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COURAGEOUS yacht model America Cup's winner in 1974 and 1977

Courageous is the first all aluminum-hulled 12-metre class yacht, quite conservative in her lines, and very elegant.  Courageous won the America's Cup twice, in 1974 and 1977. In the history of America's Cup, only three boats have achieved this distinction: Intrepid in 1967 and 1970, and Columbia in 1899 and 1901.  

Australia and France were the challengers. The Aussies brought two boats, Southern Cross and Gretel II, the wood boat defeated by Intrepid in 1970. The French again sailed France I.

The Defense Trials were raced between Courageous, Heritage, Intrepid and Valiant. After beating Intrepid in races hardly won, she was appointed official defender. Courageous handily defeated the Australian Southern Cross by four races to one in the America's Cup Match. In the same year Courageous also won the Chandler Hovey Gold Bowl (NYYC).

It's interesting to know that when Ted Hood built a new boat which he thought was faster than Courageous, he sold Courageous to Ted Turner . During the defender trials for 1977 America's Cup, Turner beat Hood, and then went on to successfully won the America's Cup.

We offer this primarily wood America's Cup model Courageous in two sizes:

32" long x 45" tall  x 7" wide 2,950   Shipped with mast collapsed. Shipping and insurance in the contiguous USA included. Other places: $600 flat rate. Setting it up is very easy, as there are hooks and hookeyes on the rope. 24" long x 33" tall  x 5" wide 2,550   Shipped with mast collapsed. Shipping and insurance in the contiguous USA included. Other places: $400 flat rate. Setting it up is very easy, as there are hooks and hookeyes on the rope.

We can ship these models with mast erected for extra $400 and $300.

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Prada’s Space-Age Bid for the Most Elusive Sporting Trophy in History

In pursuit of the America’s Cup, the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team is taking sailing out of the water—literally.

Only four countries have ever won sailing’s America’s Cup, the longest-running sporting competition in history. For more than 120 years, in fact, there were only two contenders—America and the United Kingdom—racing on average every four or five years. But the UK never won; it lost the very first race to the New York Yacht Club’s schooner the America in 1851. Sailing has come far since then.

For Patrizio Bertelli, chairman of the board of Prada and himself a passionate sailor, it’s been a long road since the first Luna Rossa race team was announced in 1997. Five campaigns to challenge for the cup have seen Prada race off against the holders twice, most recently in 2021. But like the Brits, they have never won the “Auld Mug,” as the trophy is known. Now in his sixth campaign, Bertelli’s determination is undimmed.

“It’s the difficulty of winning it that makes the America’s Cup so fascinating,” he says. “It’s unique—a difficult, complex challenge. It involves building a group of highly specialized people coming from different fields, people capable of working together harmoniously for months with very intense rhythms. It’s a difficult mechanism to set up, but even more difficult to manage. It takes perseverance, determination. You can’t give up; you must keep trying.”

For almost all of its history, the America’s Cup was, by its nature, closed off to the greater public. Races were generally held a good way from shore and were stately in pace, though not without their occasional upsets. But in 2012, everything changed with the debut of foiling. Foiling is the use of advanced physics to allow keelless sailboats to fly on carbon-fiber foils above the waves. How’s that? Think of a sailboat as a vertical airplane wing. Wind over the sail creates thrust. But the water creates drag. Lots of drag. The foils, however (space-age hydraulically powered legs cocked alternately depending on the angle to the wind), create enough lift to raise the entire hull out of the water, reducing drag to a minimum. Speeds, of course, rise exponentially—if you can keep it up on the foils, that is. It’s a knife-edge balancing act that makes for very, very good TV.

“In Barcelona, as in the last edition of Auckland, with only the rudder and the side foils in the water, these flying boats are capable of sailing at more than fifty knots,” says Bertelli. “There are no more sail changes, the crew is composed of eight people, the races don’t last more than forty-five minutes, the tactics and strategy are transformed. A whole different world, but that’s the America’s Cup, the most advanced expression of this sport.”

For Max Sirena—a veteran Luna Rossa skipper who has raced in five previous Prada campaigns and is team director and skipper of this, his sixth—the process of harmonizing high-tech equipment with a human crew is a long and delicate process. “The boat is so complex and fragile at the same time,” he explains, “so you need to learn how to use it at its best. In terms of control, we are more advanced than with the last generation of boat. There is way more technology applied to the performance of the boat. We have a better idea on how best to use the boat. The biggest challenge is us. The main thing is to be prepared. The strength of the team really comes out during the down moments. When you win, it’s easy. I spend a lot of time to ensure the team remains strong when things aren’t going our way.”

