Monthly Archives: November 2011

Wings, the Next Generation

By admin | Published: November 29, 2011

Wanna have some fun? Set Paul Cayard loose on the subject of America’s Cup 34, some re-imagined and surprising wing-control mechanisms, and the terrors of San Francisco Bay in full cry. The custom AC72 catamarans of 2013, he says, will be 30 percent more powerful but “much less stable” than the AC45s that sailed three [...]

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Takeaways San Diego

By admin | Published: November 20, 2011

The big show was on San Diego Bay, right off the Broadway Pier, but for those who found it, the big WTF was tucked into Scripps’ Nimitz Marine Facility on Point Loma and scheduled for sea trials soon. Lots of interconnectedness, and more later . . . WTF? Photo by Kimball Livingston Think, computer-controlled wing [...]

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A GAME OF EFFICIENCY

By admin | Published: November 16, 2011

San Diego, California Future Sailing: Imagining a Single-Skin Wing Inspiring as it is, and yes, it is inspiring, to see the one-design AC45s racing in US waters, it stirs my appetite for the custom AC72s yet to come. Baby, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Whenever I do a public program about the America’s Cup, I [...]

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The Meeting, My Report

By admin | Published: November 8, 2011

From the time the America’s Cup landed in Don’t-Call-It-Frisco, plenty of people were wringing their hands over whether or not the 2013 match would really be sailed on San Francisco Bay. No guarantees, but nothing in the proceedings of this week’s meeting of the Design Review Board, Bay Conservation & Development Commission, raised any alarms. [...]

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Luna Rossa Changes the Equation

By admin | Published: November 2, 2011

So, having observed this much, Patrizio Bertelli decides that he wants to play in America’s Cup 34, after all. This could almost be read as a vote of confidence, eh? Especially if you recall a time when the absence of Bertelli’s team was considered evidence, by some, that AC34 was going the wrong direction. And [...]

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