America's Cup: From Opti to AC45 - the stuff of dreams

10:39 AM Thu 28 Apr 2011 GMT

'Tim, William, Leonard on Oracle Racing&rsquo;&rsquo;s AC45. Does it get any better than this??' Gilles Martin-Raget

From Opti to AC45 - the stuff of dreams - an Optimist sailor writes of his America's cup experience On a damp Wednesday morning on 27th April 2011, six excited young sailors - selected from the recent 2011 NZ Optimist Nationals - were lucky enough to be invited to crew on the AC45. We met at 0900 for an introduction to the boat by Oracle Racing's Designer, Mike Drummond. We learned many facts and figures on the mammoth wing-sail and its design origins from the C-Class. We then changed ready to hit the water for the sail of a lifetime. ...

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