Space age and transformative for sailing though foiling is, that didn’t prevent Miuccia Prada from following storied nautical tradition back in April and smashing a bottle of bubbly over the bows of the latest Luna Rossa AC75 boat—in this case, using Cantine Ferrari’s Maximum Blanc de Blancs. For fans of the famous Linea Rossa, the red stripe that has graced Prada sportswear since the first America’s Cup campaign, a small collection of technical gear as worn by the team on the water is available online now . This is no mere merch opportunity, however. In partnership with Woolmark, a body set up to protect and promote the use of fine-quality wool, the clothing is made using merino wool. It’s not perhaps the first thing you would associate with such a high-tech sport. But mindful of sustainability, Prada joined with Woolmark to exploit the natural breathability and performance capabilities of merino for wind- and waterproof sailing gear and jersey training clothes that look every bit as good on the street.

Back on the water, currently the America’s Cup boats are nudging fifty-five knots (or more than sixty mph) on a good day, though most sailors will tell you that it’s consistency, not top speeds, that wins races. Sailing at this level is increasingly likened to Formula 1 on water. And the fast new physics of foiling has coincided with huge advances in the media technology to cover it, a move that is bringing new interest from global audiences and luxury brands as sponsors, not least Louis Vuitton, which sponsored the qualifying round robins from the early 1990s until 2017. This year, after a brief hiatus, it’s back and this time it’s sponsoring the America’s Cup itself, too.

“I believe that today, thanks also to Luna Rossa and its six challenges, the fame and the draw of the America’s Cup have increased greatly, and holding it in Europe is certainly an added value,” says Bertelli. “This is why more and more luxury brands identify with it.”

Race days at Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s base, in the harbor of Barcelona, are a family thing. Support staff, friends, and kids gather en masse on the dock’s edge, decked out in the team’s iconic silver-gray gear, waving giant Italian flags and singing along with the Italian pop blasting out of the speakers as the team makes final preparations to Luna Rossa before slipping the lines and heading out to the waters of Barceloneta. While all the teams have their fan base, none, it seems, are louder or more emotional than Luna Rossa’s. You’d be forgiven for thinking this is an Italian-only affair. But while national pride is certainly at stake, building a viable team means drawing on expertise from all over the globe.

“We have nineteen nationalities amongst us,” says Bertelli. “It is unthinkable today to want to form a group with so many specializations and with such a high-level drawing only from a single country. In the regatta, however, they are all Italians except James Spithill, who is in his fourth campaign with Luna Rossa and therefore is truly one of us.” “Jiiimmmeee,” as the mainly Italian crowd hails the Australian co-helmsman of Luna Rossa, is as much of an Italian hero as Francesco “Cecco” Bruni, his Palermo-born counterpart.

In the Louis Vuitton Cup’s fleet races, held from late August, Luna Rossa soared out to a commanding lead on points before a late rally from veteran sailor Sir Ben Ainslie’s INEOS Britannia pipped them. But still, they were through to the semis, which began over the weekend. If, as it appears, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS Britannia face off in the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup, it will be a nail-biter. As we go to press, after today’s racing, the standings are 4–1 for both in their respective semis—the UK against Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli against American Magic Team USA. Each front-runner has to win only one more race to go through to the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup in late September. The semifinals continue Wednesday. And each has ample reason to hope for a win.

For more info and how to view, go to americascup.com .

Nick Sullivan is Creative Director at Esquire, where he served as Fashion Director from 2004 until 2019. Prior to that, he relocated from London with his young family to Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. He has styled and art directed countless fashion and cover stories for both Esquire and Big Black Book ( which he helped found in 2006) in exotic,uncomfortable, and occasionally unfeasibly cold locations. He also writes extensively about men’s style, accessories, and watches. He describes his style as elegantly disheveled.

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Cyclors Make or Break America’s Cup Races

• By Bernie Wilson
• September 13, 2024

It was one of the defining moments of the Louis Vuitton Cup round robin races, when the convergence of oil, guys pedaling stationary bikes and Jimmy Spithill’s wizardry at the starting line left the defending America’s Cup champions as close to dead in the water as possible.

Sailing fans watching the broadcast saw Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli co-helmsman Spithill expertly roll over Emirates Team New Zealand and into such a favorable position that the Italian boat opened a lead of several hundred meters while the Kiwis floundered.

What viewers didn’t see—other than brief glimpses of the tops of crash helmets—were four crewmen known as cyclors pedaling away inside their cockpits. Cyclors have become the working-class heroes of this Cup as they power the hydraulic system the trimmers use to shape the sails.

The masterclass belonged to Spithill but the praise went to the cyclors.

