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The ship will have a maximum length of 26 meters, a depth of 5 and a displacement of 17.5 tons

The surface of the sail plan is greater than the ACC version 5.0 ships, but not overlapping bow and candles, as in the regulation of AC90 which was developed in 2007, the boat will have a bowsprit.

As a child will shift the AC33 will be more demanding in-bound and gives a brilliant performance in the leg.

The maximum breadth is 4.8 m, much higher than the 2007 boats.

Nineteen unions have formalized their registration for the next edition of the America’s Cup, pending the Supreme Court of New York issued a final ruling in the dispute that kept the Geneva Nautical Society and the Golden Gate Yacht Club, have made public the new regulations for the design of boats for this test.

The AC33 is designed through a series of consultations between the Ombudsman ‘Alinghi’, the Challenger of Record ‘Desafío Español’ and the other 17 teams registered. This process has been led by Tom Schnackenberg as consultant to the rules of the classroom and competition for AC Management.

Designers and team leaders of the 19 registered trade unions in the 33rd America’s Cup have met regularly in Geneva and Valencia, since the design process began in early November 2008.

Best Performance

The group has agreed to develop a ship similar in cost to the 5.0 version of the America’s Cup class, but with better performance. The rules of the AC33 evolved into a boat with a maximum length of 26 meters, a depth of 5 and a displacement of 17.5 tons.

The surface of the sail plan is greater than the ACC version 5.0 ships, but not overlapping bow and candles, as in the regulation of AC90 which was developed in 2007, the boat will have a bowsprit and the surface of the spy will only restricted by the limitations imposed by the sheets, not by measuring the dimensions.

As a child will shift the AC33 will be more demanding in-bound and gives a brilliant performance in the leg.

The maximum breadth is 4.8 m. which may seem large for those who are accustomed to the look of the ships with Version 5.0 because, in many cases, this latest generation of ships ACC not had a much greater breadth of 3 meters.

What can you expect from the new class?

Tom Schnackenberg, consultant of the rules of the classroom and competition for AC Management, explained how the whole process has been and what you can expect from the new class.

“We had a very active 10 weeks developing this new regulation for Class AC33. The process was very similar to the original AC90 and we have deliberately used many of the clauses which had already developed for it 12 months ago. Given our past experience, and we were familiar with the process and everything went very well, “he said.

“At first it was suggested that the boat had launched from the bow and stern, as well as restrictions on his sleeve, but when other designers came on the scene that quickly evolved into a kind of boat identified only by their length, weight, width and maximum draft . This allows simple measurement processes for hull and with each change implementábamos, it seemed that the boat would be faster, “he added.

“In the end it will be a little longer than the ACC version 5.0 and several tons lighter, with a sail area and a similar time lever. It promises to have a similar speed upwind and a brilliant performance in empopadas,” he concluded.

The principal designer of ‘Alinghi’, Rolf Vrolijk, for his part said that “for designers, it is always more exciting to be involved in developing a new class, rather than an existing class and highly evolved, where we only We can focus on a very detailed optimizations. ”

“This is a challenge, because it means starting from scratch and this is a class that is unlike anything to anything else we’ve seen before, so if you do your homework well, you can be competitive. Some teams can be very competitive in certain aspects of the regulation, it will be very interesting, “he said.

The opinion of the Spanish Challenge

John Cutler, technical director of ‘Desafío Español’ view on how the new class can match the potential of computers. “We are talking about a blank sheet of paper and, therefore, everyone has the opportunity to succeed and to design a boat or, possibly, to the fastest boat of all, so we believe that this is a good opportunity for all the challenges. ”

Andy Claughton, design team coordinator for TeamOrigin, the British challenger, said that “creating the new regulation has been a tremendous effort between Alinghi and challenges. The vision of the boat was clearly established: it had to be quick, current and difficult to navigate, and not prohibitively expensive to build and maintain. “