America's Cup Defender Analysis

[@robinhodgkinson]

Watching this 2 years later I’m reminded of watching the kiwis rip up the harbour. Still send shivers… what a rocket ship!

[@Andrew-hp7zf]

It’s very unusual to see professional speaking so fluently without video cuts like those of top “bloggers”. Keep Going! Great Work!

[@andrewpeacock8829]

It was, but don't underestimate Adrian Newey - the bloke is a genius

[@EleanorPeterson]

@R.C. Collins- Well said! Er.. you DID say that, didn't you? ;-)

[@istra70]

Obviously Luna Rossa smoothness is the winner. More radical design you have, it become only good for specific conditions. Everything outside of that narrow window of conditions - and the boat becomes a barge.....

[@sea4cathy]

Goosebumps!!! She's so sleek. GO KIWIS!!!!!

[@andrewfogarty9736]

Thanks for interpretation of the ETNZ boat, I agree with some of your points. However I interpret their hull a little differently, a little bit like MrARH's earlier comment. ETNZ have designed and intended for their hull to heal, so the centre skeg and the chine act like the centre hull and outer hull of a trimaran, add in the flared bow rolling over back to the chine which forms a tunnel effect. Once the ETNZ hull gains a little momentum the air starts to rush down through this tunnel and in the process eliminating the wetted surface, which in turn allows the hull to gently lift off the water effortlessly at low speeds as it is assisted by her foils.

[@eddiedoherty2349]

Was waiting for an analysis like this.... Thank you

[@hippodackl1521]

Greatly presented, just plain information without unnecessary effects.

[@wakawaata9268]

The 17th of December, can't wait, America's cup Ackland NZ Waitemata harbour beautiful and spectacular. Go team New Zealand bring home the cup.

[@michaeljames1857]

Seriously the best videos out there on the ac75’s. Your analysis is awesome and like nothing else I’ve seen/read!

[@nine8three310]

The analysis / content on this channel is absolutely pitch perfect - I’m even watching the channel on my 85inch tv

[@Errol.C-nz]

not quiet technically right on a number of points ... entertaining though

[@jamesbong7852]

What relevance does the dimensions of the TV have? Weird...

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Thanks again for great coverage! Looking forward to future reports!

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Looks to me that the NZ hull is designed to ride in ground effect. That not only reduces aerodynamic drag but will also reduce hydrodynamic drag with less angle of attack required on the wet wings. The UK boat went the same way but opted for less efficiency to have some ability to save it from a drop out.

[@TheLDunn1]

Great review again....getting really excited about the up coming competition! Thanks for posting.

[@peterandlesleyvl]

Would love to see some analysis coming through on the rig and sail design on these boats and how they are being controlled.

[@balazra]

Look up “peak torque” he’s an you tuber and engineer.

[@Maze160]

Keep up the good work! really interesting videos

[@michaelcooney7687]

As always an informative and impartial prognosis on the “formula one” on water.... thankyou..😊😎

[@honawikeepa5813]

Kia ora brother. Thanks for the updates.

[@ubdkd]

I have no interesting in sailing.... but I find these boats and this coverage fascinating.

[@ironmantwilliam]

Another awesome analysis keep the Good work we need to get this man and his team more Subs leeeesssgoooo

[@robertcollins403]

Very beautiful boat ETNZ.

[@tonyburton4963]

Nice outline of the differences between hulls. It will be interesting to see how the different shapes work. I suspect they will each have different strengths and weaknesses. Once they are on foil the hull becomes less important. I hope there is some very interesting racing. I hope the Kiwis pull it off.

[@rosstuck3927]

What a thrill to see the boys having real fun and now we can share 😉 the joy ☺️

[@richardwarner1373]

without a foil in the water that boat would still blow over so the beam width they have decided on will not stop that. once it is up on the foil drag is caused by the horizontal part of the foil having to lift the hull. the probable reason for the flat underside is to make use of ground effect like the ekranoplan developed by the soviet union, with that helping to lift the hull the tabs on the horizontal stabilizers can be eased off creating less drag and more speed. the more speed the more the ground effect will be

[@johnwingeatt8694]

The “skeg” is there to displace as much water as possible and make the boat plane on the flat hull as early as possible

[@108hindu]

Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait......!

[@pucash]

This is so exciting!! great video!

