New Zealand Youth: From RBYAC to the Major Leagues
Image Gilles Martin-Raget – The Red Bull Youth Americas Cup was a great event, it allowed many young talents to show their skills, and I hope the format can be repeated this edition. Team New Zealand is preparing their the AC45 to go foiling mode, and Peter Burling, who was RBYAC winning helm at SF is looking forward to sail the boat again : …“It will be awesome to get out on the water with the guys on the foiling 45. Last time we sailed this boat we had a great time winning the Red Bull youth AC, it was an amazing experience but back then it wasn’t a foiler,”…
“Foiling will certainly add a new dimension to the crew dynamics and the racing, and that’s definitely one of the things we will be working on at our training camp.”…
Full report by Team New Zealand at emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com/
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