Saved by The Cranks

“All credit to the boys on the bikes,” Spithill said after coming ashore following a heart-stopping broach and a brilliant lightning strike that led the race committee to quickly end the race. Luna Rossa was declared the winner after the Kiwis were given a DSQ after peeling off and heading back to port.

“That start required all the oil we had and will probably ever use,” Spithill said. “To be able to do that is a real sign of strength. We’ve had a few great races and the boys were really able to out-muscle them today and that’s the main goal.”

Other helmsmen have also been quick to praise the cyclors, who are back in this Cup after crew sizes on the AC75s were reduced from 11 to eight.

The cyclors’ pedal power pumps oil to provide hydraulic power that can be used immediately during maneuvers or saved in a 2-liter accumulator. They give trimmers/drivers the ability to get into stronger positions or, sometimes, out bad situations.

“There’s hydraulic oil just like you have in the brakes on your cars,” explains Ben Day, a former professional cyclist who is head of performance for the New York YC’s American Magic.

And what happened that day between Italy and New Zealand required, as Spithill said, all the oil.

Luna Rossa coach Philippe Presti gave the play-by-play of that start that illustrates why the cyclors are so important.

“We had to do a big bear-away and then a big turn-up and we went 90 degrees at an angle just to roll over Team New Zealand and eventually do another turn-up, a hard turn-up with sails in,” he says. “So, this move of itself, it’s just a killer because you have to move all the sails to be able to rotate the boat.

“The equilibrium is very fragile, so if you if you cannot trim the sail, the boat just lands and falls off and that’s what happened with the Kiwis. They had a full baggy sail they couldn’t control and basically the boat landed despite the 20 knots of breeze.”

Meanwhile, Luna Rossa nailed every maneuver and sped off into a big lead.

“That day, I believe the cyclors, the function was awesome and that’s why Jimmy was very happy and praised their effort and the way they operated,” Presti said.

Most cyclors were decorated athletes in other sports, such as cycling and rowing.

“I’ve seen all the hard work our cyclors have been putting in, and when they get going, they’re like a bunch of wild animals,” Spithill said. “It’s frightening actually—they’ve definitely broken a few bikes.”

American Magic’s first victory in the round robins, against Alinghi Red Bull Racing, came with a big assist from the cyclors as well.

Co-helm Paul Goodison, currently recovering from an injury sustained during the second round robin, said that day that the race was stressful because of quickly changing wind speeds.

“The team did a fantastic job of keeping the boat in the air. The cyclors did some incredible amounts of power at times,” he said. “Hats off to those guys for keeping us in the air at moments.”

Day said starts put a lot of pressure on the cyclors because of their difficulty and intensity.

“We see the boats this America’s Cup, the teams are racing them more aggressively. It’s a little bit more tight combat racing and a lot of those maneuvers require a lot of demand from the cyclors provide hydraulic pressure,” Day said.

Another tough situation for the cyclors is racing in unstable winds of six to eight knots, which Day says has happened a lot. “So, at any moment there might be a call for a lot of sail manipulation, which obviously puts a lot of load on the cyclors. It’s been good to see the hard work done.”

At peak moments, American Magic’s cyclors are each generating the equivalent of 1,000 watts, Day said.

“There are quite a few moments where there is a call for a big spike, but throughout the rest of the race, it’s a very stochastic style effort. So, it’s not a matter of like one big sprint and then like an endurance effort after that. It’s a lot of sprints along a long period of time.”

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American Magic helmsman Goodison broke 5 ribs and will miss start of America's Cup playoffs

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — American Magic co-helmsman Paul Goodison said in a social media post Friday that he broke five ribs when he fell into a an open hatch aboard Patriot after racing six days earlier in the America's Cup challenger trials.

The team, backed by the New York Yacht Club, has been largely mum about Goodison's injury, other than co-helmsman Tom Slingsby saying Friday that Goodison was hurt when he “had a fall on the boat.”

Goodison later posted on social media that he was hurt when he fell into an open hatch in the hull while helping prepare the boat for towing back to port after racing last Saturday.

“I was lifting the mainsail across the deck and fell through an open hatch into the hull,” Goodison wrote. “I struggled to breathe after the impact, but the extent of the injury wasn’t fully clear until further examination and imaging at the hospital. I’m now working closely with the medical team to assess my return to racing as soon as possible, while continuing to support the team’s path to the semifinals.”

Slingsby said Goodison won’t be ready to sail when American Magic faces Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals on Saturday, and did not have a timeline for when his co-skipper might be back in action.

“Unfortunately, he won't be with us tomorrow. We are still taking it day by day for when he will return,” Slingsby said at a news conference. “We all wish Goodie a quick recovery and we hope that we can still see him in this competition.”

