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SVN Solovelanet Global
Below are the Maori, the famous
New Zealand aborigines who
originated came from Polynesia by
canoe and have now become a
symbol of New Zealand. Below a night
view of the skyline of Auckland, the
sailing city preparing to welcome a
new edition of the America's Cup
solutions adopted by the oth-er challengers. Are
they good at getting the best out of every project
or are the other teams lagging behind in their ability
to synthesize? We will only know in March. But the
hard fact is that for now the Kiwis have only lost one
race, against American Magic, and had a hard time
only against Luna Ros-sa in a light wind. Otherwise
they looked bulletproof. Factor the possibility that
their performance will inevitably improve, and you
can imaginte that Max Sirena, Therry Hutchinson
and Ben Ainslie will not rest easy in the upcoming
months.
What sort of Prada Cup and America's Cup we
can expect
With the new AC 75s, making predictions is not easy.
We have not yet seen how these boats per-form in
a wide range of conditions, but we have seen them
race in an approximate wind range of 8 to 15 knots.
We don't know yet what is going to happen when the
wind picks up from 18 knots to over 20, a situation
in which these boats are rumoured to to break the
50-knot wall. It seems that Team New Zealand has
even reached 56 knots, although the news could be
designed to put pres-sure on the other challengers.
