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I’m currently receiving info from some designers & builders that I asked for feedback to see what in heaven Oracle modified to achieve that newly found speed upwind , when I came across this in Sail-World
https://www.sail-world.com/USA/Americas-Cup:-Speculation-on-Oracle-Team-USAs-foiling-system/115070 …
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
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2 questions:
1) Whats the difference between this and the autopilots that are used in short-handed long distance yacht races? (do they have special dispensation rules for short-handed races?)
2) OR required noticably less leeway to initiate the boat lowering in height when foiling when compared to TNZ – could this be the explanation? I previously assumed they had more dihedral and hence the correction was more aggressive.