AC45 Design

Photos: Gilles Martin Raget – www.americascup.com / click both to enlarge.
After the high exposure the AC45s got at San Francisco lots of searchs on the web for the AC45 design. In February I made an interview with Mike Drummond, head of Oracle Design team, creators of this machine.
Some discussions here on the tendency to hard pitch pole in high winds but it seems is what all are looking for, fans and organizers alike, and its Ok, excellent extreme show! It can´t get better than this for sure.
But I’m guessing if the design team is re thinking some ideas as promotion is one thing and winning the Cup is a total different game. We’ll see when they’ll launch their AC72…
On monday I’ll publish a technical paper by Martin Fischer on his new A-Class, the ‘MayFly’, confirming I’m not the lone ranger on volume and error margin pitch reducing cruzade (and this from the guru that has designed some of the thinnest racing cat bows, in the past…)
Will try to contact Pete Melvin too for his view.

For more info check:
1) Mike Drummond interview on AC45 Design
2) Discussions on Pitch Pole Frenzy
3) Wave Piercing Explained