America's Cup: AC45 takes on the Wednesday night racers



9:38 AM Thu 27 Jan 2011 GMT
'The prototype AC45 has a night out in downtown Auckland' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com
After lining up against the regular Wednesday night fleet the AC45 spent her first night on a mooring in Auckland's Viaduct harbour. Although not an official entry the prototype AC45 showed the fleet her transom early in the race, and won by a leisurely 300metres, finishing ahead of the second, but first official entry, Simon Hull's ORMA 60 trimaran, TVS. Aside from her easy ability to fly a hull, the most impressive aspect of the AC45 was her rapid acceleration. After the finish of the race, the AC45 spent the night out on a mooring in the Viaduct Basin, the ...


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by Richard Gladwell





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