Goodison was an Olympic gold medalist in 2008. This is his third America’s Cup overall and his second with American Magic.

In the meantime, substitute Lucas Calabrese will remain in Goodison’s place on port helm.

Slingsby said that Goodison was still under medical supervision, but that the team was hopeful he could be back. The team would not say whether Goodison was hospitalized.

“The doctors are with him each day and assessing him each day. He was weighed in for our team, so we are hopeful that he will be joining us again," Slingsby said. “It's a tough one where he really wants to be out there with us, but he is not able to at the moment. It's just going to be assessing how quickly he can feel ready to come back on join us.”

The first-to-five-wins series against Luna Rossa begins Saturday, with INEOS Britannia facing Alinghi Red Bull Racing in the other playoff. That will be followed by the Louis Vuitton Cup finals starting on Sept. 26, whose winner will then face defending champion New Zealand in the America’s Cup finals starting on Oct. 12.

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Where are they now? 6 famous America's Cup yachts

1851 schooner america’s sad demise.

In 1851, the schooner America , sailing for the New York Yacht Club, beat the Royal Yacht Squadron and laid claim to its 100 Guinea Cup. Thus the America’s Cup was born – what is now the oldest trophy in international sport – earning its name from that first winning yacht rather than the country, though the US did go on to hold the trophy for 100 years.

Where is America's Cup yacht  America now?

The famous America's cup yacht America changed hands – and names – a few times after the first historic race, and then wound up in the American Civil War as a Union ship. She stayed in the military as a training ship for the Navy until 1873, when she was sold to a former Civil War General for $5,000 (about $98,000 today). The general raced, maintained and refitted the boat, but after his death in 1893, she was passed down to his son who lacked interest in the schooner and allowed her to fall into disrepair. Despite being eventually donated back to the Navy, lack of maintenance left her seriously decayed. The nail was driven into the coffin when a major snowstorm caused the shed she was stored in to collapse in 1945, and America was scrapped and burned, bringing the history of one of the most famous sailing yachts of all times to a close.

America ’s legacy lives on to do this day, and there are replicas of the schooner you can sail on to relive the glory of this historic vessel. Climb aboard the 32 metre America 2.0 replica (pictured in the inset above) in Key West (November-April) and New York (May-October), or on a 42 metre replica out in San Diego .

1930 Shamrock V is still sailing

J Class yachts are synonymous with the America’s Cup as these slim, graceful beauties once represented the fleet racing for the Cup. The 36.42 metre Shamrock V , commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth and final bid, she was the first J Class yacht to compete for the Cup. The fact that she is the only J Class yacht to be built in wood makes it all the more remarkable that Shamrock V is still floating today.

Where is America's Cup yacht  Shamrock V now?

The Camper & Nicholsons -built J is in pretty perfect condition for a lady of her years. J Class yacht  Shamrock V is currently for sale and looking for a good home. The right owner could sail away on this piece of Cup history just in time as the  J Class yachts make a triumphant return to the America's Cup .

1987 movie star Stars & Stripes still racing

While the film Wind , one of the best boat movies , was inspired by Dennis Conner’s experience competing for the America’s Cup in 1983 on board Liberty , the yacht that was actually used in filming was the 12 Metre type sailing yacht Stars & Stripes 87 . She was called Geronimo in the film, but Stars & Stripes 87 was more than a screen legend. When Conner launched his own campaign, he wanted a culmination of all the Stars & Stripes yachts that came before her, and she was designed to be fast in heavy air. Stars & Stripes 87 wound up being the final 12 metre yacht to win the America’s Cup.

Where is the America's Cup yacht  Stars & Stripes 87 now?

Stars & Stripes 87 can be found in the Caribbean now, able to be sailed with the St Maarten 12 Metre Challenge , giving you a chance to take the helm (if you're lucky) of a real Cup winner.

1988 Stars & Stripes multihulls

Paving the way for the high-performance multihull America's Cup yachts that are redefining the competition is  Stars & Stripes – the catamaran. The first America's Cup multihull yacht, the US team's Stars & Stripes came to be by a cunning interpretation of the Deed of Gift, which only stipulated the challenging yachts be single masted and no more than 90 feet LWL. The result was anything but a true match race, with the much faster, wing-masted multihull Stars & Stripes winning the Cup in 1988.

Where are the America's Cup multihull yachts Stars & Stripes now?

Two versions of the multihull Stars & Stripes were built, a soft sail (S1) and a wing-masted yacht (H3). Stars & Stripes (S1) was acquired by American entrepreneur Steve Fossett and used to set speed records around the world before being sold in 2017 to Key Lime Sailing Club and Cottages in Key Largo, where she is used for day charters and racing. The actual Cup player, Stars & Stripes (H3) was bought by Mark Reece in Naples, Florida and was used for sailing charter trips, but her current status is unconfirmed.

