A new era
The launching was a significant milestone – giving the world the first view of a fullsize AC75 since the concept was unveiled in November 2017. It created quite a splash then – I suspect the ripples now have fresh impetus.
There’s plenty to digest: foremost among her features are those dangling, S-shaped arms with their sweeping, Batman-like foils – and the slim T-foil rudder which seems way too fragile for controlling the pitch on a 75-footer flying along at a projected 50 knots.
Equally intriguing is the cockpit arrangement – twin ‘boxes’ separated by a fair bit of real estate. How does the crew shimmy across during tacks and gybes? And what about that sweeping sheer? Viewed from the side, the deck profile from bow to