[@Errol.C-nz]

it hasnt started yet 🙄

[@camerontait8930]

foil boats are great and have been around a long time, adding foils to the square top sails would be my advantage.

[@peterpehi8307]

AWSOME. BOATS. WELL. DONE TEAM. NEWZEALAND. 2021

[@Pete-z6e]

, awesome, like your enthusiasm.

[@Akira-cd8kf]

Always putting out quality videos. Keep it up! Hope you get monetised soon so you can start making a profit.

[@BoldRam]

I think the kiwis have given up half a knot or so of liftoff speed to gain it where it matters , in foiling mode. There's a minimum wind speed to race and as long as their liftoff speed is lower than that then it would only matter on really light shifty days if they fall off the foil. I think it's certainly helped in conjunction with their new rudder to turn so cleanly and in such a tight radius compared to the others.

[@fuelbasti]

Stay tuned and keep talking. Alles Gute aus HH.

[@alangrant5278]

Great video. I really can’t wait too. 👍

[@leandrompradof]

Amazing content!!!

[@bwc1007]

Great analysis thank you

[@edsinofsky]

excellent. I enjoyed very much.

[@turvyjj9232]

Thanks a lot, very interesting and informative. Because of Bernouilli, it seems reasonable they should go with concave bottom section, and convex bulbous decks. NZ seems to be using that aproach. It would be nice to see an in depth hydro and aerodynamics analysis. Can't wait till December the 17th either. Cheers from Spain.

[@NickOakley]

I wondered whether they'd considered a stepped hull on the British entry (or others) to aid breaking surface contact and acceleration?

[@MrARH]

Interesting to watch TeamNZ at very low displacement speeds, with gentle 5 degree heel (if that). The flat bottom to windward is not in the water. Only the skeg and leeward side hull is displacing water. The windward side is clearly out - with no water drag - an advantage of the flat bottom in back windward quarter of the boat.

[@MrARH]

See for example early in this clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/qonKq3RjjtB6htU

[@tna2me197]

It’s becoming as much a race of design and technology as a tactical competition. Amazing

[@lassemogensen7099]

It as always about design, not tactics. The original Deed of gift talks about a competition between nations to see who can build the fastest boat...

[@NiceTriGuy]

Engaging in a tactical duel with these boats would be potentially disastrous. I expect modified rules for the start to avoid high speed gnashing of foils against hulls and other shiny bits.... ;-)

[@tna2me197]

@@lassemogensen7099 True. But what I meant to say is the rapid and radical escalation of tech and design is exponentially exploding. Tactics on the water have won or lost a race regardless of design. The more radical the design the more compromise there is with regard to variations in conditions. Having enough wind, puffs, wind direction all still play a part

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@lassemogensen7099 The boat does nothing without the sailors. Both sailing tactics and boat design matter. Any race can be lost due to poor sailing or poor tactics, regardless of boat.

[@richardporter4281]

I am confident now bring it on

[@huntGRN]

Having NZL60 sitting there looking pristine is a really cool move. I want the Americans to win but that is just plain awesome.

[@benjoseph260]

I'm an American married to a Kiwi. It's tough.

[@katerinakemp5701]

@@benjoseph260🤣🤣🤣 poor guy.

[@jameslittlewood7663]

Great stuff as always. Also, love the background: muddy creek somewhere, funny little boats. V English!

[@chrisapphillips]

Looks like Warsash?

[@abatesnz]

@@chrisapphillips I thought he was out here in Auckland, NZ but I can't think where that would be.

[@chrisapphillips]

@@abatesnz It was the two orange lifeboats (in the background at 0:59) up in the air at the end of a long walkway that made me think of my home village, Warsash. Opposite bank of the River Hamble to Hamble and home of the Maritime College.

[@metizio007]

These aren't just sailboats, they're gliders that rest in the water. Having a very aerodynamic load bearing structure could not always be an advantage if you are forced to be constantly engaged and maneuvered. Best wishes

[@mitchand9]

This kinda seemed more about the defenders and comparing their boat to the others but less about the other boats. Sure you can call the home team favourites on home waters but from what I've witnessed up to this point. The Brits seem better all round than the other teams. With the others it's either good speed but less stable or vice versa. The Brits seem to have speed, stable and maneuvers down to a tee. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone with that point of view. Probably the only kiwi with that view but still.

[@redsevenski1478]

Would be better if there was more footage of the boats, especially side by side to compare canoe bodies, than the hamble river

[@gaius_enceladus]

Excellent analysis!