1994 Stars & Stripes once used as a training yacht by Oracle Team USA

America’s Cup yacht Stars & Stripes (sail number 34) is probably most famous for not winning a Cup. It wasn’t because she didn’t perform under pressure, but because she never got the chance. While the 24 metre yacht, designed by David Peddic and built in 1994 by Goetz Boat Works, won the right to defend the Cup, Dennis Conner chose Young America (US 36) over Stars & Stripes . The new choice was no match for Team New Zealand’s Black Magic , which beat out Team Dennis Conner four times in a row.

Where is America's Cup yachts Stars & Stripes (US 34) now?

Famed America’s Cup Stars & Stripes (US 34) is earning a chance to prove herself on the racecourse yet again. She sails out of Chicago, racing against Abracadabra (US 54). After failing to win the Cup in 2000, this iteration of Abracadabra was bought by Larry Ellison, who used her as a training boat for his Oracle Team USA.

2003 USA 76 still sailing in San Francisco Bay

Sailed by the US challenging team in preparations for the 2003 America’s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, USA 76 never made it to the Cup, but she came quite close. Making it to the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup final, USA 76 faced the Swiss Team Alinghi but didn’t come out on top. So the US team arranged for a “rematch” against Alinghi, with two races set in San Francisco Bay. While it didn’t change the results of the Cup, this time USA 76 bested the Swiss competitors twice over.

Where is America’s Cup yacht USA 76 now?

Fittingly, USA 76 resides in San Francisco Bay and is available for sailing. Capture the spirit of the most recent America’s Cup that was raced in the natural amphitheatre of the Bay by climbing aboard USA 76 for a racing adventure under the Golden Gate Bridge.

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America was designed following the pattern of George Steers’pilot boat designs, with a concave clipper-bow with the beam of the vessel at midships, making her not only fast, but seaworthy. She was captained by Richard Brown, one of the group of New York Yacht Club members who had commissioned her build.

On August 22, 1851, he and his crew of eight professional sailors beat their nearest competitor by 18 minutes to take the British “One Hundred Sovereign Cup” yacht race. The race was eventually named after yacht America, becoming “America’s Cup.”

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TEAMS ON THE BRINK ON DAY THREE OF THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP SEMI-FINALS

For two of the most famous yacht clubs in the world, both with winning histories in the America’s Cup, today could see the end of their representative team’s challenges by two clubs that have never won the Cup.

The Société Nautique de Genève, that won the Cup in 2003 and defended in 2007, and the New York Yacht Club that famously still holds the record for the longest winning sporting streak in sports history, having defended the trophy for 132 years, know that any defeat today and their challenges will be extinguished by the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, respectively.

The teams, Alinghi Red Bull Racing and NYYC American Magic both stand on the brink of elimination at 4-0 down in this first-to-five series and, with no room for error, it’s a considerable challenge to stage a come back. That’s not to say that it hasn’t been done before or can’t be done this time – the America’s Cup has a tradition of noble fightbacks from the cliff-edge of elimination, but with INEOS Britannia and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli both performing at a very high level, it’s a tough ask.

Mother Nature often has her say in sailing competitions and today the conditions look tricky. After a morning of bright sunshine with the wind draining off from the north, as the afternoon progresses the forecasters are suggesting a six to nine-knot southerly ‘Migjorn.’ Recent days have seen more, much more, than expected as the velocity of southerly airflow is dictated by a number of variables, including offshore wind patterns and the effects of the mistral to the north.

The Port Vell is a busy place at the moment with an armada of yachts of all sizes in harbour, matched by the crowds at the free-to-enter Fanzones at Bogatell and Plaça del Mar whilst the Official Race Village along the Moll de la Fusta has been thronged with engaged fans thoroughly enjoying the spectacle of the Louis Vuitton Cup on a daily basis.

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Alinghi Red Bull Racing (Port Entry) vs. INEOS Britannia

Now or never for the Swiss, this is do-or-die as they stand on the brink of elimination. Lose and their campaign ends abruptly. Win and it’s game on. Conditions are light and tricky so both boats are on their biggest J1 jibs. After a short delay due to failing the wind-limit, the race got underway with both boats struggling to maintain flight and keeping a very notable distance between each other to avoid the effects of wing-wash.

