Alinghi 5 at Genoa
Photo:Alinghi
First saltwater sail for Alinghi 5 The America’s Cup Defender sailed its giant catamaran, Alinghi 5, for the first time in the Mediterranean.Nice detail photo of hull deck, although at first glance I though it was a “tiny” bow, but it has pretty good volume for an eventual medium rough weather race.
But as mentioned they wanted a calm weather venue and they designed accordingly.
Firts BOR90 amas were not designed for RAK or similar flat water low winds location.
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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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