[@robertbaird4822]

As a KIWI,from what we have seen ,the new boat is a lot faster than the old boat,now that's a worry for the opposition,

[@TheDarkFalcon]

@ 0:36 I thought you were using really old footage, but then realised that is the old Black Magic boat on display in the background from around 2000. Footage looked like they were launching Black Magic 😅

[@franzfanz]

NZL 60. NZL 32 is on the opposite wharf and the Aotearoa is on the side of the team base. It feels good to have all three of our winners on display now. Looking forward to having Te Rehutai take its place alongside those boats in March.

[@wirksam6754]

Thank you for your interesting and professsional analysis.

[@emma-eventing]

great video - such incredible designs!

[@wertfreund2480]

I love those foils and 2013 and 2017 AC was the best and most puristc series in this series in those catamarans so far! But these actual monohuls with foils look like before on hot surface! 🙈

[@mich8261]

Luddite here, what happened with everyone’s first boat? I saw a few other videos unveiling second boats. Is it an enhanced design? Thank you

[@MrBugleboyb]

You didn't mention the foils !

[@Jordan-ws6jy]

Another great video! One thing that I've been waiting for some comparison on is the extremely different top side shape. In that the top side of te rehutai starts to taper off a lot earlier, thus having these 2 cockpits. This to me was the biggest difference in their design vs the rest of the competitors. Any thoughts on this please?

[@federicoxcc4966]

It's literally a jam of the other three boats

[@rjh6037]

The defeat of TNZ in Sanfran wasn't 'humiliating'....it was literally Rich Boy Larry sending in his goons from Warkworth over to USA where they installed an illegal hydraulic component. Obviously such technology had been agreed as being totally outside the rules, but Oracle left themselves a loophole in the rule book as an insurance policy. This meant Oracles hydraulic last moment gear swap out was able to be classified to be non-hydraulic and TNZ essentially may as well been up against an outboard motor. TNZ will never admit this because they do not want to be considered sore losers. But this people is what happened.

[@Gottenhimfella]

You are mistakenly buying into a misunderstanding by Peter Lester, who (in a fit of fanboi pique, being at the time somewhat "tired and emotional") used the megaphone of his commentary of the crushing final race in San Fran to air his frankly bonkers conspiracy theory about the "Herbie". The boats were regularly scrutinised and measured without warning, and the hydraulic device in question had been cleared with, and tested by, the measurers and rule experts, and was in the public domain. It was not fitted at the last minute; that juicy detail was the result of a round of Chinese whispers. It was there for most if not all of the final series. The problem was that lay people who did not understand the concepts involved misinterpreted the intent and the capability of that mechanism, which was essentially a clever piece of thinking to enable the helmsman to preselect a new angle of attack for the foil (I seem to recall it was by a succession of button pushes, each representing a half-degree change) and then direct his attention elsewhere. The foil would meanwhile carry on pivoting forward or aft, unsupervised, as oil became available, until that preselected angle was reached, when it would stay put awaiting further changes. On other boats the helmsman had to monitor the foil angle as it pivoted, and keep a finger on the button, until it reached the new desired angle of attack. If the other teams had understood the Oracle solution, they would have (and in some cases may have) copied it, it was not in any sense rocket science and was largely mechanical rather than electronic. The conspiracy theory into which you have been gulled reminds me of the person buying a motor home and mistakenly thinking the cruise control was intended to permit them to wander back from the wheel and make a cup of coffee. Then suing when things turned to custard on the freeway. Almost certainly a mythical story but it is, I think, quite apt illustration of how easy it is to grasp the wrong end of any hatchet. Oracle were very likely capable of forming the intent to cheat in the way you describe, and in fact they had cheated in the smaller foiling cats, but there was no way they would get away with any stunts of this magnitude in the main event, especially after getting caught for the other misdeed.

[@rjh6037]

Gottenhimfella - I don’t listen to PL, ever. I was at the Bermuda winners after party, and I know a few people. What you hear and what I hear appears to be different but I’m confident in my information pipeline. Dont get me wrong, Oracle was very very clever in how they did it, and of course dummie Dalton giving a freebie prep day (against other TNZ executives instruction) fell in to Oracles hands.

[@fabmanly1070]

Garbage.

[@Chris.Davies]

It should really be renamed the New Zealanders' Cup, because that's what it is.