On the lead back to the line, Britannia gybe on the face of Alinghi Red Bull Racing and set up to start to leeward, forcing the Swiss above the start line. As both boats ducked back behind the line for the final approaches at the port end, the pair wound up and the Swiss were called over the line by just 4 metres and the subsequent 75 metre get-behind penalty could be telling. Long race to come though, and plenty of jeopardy. Britannia holds the initial advantage and up the first windward leg it is all about pressure spotting and keeping manoeuvres to a minimum.

At the top gate, INEOS Britannia leads by 17 seconds and the Swiss split tactics initially down the first run, but at the first cross the British are ahead and gybe to cover. It’s close down this first run, and at the end both boats are sailing high angles to stay on the foils with the Swiss struggling to stay airborne. Britannia round the first leeward gate with the margin up to one minute and 10 seconds but on the first tack at the boundary, the British fall off the foils and the Swiss take full advantage, riding high on their foils through their first tack to seize the lead. The British manage to get up again before the right boundary but then fall off again through the tack. The Swiss build a lead out to over 500 metres as the Race Committee shortened the course legs to a distance of one nautical mile. By the second windward mark, Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s lead was up to a full leg ahead as the British fell off the foils again, copped a boundary penalty and look to be really struggling in the conditions.

For Alinghi Red Bull Racing, welcome news came over the headset that the Race Committee were shortening the course to just five legs but on the next gybe, with the leeward gate in sight, they fell off the foils themselves and now both boats are in displacement mode with the British struggling to get to the second windward mark.

Now it’s a race against the race time-limit of 45 minutes as the wind shuts down across the course with the Swiss less than a nautical mile from the finish. Slowly they ghosted up the final windward leg, sailing super-wide angles to try and build speed. It was looking touch & go as to whether the sailors could will ‘BoatOne’ across the line within the time-limit, but in the final quarter the zephyrs filtered down just enough and the Swiss have a lifeline. It’s 4-1 in this side of the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Final.   

Alinghi Red Bull Racing bt. INEOS Britannia INEOS Britannia lead 4-1

NYYC American Magic (Port Entry) vs. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli

After a short delay for the wind to build in, racing got underway with Magic entering the pre-start box bang on cue to make the cross but both boats are being super-careful to avoid wing-wash and keeping a wide separation.

On the lead back to the line, Magic goes very early and attempts to catch the Italians on a port/starboard which is avoided and at the start both boats dip in from the windward side of the the line with Luna Rossa to windward. Immediately Luna Rossa goes into a high mode with more speed and all the pressure is on Magic on the drag race to the boundary.

Both boats tack in sync but it’s the Italians with the crucial boat position to windward and Magic losing ground before being forced to tack mid-course to clear their wind. Italy and ignores the move and heads straight to the port layline whilst Magic sets up on the starboard layline. The delta is 17 seconds to Luna Rossa and Magic split the tactics downwind. As the boats come together mid-course, neither boat has gained or lost and the helms are looking for the pressure patches further down the course.

Luna Rossa executes the downwind well, keeping manoeuvres to a minimum and rounds with the lead still at 17 seconds. Crucially Magic splits the course and heads right initially on the second upwind which brings them back in contention as they come back on starboard tack and force Luna Rossa to make a huge dip to avoid, during which the Italians get a penalty for a boat boundary infringement that is easily washed off as the boats split sides of the course.

It’s all about the pressure up at the top end of the course now and again there’s a port/starboard incident with Italy getting another penalty for crossing too close ahead. Again the penalty is expunged easily, but at the top mark Magic has the lead with a three second advantage whilst Luna Rossa raises a protest for another close port/starboard incident in the final approaches to the gate. No penalty.

Thrilling race, downwind at the first cross, Magic holds the starboard advantage and cross ahead but give the right side up to the Italians as both boats go to either side of the course before coming back for another cross. This time, Magic has gained a boatlength and crosses ahead to get to the right for the final approaches on the port layline.

Luna Rossa come inside at the same starboard marker attempting to force an incident within the two-boat circle around the buoy and it’s a call that simply doesn’t work. American Magic take the appropriate avoiding action and sail around the outside as the Italians fall off the foils. In these conditions and on a boundary course it becomes almost impossible for Luna Rossa to build speed to re-attain flight and Magic builds an impressive lead of well over 1500 metres. All American Magic have to do is stay on the foils and this race is theirs.

Down the final run, Tom Slingsby and Lucas Calabrese make no mistakes, converting the opportunity with great flight control from Andrew Campbell and Mike Menninger, scoring a brilliant win to keep their Louis Vuitton Cup semi-final hopes alive and take the scoreline to 4-1. This has been coming for a while. Great execution by NYYC American Magic.

