Alinghi 5: Details shots
Photos Philippe Chaplin
All photos Philippe Chaplin – Published in Sailing Anarchy AC forum
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Dagger, Rudder and a nice…. engine!!! jajaja
Loads in Alinghi 5 will be near 100Tn, it seems they need extra power to control powered winches and other controls, water ballast has been discarded by the designers.
Righting moment is achieved trhough extreme wide beam. Optic fiber and laser were also used as told by Dirk Kramers responsible of Engineering…
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16