ineos-team-uk-permitted-to-train-during-covid19-lockdown
@D R Lockdown mean lockdown, or to say better: no one can leave their apartments, if not for urgent matters (work, medical health matters). And is also the case of NZ.
Training for the AC is not an urgent matter.
It's all said in the level 3 lockdown explanation of Stuff,nz.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/121049178/alert-level-3-explained-what-can-you-do-if-and-when-the-coronavirus-lockdown-is-lifted
@@eqmcgoon Good, now it's all more clear. Thanks.
Hi Sol ! I am taking my scooter to the city today for a replacement part today. I checked 1st, and it is legal. If Prada cup continues on Friday, then possibly there will be no one at the viaduct.
Mainly cafes and restaurants.
NZ
@@johnmartin7158 Thanks, stay safe.
They have added drag on the main without adding lift, I don't get the bat wing thing.
May not matter too much because what really matters is drag under water. Water is 870 times the density of air.
Drag does really matter above water too, one reason why jib selection is critical.
Larger jib gives more power but, in stronger winds, with resulting higher speeds, the extra drag negates the power gain.
They are inverting the top of the mainsail during high winds to maintain the balance with the foils. The inversion adds tons of drag. Removing sail is less costly.
Looks the business the acid test to follow I'm sure team NZ will prevail.
Pitch interesting angle with this flat foils
Awesome....awesome......bring on the Italians!!!!
Ain't nutting gunna be beating dat by golly no sir no siree you gunna be commin 2nd to dat
Up wind better? Down wind has got to be?
Lashgo Luna Rosa.......Lashgo !!!
dead smooth water - wait till its rough
How enjoyable! Thank you, Justin. Does the yacht have a name? I noticed that mostly the tv crews call the boats by their sponsors name, which I don't like. They are calling Luna Rossa by name now, but still calling Britannia "Enios", and I've always heard this boat called ETNZ.
she is called Te Rehutai
@@taffcourtney127 Te Rehutai means Cool Runnings/peace be the journey 🤙🛶
@@taffcourtney127 Thanks!
@@haydengoodall6767 Thanks!
lets just hope they get it right and only use it in the correct wind range....didn't play too well for AM.
Not fidgety. Testing time. How close can she go?
Do you know what a bat wing is?
Pretty sure that's a new rudder too?
Notice the leech is open top and bottom, and closed down the middle !
twitchy. looks like a fast loose unit
That, or it's extremely puffy. Which it looks like.
Looks like a racehorse. Fidgety. keep sailors alert, for sure.
So chances are high for racing on Thursday? End of temporary lockdown in sight?
It's gonna be Friday then every following day with no stops in between
Wow a Batwing, Peter Burling will be wearing his pants on the outside next.
😂😂😂👌👌👌
Just for reference, in the southern hemisphere we don't call undies pants. Pants are trousers this side of the planet. This is something I found out when buying a suit in London and going to pick up some adjusted trousers and naively stating that I was there to pick up some "pants that had been taken up"...
@@steveobhave Enough to make your eyes water Steve.
I do hope this race isn't settled out of the water as rumoured in the press today. Let us have this decided on the water.
@@mrpaul5726 oh you and I both. I'm a Kiwi but if I had to choose another team to take the mug it'd be the UK. It's about damn time they got to take it home IMO.
Noob question: would such innovation of the batwings be legal in the rules?
Looks like they getting the speed wobbles... GO U GOOD THING.. KIWIS CAN FLY..
chur da boys, TUMEKE. 🤜👊🤛
WARNING, the main reason this boat is fast is it has more surface hull area to catch the breeze, THATS IT .!
Aside of saying "it's fast!" which, in absence of adversaries, is pretty meaningless, I would be more interested to understand if the tip of the mainsail acts as a "winglet" (like on modern aircrafts), helping to reduce vortex, hence reducing aerodynamic drag. Notice the "antennas" on the mast head.. it seems they control the "winglet" tension.
Poca resistenza indotta della penna centro velico abbassato fiocco fuori dalle palle per massimizzare efficienza randa ...se l assetto con le antenne" testa randa lavorante " la facesse funzionare anche con venti medio bassi sarebbe veramente all round...
@@mauriziocanale1669 sarebbe veramente interssante capire quanta differenza fa la "penna magica" con le antenne. Faró un po di ricerca. In ogni caso questa soluzione, mostrata qui nel video, ha tutta l'aria di ricerca e non di sviluppo definitivo.
@@sergio6625 ti aggiorno sulle antenne "fonte Vittorio D'Albertas " sono due supporti per telecamere controllo forma della vela quindi nulla a che fare col trimming balumina in alto.
@@mauriziocanale1669 cavolo, dal video ho l'impressione che la winglet sulla penna prende una forma 'innaturale' come se fosse regolabile, forse è solo un'impressione... grazie dell'informazione
@@sergio6625 in qualche altro modo lo devono pur fare....
Pity they don't have an AIS transponder!
Well done, nice batwing.If we can beat ineos I'm curious to see how many starts TNZ will win.If we put you in the wind you will fly, yes towards the bounderin.And in those conditions the loss is sure, you want to have a fast boat, he wants a motorboat. Forza Luna Rossa. The Italians are coming.
NEWS FLASH: No one will be winning a race against this rocket ship.
the English said the same
We are not the English
will be an extra satisfaction 😜...but jokes aside we still deserve the final 💪🏻
O yes..... Like a patriot..... Like a ineos.....
Be quick is not enough. Ineos is faster then Luna Rossa, but Luna Rossa had almost always a higher VMG, difficult to understand in training. And, when training alone, every AC75 looks like a rocket ship.
Are they running a self tack jib?
I think it's against the rules? Edit: the rule...18.12 Self tacking systems such as tracks or cables traversing from the port and starboard headsail sheeting
positions are forbidden.
Looks like one of her older y style foils on the port side
I guess they can gain comparative data from the mix of new sail and two different foils.
Most definitely not the case, you can see both from the bow in the first part of the video and they are flat.
Team NZ! Already has it in the pocket! Sorry Spithill 😁😍👌👌
Yep...the cup is already yours 👍🏻
@@yecca69 hahaha "touch wood" lol
Careful ,careful counting chickens before they hatch!!
Looks to be some interesting power control going on with this new sail. Is it my imagination or is this bat wing less radical than the one fitted to Patriot.
Damn she is quick. Does anyone know the speed they were even going?
Herald are saying she has been clocked well above race speeds how fast and what wind speeds?? I am guessing higher end of 50knots low 60 knots maybe, lr and Rita were reaching 54 and 56knots in last of round robin races in good wind.
Rumour has it as 57 knots
@@johnmartin7158 I have inside information that their top speed was 61knts
Pushing or exceeding 60 kts is absurd speed and questionable in my mind. Won't there be significant cavitation past the 50 kt mark or can these foil designs handle it? No sailboat achieved 60 kts or higher except the Sailrocket 2, but with supercavitating wedge-shaped foils to achieve it not to mention extreme multihull/rig design.
@@jamesaron1967 Hi James ! I wonder if Team NZ did reach that speed for a very brief time. I don’t know. I remember in the US election, a punter put 3 million bucks on Trump to win, because he had inside information.
America’s Cup Committee: Have you made an illegal Sail?
Team NZ: 🎼🎼 Na Na na na Na Na Na Na 🎼
We say "yeah, nah" in NZ.
@@abatesnz It's The "Batman Song" Bhru.
Was waiting for a hey hey hey, goodbye.
@@walk_in_solo1543 Hahahahaha Very Clever Mate. It's looking like the Italians will be singing this song next week. Bit Early to say who will be singing such song next Month though.