Luna Rossa Foiling AC45 x 2
Click Image for Video. Source and details at Luna Rossa. Next step on one of the Milestone design in Sailing History. When The AC45s were launched I thought they wont stand +25knots with ease, but the design proved that it could handle 30knots breeze with ease and also provided some of the best fleet racing ever seen in any class.
Now Luna Rossa makes both their 45s fly. As previously Oracle & Artemis did.
Next ACWS 45s series should and surely will be done in flying AC45s, but nothing confirmed officially yet
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