The Boat to Beat - Kiwis Reveal Their AC75

This is the boat you need to beat if you want to win the America's Cup.
It's hard to over emphasise the importance of Emirates Team New Zealand's AC75. This is the one boat that is guaranteed to be at the America's Cup Match in October this year. This is the target for all five of the Challengers. And this is a boat that doesn't push at the extremes, at least not when it comes to her appearance on the outside.
Emirates Team New Zealand's decision to wheel their new AC75 out of the shed at their home base in Auckland caught even the locals off guard.
Following just days after Alinghi Red Bull Racing wheeled their new machine out into the open, the Kiwis went one better and went sailing shortly afterwards. They might have been second to open their doors but they were first on the water and while they might not say it publicly, it's highly likely that this meant a lot to a team that tries hard to think of themselves as Challengers.
Matt Sheahan takes a look at the Kiwi launch and considers how it might fit into the new fleet of AC75s.
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[@patrickflanagan317]

With the Americas cup and the Olympics on, what a feast us arm chair athletes will have!! Go you good thing ETNZ !!

[@ohnean1]

Thank you for an early rundown n your thoughts on the newest team NZ AC75, between you and Mozzy sail, I feel I'm getting the most accurate, knowledgeable and up to date info on all the new waka and their perceived plusses n minuses ... indoctrinated in '83, been a junkie ever since !!

[@johnmartin7158]

Mozzy Sails in the next few days will have the engineer on explaining hopefully in full detail the Kiwi boat. One of the 3 is an engineer and I’ve forgotten his name. Cheers.

[@jakethemus4321]

I love this, Alingi with their wonderful exciting (doof doof) unveiling party, now Luna Rosa beautifully extravagant unveiling, but the kiwis - few blokes standing around with their arms folded (bloody beautiful boat mate...) basically saying next to nothing. So bloody typical really, they'll probably come close to/ or take it out again. More reason for the world to be frustrated with the Kiwis when is comes to AC

[@scottdawson1607]

Can't wait for the AC to start go kiwis

[@michaelhoran407]

Wow! Magnificent America’s Cup entry by Team NZ!😮😊

[@bradclifton5248]

Even the last AC did not see Te Rehutai at full noise due to weather conditions through the cup series.

[@nine8three310]

Agreed! We never saw her true performance. I feel she also wasn’t configured correctly for the series against Prada.

[@bradclifton5248]

@@nine8three310 yup. Have pre good evidence to suggest she was doing close to 55knots post regatta. Maybe more. Love to see them do a speed run in one of these around NZ in a good weather window.

[@MitchCampbell-by9bc]

Keep up the good work Matt, good still see you still love us kiwis.

[@nooneanybodyknows7912]

Here, because of Parlay Revival. Seeing Toyota as a sponsor only sweetened my support. Good luck, Kiwis.

[@user-vv6gj8fq7n]

Watchout slow small dolphins in the waitimata looks deadly fast

[@billhayward1585]

Thanks for your reply Kiwijono. I totally agree with you. The new boats are very exciting and it sure opens up the sport to people who would not be watching 12m boats. Its kind of like Nascar on the water. As I get older I don't like change. Keep the America's cup for the 12's and have a Kiwi trophy for the Foil boats. When I was a kid back in the 60's we had a friend who was Commador of the NY Yacht Club. He let me lift the Cup. Didn't really understand its importance at the time. All the Best Bill

[@markbailey6051]

Wow!

[@rustyone7299]

Looks like a refinement of the previous boat

[@johnmartin7158]

And more radical. Looks a ripper of a boat.

[@ScottSummerill]

It has been reported that the foils are from the old boat. The Alinghi event was ridiculous. NZ did it right. Concerned that so much time on the water will be lost in shipping the boat to Barcelona.

[@johnmartin7158]

You might have a point, but they’ll still got more than adequate time.

[@nine8three310]

The foils look like the foils off Te Rehutai.

[@jasonpickens9839]

Mozzy Sails thinks they are. The rules allow it.

[@hakaharvey321]

Te Rutehi go you sweet thing

[@BARCELONAYACHTING]

Beautiful boat! I want to see it sail in Barcelona! 💫

[@J.Smith-rc6wh]

They have already lost the cup by defending overseas, hope they win it back and defend here in NZ again, so we the home fleet can be part of the action again

[@OGillo2001]

it's miles away pal...

[@antsbull3370]

if they didn't take it overseas, ETNZ wouldn't have been able to continue - it was a good move by Grant Dalton, that ensures ETNZ actually have the funds to last and retain the core team, the design guys etc - otherwise it would've been similar to 2003 when it all fell to bits

[@fvingerhoed]

That's the first AC boat after the 12M that looks stunning

[@barfootSmitty]

Yellow lines, nice.

[@johnharimate8220]

Korea Johnny Blaze here I reckon teem now Zealand should build the deck out of Ae sail like materials or ae

[@dmurphy1578]

Let’s goooooooo

[@jaysdood]

Those are last cup's foils.

[@johnmartin7158]

Mozzy Sails gave the explanation on that.

[@jaysdood]

​@@johnmartin7158 Yep I know, just dropping it here for those that didn't watch Mozzys video because this video didn't mention it.

[@johnmartin7158]

@@jaysdood ✅💯

[@antjetautkus5506]

Super Go 🥝 go 😊

[@jamescoote2957]

Those foils are from the last cup

[@chrisw5483]

So sad ETNZ let greed take over as well as grant daltons ego and us kiwis will miss seeing our home team defend the cup.

[@sbrunner69]

There is thing called an airport.

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Tangaroa approves.

[@dulls8475]

I dont know why the other teams turn up...

[@billthomas7644]

Those foils look like they are from Te Rehutai.

[@johnmartin7158]

They are the old foils.

[@andrewwiffen1900]

Why can't they fly it to Barcelona like Magic did?

[@Mariz650]

not sure if you can call this things boats

[@L8rCloud]

She's beautiful! What's her name?

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Tu tonu!

[@billhayward1585]

these boats look somewhere between big lizards and dragon flies. I understand this makes the Americas Cup more exciting but I still would prefer the 12metre.

[@kiwijonowilson]

Not for me this sort of cutting edge development has got me interested in sailing again! Team work & strategy sailing these beasts is definitely still critical too. Seems to me they appeal to a wider audience. Sure I do miss the longer strategy game a bit that we saw with 12m and would prefer longer races but then I would much rather have the new format overall.

[@jameshannon2980]

The America's Cup is not what sailing should be anymore. Crew work, men 100 feet of the deck fixing a problem, reading the wind and a battle of wits has been replaced by boats that "fly". What is next, putting motors on the boats. I follow the Cup but long for the 12 meter and America Cup class boats. These new "boats" have taken much off the charm of the America's Cup from the event.

[@helpmehelp3009]

New Zealand are light years ahead of the rest, dont think the yanks will get better than third, with Italy 2nd. Maybe England in the top 3 but I've nothing on the UK boat at all. SHOULD BE A GREAT CUP REGATTA.