[@garymaxwellian9085]

I don't think the Kiwis are thinking displacement nor wet surface area at all. They're confident of remaining in flight.

[@Gottenhimfella]

But there are some manoeuvers, particularly in the pre start but also in lulls, which could force them off the foils. But they seem to have figured out that the righting moment added by the raft-like underbody gives them enough of an increase in drive force to more than offset the extra drag from its wetted surface. It further seems this is partly because they take off by lifting the back-end first, presumably by raking the rudder to generate lift from the tail plane foil at its bottom.

[@dwightestrella563]

Great presentation... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@alloomis1635]

do they hold races when air too light to fly?

[@MrLawc]

Interesting :) Good analysis :) I think you could also address the low airfoil shaped deck . With the low sail. Also the high sides that covers the crew and separat low pressure on the deck and high pressure under the boat . Br .

[@billhanna8838]

First one up on there foils wins - full stop , Kiwis going for pop up - bang and away .Close tacking at 45 knots is going to be fun .

[@aloysiusjones3985]

... you win you make the rules ... Great.🇦🇺

[@jamesnield]

If after the racing on Dec 17th it shows up problems with the boats, will they be permitted to alter the hull shapes at all?

[@brucefale6132]

No. It takes years to design these boats. You can't alter hull shape over night. You putt all your eggs in one basket....it either works or it doesn't.

[@pedrosimonsen9320]

It is a pretty good analysis of the boat, but wouldn´t make more sense to analyse the foils as the boats spend 90% (I guess) of the racing time riding on the foils? So far I have not seen one good analysis of the foils and their characteristics... Doesn't it make sense?

[@PlanetSailOnline]

Stay tuned.....plenty more analysis to come

[@ben3989]

This is good stuff.

[@charlesdoane8773]

Great job Matt! I'm really enjoying these. Very informative. BUT you didn't discuss the foils here. The Kiwis look also to have foils that are shaped differently from the others. And given the goal is to sail as much as possible with the hulls out of the water, this must be at least as important, if not more important, as hull shape.

[@Horologiist]

Maybe yes and no here. Footage from training sessions shows the american boat is flying her stern higher above the water, what seems to makes her hull acting like a wing too. Dont know if im wrong here, but at the expected speeds this machines will sail at it may put into account too. Because when it comes to turns it looks like the hull isnt plunging that often into the water than the other boats do.

[@martinlewis3929]

How does Team NZ decide which boat to use as the defender in the AC final? Do they race off? Against themselves or others?

[@Errol.C-nz]

boat 2 te Rehutai is their defender boat... boat 1 te Aihe was the boat 2 te Rehutai is their defender boat... 40' te kahu was their prototype practice boat... 70,000 hrs to build ea of the ac75s

[@martinlewis3929]

@@Errol.C-nz ok thanks. One other Q. If boat 2 is now the defender why is it racing in the challenger/Prada series? As the defender doesn’t it meet the winner of the challenger/Prada in the final? Sorry to ask but I’m a newbie to AC.

[@Errol.C-nz]

@@martinlewis3929 this isnt the challenger series... this is the lead up... & like the American series with the cats & way prior cups... the defender is included in the pre-challenger preparations racing... this is informal practice... not racing more stand off jostling... then the Xmas races start about the 14th... 2 races agaonst each other... each day... the challenger series begins with the America's Cup World Series Auckland between 17 - 20 Dec 2020 followed by the PRADA Cup from 15 Jan - 22 Feb 2021 and the 36th America's Cup Match from 6-21 March. www.aucklandnz.com/36th-americas-cup

[@martinlewis3929]

@@Errol.C-nz ah ok. TNZ get to play with all the challengers in the pre World Series practice races but when the WCS & Prada cup come about TNZ are not involved but they do face the winner in the AC final. That about right?

[@Errol.C-nz]

@@martinlewis3929 etnz are in the pre xmas world series but not prada cup in Jan

[@robertcollins403]

The boat to beat, but they can't beat.

[@keithc5729]

I'm leaving a comment to help the chanel.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

No attention is given to the one thing that makes it all possible: the new composite materials. No metal could ever carry a 3 ton boat on a small thin blade just like that. Especially not when tremendous forces are put onto it, not just for lift but also sideways. Otherwise, we would have had this kind of thing ages ago.

