New Zealand new boat for the America's Cup



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New Zealand new boat for the America's Cup

New Zealand showed the new AC75, new gem of the historical team. On December 17th with the World Series, the first appointment in a regatta. From January the Prada Cup that will select the best challenger and from March 6 the regattas for the Cup Dan Bernasconi, Head of Design, and Peter Burling said: “We sought the perfect balance between hydrodynamic and aerodynamic performance.

An AC75 optimized exclusively for acceleration and take off would look very different from one optimized for flight and this is reflected in the huge variation we see among our competitors' yachts in the fleet. Te Rehutai is designed to excel in both domains and we are confident it will be competitive across the full range of wind speeds we might see in the America's Cup.

We kept pushing from everything we had learned with Te Aihe. Getting a new toy is always exciting, but we've already passed the excitement point as the next 2 weeks are some of the most crucial to the campaign in terms." Taiaha Hawke of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei explained the meaning of the name: "Te Rehutai: where the essence of the ocean invigorates and energizes our strength and determination.

This time we came up with some options to present to the team so that they could join together to decide on a name that would feel better resonate with them as a team and clearly Te Rehutai has impressed them."

New Zealand new boat for the America's Cup

Grant Dalton and Kevin Shoebridge of Emirates Team New Zealand, said: "These occasions are special because they give you an opportunity to be proud of what has been achieved.

But not for long, we still have a lot of work in the next 4 months if we want to win the America's Cup again. We had been planning the launch date of our racing boat for probably almost a year. So it is truly a huge undertaking that we are launching Te Rehutai today considering we have lost 5 weeks of construction time in the first Covid-19 block.

This is an extraordinary effort, which we have never made before as a team. I cannot speak highly enough of the skill and determination the team has demonstrated in exceptionally difficult circumstances not only for them, but also for our suppliers, sponsors and everyone who has contributed." .