NYYC American Magic bt. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli  Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 4-1

America’s Cup : Foilst du noch oder verdrängst du schon? Favoriten verstolpern Matchpunkte

Tatjana Pokorny

 ·  16.09.2024

America’s-Cup-Jagd: weniger Wind, anderes Spiel

Knifflige aufgaben, foiling impossible, alinghi red bull racing kämpft weiter, zu viele penalties für “luna rossa”, start zum youth america’s cup am 17. september, zum replay der halbfinal-duelle im louis vuitton cup.

Den 16. September durfte man am Abend einen kuriosen Tag im Louis Vuitton Cup nennen. In beiden Halbfinalbegegnungen stand es nach jeweils vier Rennen am Wochenende 4:0 für die Favoriten. Alles deutete darauf hin, dass die schon in der Qualifikation potentesten Teams von Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli und Ineos Britannia auch ihren letzten noch fehlenden Punkt in den „First to win five“-Halbfinalserie der Herausforderer zum 37. America’s Cup würden einheimsen können.

Doch mit veränderten Bedingungen – statt der furiosen Sonntagsschau in 16, 17 Knoten Wind wurde nur eine guten Handvoll Knoten an der schnell fließenden Grenze zur Lotterie serviert – veränderte sich auch das Spiel der Herausforderer. Nur jeweils ein Leichtwind-Duell konnte am Montag zwischen Ineos Britannia und Alinghi Red Bull Racing sowie Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli und American Magic ausgetragen werden.

Schon der Blick auf die reinen Ergebnisse verriet, dass es besondere Matches waren. In beiden Begegnungen gewannen nicht die Favoriten, sondern die Teams mit dem Rücken zur Wand. Dabei fielen die Briten schon in der Vorstartphase von den Foils. Dann eröffnete Alinghi Red Bull Racing das Rennen mit einem ganz knappen Frühstart und musste sich zunächst zurückfallen lassen. Es war in der Folge aber für die Briten sichtlich schwerer, auf den Foils zu bleiben. “Britannia” quälte sich in der zarten Brise mächtig.

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Cup-Veteran und TV-Kommentator Peter Lester stellte die Frage in den Raum, ob die Briten womöglich in diesem Bereich einen Anteil für den Erwerb ihrer dominanten Vorwind-Schnelligkeit bezahlen? Leichter tat sich an diesem Tag das Schweizer “BoatOne” in den mit sechs bis neun Knoten angesagten Winden, die eher am untersten Limit blieben. Dabei ging es für die Eidgenossen ums Cup-Überleben: Verlieren sie das nächste Rennen, ist ihre Kampagne abrupt beendet.

In den kniffligen Bedingungen hatten beide Boote naturgemäß ihre großen J1s gesetzt. Beide Teams beschränkten die Anzahl ihrer Manöver aufs Minimum. Am Top-Tor führte Ineos Britannia mit 17 Sekunden Vorsprung. Die erste Leemarke umkurvte Englands Segelstolz 1 Minute und 10 Sekunden vor dem Schweizer BoatOne”. Alles schien den erwarteten Gang zu gehen. Dann aber fielen die Briten zu Beginn der zweiten Kreuz bei ihrer ersten Wende kurz vor Erreichen der Kursbegrenzung wieder von den Foils.

Wir haben es immer gesagt: Bevor du nicht diese fünf Punkte hast, ist es nicht vorbei.” Ben Ainslie

Die Schweizer nutzten den Vorteil, indem sie ihre erste Wende extrem hoch auf den Foils meisterten und die Führung übernahmen. Während die Briten sich auch in der Folge mit dem Foiling mühten, hatte Alinghi Red Bull Racing den Vorsprung auf einen halben Kilometer ausgebaut, als die Wettfahrtleitung den Kurs auf eine Seemeile verkürzte. An der zweiten Luvtonne war der Vorsprung von Alinghi Red Bull Racing auf einen ganzen Kursabschnitt angewachsen. Da fielen die Briten erneut von den Foils.

Eine weitere gute Nachricht erreichte die Eidgenossen, als die Wettfahrtleitung den Kurs auf fünf Abschnitte (statt sechs) verkürzte. Doch schon in der nächsten Halse fielen sie selbst von den Foils. Das Rennen lief nun mit beiden AC75-Foilern im Verdrängermodus weiter. Das war nicht schön anzusehen, blieb aber spannend. Auch, weil eine Weile unklar war, ob die weit führenden Schweizer den Kurs in “kriechender” Weise bei acht, neun Knoten Bootsgeschwindigkeit der sonst leicht 45 Knoten Speed erreichenden Foiler innerhalb des Zeitlimits von 45 Minuten würden meistern können.