[@Gottenhimfella]

That's not the case at all, in fact the foils are milled from ultra high tensile stainless steel. It would make no sense to substitute composite construction. To match the strength, while this would certainly be lighter, it would have to be thicker. The lightness is a disadvantage because the foil blades are required to act as ballast, and the thickness is a disadvantage because it creates drag. The foil arms are different story, because thickness is not an issue and lightness is paramount, so composite construction was the optimal solution -- but it would have been viable to fabricate them from metal like the wing spar of an aircraft, albeit with a slight weight penalty.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

@@Gottenhimfella It only shows that material science needs to be developed much further even if it is rather advanced today as it is. Tesla got the best material scientists for a reason.

[@michaelsaayman2802]

No longer a sailing challenge rather a hydrofoil challenge

[@brucefale6132]

If you need the wind...then it's still a sailing challenge.

[@michaelsaayman2802]

@@brucefale6132 I watched a video of the new boats and for 20min the hull did not touch the water. Not sailing rather hi tech push button stuff. Rather prefer the old days where skill and seamanship led to winning.

[@brucefale6132]

@@michaelsaayman2802 it's the 21st century....either keep up or get left behind in the stone age.

[@bittersweet340]

They design a boat for their own conditions and how they want to race... home advantage is an assets

[@dylanlynch8060]

anyone know if the christmas cup is a fleet race or round robin match races

[@Errol.C-nz]

round robyn... each boat races each other twice... 2 races each, each day

[@Elliottdjames]

Nz was not ahead in san Francisco with their design at all, they were way ahead with boat handling and practice. Oracle finally figured out how to sail their boat and absolutely crushed them. Nz definitely crushed in 16 though.

[@danielhughes6896]

It's the foils that matter, all this focus on the hull shape it kind of missing the point.

[@pepijnbevelander7479]

No the hull is quite important because it's expected that flight speed will be very similar but that it will be a race who gets on the foils first

[@danielhughes6896]

@@pepijnbevelander7479 In the last cup it was boat speed once foiling that mattered, because everyone was foiling pretty much all the time. And there was large differences in performance between the boats once on the foils, no reason it will be any different this time.

[@CheersWarren]

Hi what do you know about the flight control systems? Are they computers and sensors or is it some sort of manual /hydraulic system? What do rules allow.? What about the lifting foils how are the differences there important ( fast lift vs higher speed performance?) How OD are the sails ? Or are that essentially using the same designs ? Do the hull shapes really matter much if they get foiling quickly , then is all on the foils. So if you foils So if your foils are hi speed once foiling is the speed gain more important that how quickly you start foiling? Many issues!

[@brieucvand]

The rule stated that no computer can act on the foils, only human input. And apart from the speed of the boat, there is a mandatory delay between the measured data and their display to avoid hybrid autopilot and bypass the rules

[@johnmartin7158]

Interesting points you make. Perhaps hull shapes will matter a lot. Otherwise the 4 boats would not go down different paths. NZ boat from what I read can get up on its foils in extremely light winds extremely quickly. They are obviously extremely confidant of staying 100 💯 per cent on the foils for the duration of the race and being extremely stable. Hopefully someone can make an in-depth video Eg. 30 mins to 60 mins on the points you are making. Auckland. NZ. John.

[@3210hej]

@@brieucvand even if they are restricted to human controls i find it likley that the human get help from a computer aggregating much data, i think NZ had a system like that last time around

[@brieucvand]

@@3210hej they had but it is not possible this time, because of the delay this method isn’t relavant anymore

[@Clipper_Damez]

The only similarities between Te Rehutai and Britannia is that they both have sails. Their hulls are as different as night and day, even in appearance alone.

[@garyhenry1868]

The text blocks too much!

[@davesmith5656]

The boats look like waterbugs with mohawks. (Sorry, couldn't resist. I like the old-fashioned sailboats that stay in the water.)

[@lindsaytewhare3261]

To hard to call who's going to win the cup at this point & time. The way these monohull look, the way their designed & the sleekness any of these boats, any team could possibly win. Seen them testing their boats on the water man they can boogey the speed these boats are capable of doing is amasing. Apparently Te Rehutai can reach up to speeds of 90k's+ that's crazy az speed. Being a patriotic Kiwi ill have to go out on a limb here & say ETNZ, Te Rehutai looking good to win the Cup again. Touch wood go ETNZ, Te Rehutai, Mauriora

[@Errol.C-nz]

Based on ??

