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Below American Magic approaches
the buoy. You can see the hull does
have a keel of sorts, although it is
much smaller than that of the other
boats
Luna Rossa ha dimostrato con vento
leggero di potere mettere in seria
difficoltà i kiwi.
Each team has the option of rating three pairs of
appendages, which can be modified later by 20%.
Luna Rossa has only rated two so far, so there is a
surprise in store that will be revealed at the Prada
Cup, when the points up for grabs for the regattas
will start to weigh heavily. Different teams opted for
quite different foils. Combined with the very hetero
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geneous designs of the AC 75s, the de-sign of the
boats become s crucial, much more so than in the
Oracle editions.
Other challengers
Compared to expectations, results for other teams
varied greatly. While American Magic was the sur-
prise of the World Series as well as the only chal-
lenger able to beat the New Zealanders, show-ing
solid performances and hinting at remarkable mar-
gins of improvement, the British were a total disap-
pointment. In fact, the situation for Ineos Team UK,
the team led by five-time Olympic medallist Ben Ain-
slie, seems outright embarrassing. Her Majesty's AC
75 lost all the races, and worse than that, was never
in the game, partly because of the difficulty it had
flying on foils. A problem stem-ming from problema
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tic design choices, and the need to make changes
between boat 1 and boat 2. It is still unclear whether
