Yachting World

MATT SHEAHAN

‘On the AC75s you’re sailing on a knife edge’

Anyone who has sailed a high performance boat with a large asymmetric kite will know how easy it is to look good when you can go where you want on the downwind leg. The problems start when someone else comes charging in and forces you to do something you were not ready for.

So, when the America’s Cup World Series gets under way there will be

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