[@dulls8475]

90 ks plus?????????????????????????

[@mitchand9]

I'm with Dulls on this one. 90ks+? So they're doing 90+ kph but under 100kph? Lmfaoooo

[@billhanna8838]

If any touch the water in the race - they lose , Touching = 15 knots - Flying = 50+ Knots

[@rgarri6396]

Sad to see boat gone and foil crafts in

[@MakaiMauka]

T-bone pre-start, first race.....

[@FelonyVideos]

The hull design is designed as a water/air interface keel, different from a submerged keel design. The assumption is that the boat suddenly falls off the outright and has to float a bit before resuming flying. The outright foils are are a bad design, and will make the boat more unstable, and not faster than an integrally stable solution. Because they are using stored energy in the form of batteries already, an active adjustable foil under computer control could remove all but 1 crewman. If you are using batteries, which I consider to be far outside the spirit of sailing, you might as well actively run the entire boat, sails and all. Hell, you might as well strap a shuttle SRB to it while we are exploiting on-board stored energy.

[@danrelling823]

I feel like 4th place will be the british, 3rd will be the Americans, 2nd the Italians and the kiwis will hold onto the cup. Just from what I’ve seen boat speed wise on the water so far. Also the british have the most radically shaped foils. Everyone else is ver conservative. Time will tell though right 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@alessandroantinori5721]

yeah, USA and UK are on the same philosophy, ITA and NZL are also similar. So if the challenger is not ITA, NZL loses, if it's Luna Rossa, NZL will win Vinceraaaaa

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

@@alessandroantinori5721 chiaro che ci speriamo di essere i primi a portare la coppa in Europa

[@colingenge9999]

Skeg!!!! Why on earth are you calling it a skeg when it’s clearly a keel????

[@Box52222]

The US boat Patriot looks very fast. Also don't underestimate sailing skill, picking shifts, etc.

[@WackyNZ]

Shame our boarders closed Akl will miss the influx of visitors. Go team NZ.

[@tnz92]

Plus, what about our team?

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Please see the previous video in the series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXnGg59_mdZnZ7M

[@kimmarsh5387]

how fast ?

[@tevaholyman8987]

50 knts +

[@kandkob]

Team NZ have designed their bottom around 100 % flight time. The others not so confident!

[@Errol.C-nz]

take a closer look

[@kandkob]

@@Errol.C-nz At what?

[@dougandtrishhatch1738]

Bring back the mono-hulls !!!

[@JustInvertedFpv]

These are monohulls.

[@davejentsch824]

and woodies in tennis, and ditch all the F1 improvements since the 60's, maybe outlaw carbon fiber across the board, even get rid of the internet for communication, dump the ripstop - come on man - this is exciting stuff!!!

[@JustInvertedFpv]

@Aubame Pierre I feel like if you sat in one of those cars and tried to drive it, you wouldn't still be saying that.

[@JustInvertedFpv]

@Aubame Pierre Maybe but if every driver had an identical car to Hamilton I doubt they would all cross the finish line at the same exact time right?

[@doombydylanplayz8243]

By the thumbnail o thought it was crew 2 lmao

[@cardinia1]

Chur bro for talkin us UP but tell ya what Aotearoa needs some lovin, ahem, don't mention RUGBY and following seas I am scared stiff of that codes future for real bro. So we grab the love from any place at this stage. what,s that CRICKET ya reckon, YEEEAH right! Sail on Aotearoa whoever that company is Emirates you say?

[@johnryan2193]

Are there any Maori on board ?

[@brucefale6132]

Does it matter?

[@katerinakemp5701]

Why just know its kiwis even a honorary oz kiwi.

[@mitchand9]

Yep. The hull.

[@InshushaGroupie]

The more I heard about Ainslie, the more of a legend he becomes.

[@peterxyz3541]

Here’s a geopolitical question: since China is so desperate to project soft power, where is their team? China has billions to throw at influencing world opinions.

[@brettmciver432]

Keep the cup at home boys where it belongs

[@andrewsage7353]

It might be fast but fm it’s ugly. I get that NZ is a decade behind style wise but how bad is that paint scheme.

[@owenson2611]

Cant beat Nz let's go!

[@tonyward2101]

There are other reasons for steps - perhaps with the goal generating lift more quickly on Rita, it’s slightly different than the argument made here about gradual transitions See aeromarineresearch.com/steps.html