Als “BoatOne” schließlich die Ziellinie kreuzte, hätten Erleichterung und Freude an Bord und auf den umliegenden Alinghi-Zuschauer- und Begleitbooten nicht größer sein können. Das Schweizer Team hat seinen Rückstand im Halbfinale der Herausforderer-Runde zum America’s Cup auf 1:4 verkürzt und sich damit mindestens eine weitere Halbfinal-Begegnung mit Ineos Britannia erkämpft.

Natürlich wollen die die Ziellinie gerne mit 45 Knoten kreuzen. Aber acht Knoten sind auch fein, wenn sie einen SIeg bringen. Als nehmen wir den.” Arnaud Psarofaghis

Das Schicksal teilten an diesem Tag auch die Favoriten in der zweiten Halbfinal-Begegnung der Herausforderer-Runde zum 37. America’s Cup. Auch Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli musste sich im Schwachwindrennen geschlagen geben. NYYC American Magic nutzte die Chance zum ersten Siegpunkt.

Nach einer kurzen Startverschiebung, damit der Wind ein wenig auffrischen konnte, segelte “Patriot” danach pünktlich in die Vorstartbox ein, bevor “Luna Rossa” folgte. Beide Crews hatten den Foiling-Stress und das Wettkriechen zuvor beobachtet und agierten äußerst vorsichtig. Sie wahrten große Abstände zueinander, um womöglich lähmenden Flügelschlägen ihrer Gegner aus dem Weg zu gehen.

Zum Start tauchten beide Boote von der Luvseite der Linie ein. Bei anfangs drei, vier Knoten höherer Geschwindigkeit von “Luna Rossa”, eröffneten die Teams ihr fünftes Halbfinalduell mit einem Wettrennen bis zur Kursbegrenzung. Beide Boote wendeten im Gleichtakt, aber die Italiener hatten die bessere Bootsposition in Luv und “Patriot” verlor zunächst an Boden.

Den Piloten Jimmy Spithill und Francesco Bruni und ihrer Crew auf “Luna Rossa” gelang ein weitgehend fehlerfreier Vorwindkurs: Die Belohnung: 17 Sekunden Vorsprung am zweiten Tor. Dann aber gelang der “Patriot”-Crew nach einem Split ein entscheidendes Manöver: Mit Vorfahrt zwangen sie “Luna Rossa” bei der nächsten Begegnung auf dem Kurs, zur Kollisionsvermeidung mit einem raumgreifenden Manöver zu reagieren. Dabei fingen sich die Azzurri einen Penalty ein, weil sie die Kursbegrenzung überfahren hatten.

Während sich “Luna Rossa” beim erneuten Split wieder von dem Dämpfer erholte, kam es oben am Tor wieder zu einer Wegerechtsverletzung. Und wieder kassierte “Luna Rossa” die Strafe, weil sie der mit Wegerecht kommenden “Patriot” beim Kreuzen beider Yachten zu nahe kam. Das Tor erreichte “Patriot” danach mit drei Sekunden Vorsprung. Die Fans beider Teams hielten jetzt den Atem an.

Das Duell blieb packend. Am letzten Tor dann versuchten die Italiener noch, ihre Gegner in eine Wegerechtsverletzung im Zwei-Längen-Kreis zu locken. Dabei fielen sie selbst von den Foils, während “Patriots” Piloten Tom Slingsby und Lucas Calabrese die Marke mit ihrem Boot großzügig und sicher rundeten. Anschließend steuerten sie American Magic fehlerfrei zum ersten Siegpunkt in ins Ziel. Auch in diesem Halbfinal-Duell steht es nun 4:1 für das Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team. Den Italienern bleiben wie Ineaos Britannia drei Matchpunkte.

Die Halbfinal-Begegnungen werden am Mittwoch (18. September) fortgesetzt. Zuvor beginnt am Dienstag (17. September) um 14 Uhr der Unicredit Youth America’s Cup mit den ersten vier Fleetraces für die Pool-A-Mannschaften mit Mutter-Teams im aktuellen 37. America’s Cup. Hier geht es zur Live-Übertragung. Die Youth-Crew vom AC Team Germany ist – wie die Halbfinalisten im Louis Vuitton Cup – ab Mittwoch mit der Pool-B-Flotte erstmals auf dem Cup-Kurs vor Barcelona in vier Fleetraces gefordert. Auch diese Rennen werden dann live übertragen.

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Learn How To Plank The Hull of a Bluff Bowed Wooden Model Ship with this Comprehensive 40 Step Build Guide From Modelers Central.

Planking Tips For Building A Model Ship

Most beginners to model Ship Building have some concerns regarding planking, however, provided that some serious thought is given to the subject so that the principles are clearly understood, then it should not prove overly difficult.

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