BAR Launchs their AC45 ‘F’
Image BAR – This shot is revealing on the height the AC boys are flying. If the Nacra F20 felt too high imagine a ride not on the AC45 but the AC72? The platforms are bigger & different, thus the feeling might not be the same, still flight ‘altitude’ is one to respect.
While Oracle / Artemis are on the Turbo versions , BAR & Groupama are in the ‘pre historic age’ first 45 foiling steps. Nevertheless it might interesting to know how the new Aero and beam/case placement mods affects final performance on a matchup between OR/AR AC45 ‘Turbo’ vs the spartan BAR/Groupama version.
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