America's Cup: Veteran Grinder tunes into the multihull

9:25 PM Mon 7 Mar 2011 GMT

'AC45 and AC72, crews will have to be fitter and more agile than the ACv5 yachts' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com Click Here to view large photo

Craig Monk, the experienced grinder on Artemis Racing, says the new America's Cup boats are more physically demanding than what's gone before - and he can't wait to face up to the challenge. New Zealander Craig Monk is busting to get his hands on an AC45. New to catamaran sailing, like many of his America's Cup brethren, Monk had a taste at the first Extreme 40 event of the season in Oman. Now, he's hooked. 'I hadn't raced on a cat before Oman, so that was my first experience,' he confirms, saying he's already learned a lot through that one ...

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