America's Cup: AC45 Testing Day Two - 25+ Knots

11:45 AM Wed 19 Jan 2011 GMT

'Auckland (NZL) - 34th America’s Cup - AC45 trials' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com Click Here to view large photo

Day two of testing in New Zealand and the team was confident enough to put the AC45 catamaran through its paces in 25 knots of wind, with spectacular results. With squirrely strong puffs gusting over 22 knots blowing through the Viaduct, the toughest part of the day was always going to be lifting the wing and getting it safely into the platform to launch the boat. In the ideal world, the AC 45 test team would have had a few more days of wing maneuvers under their belt before doing it at the top-end of the wind ...

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by Jane Eagleson, Americascup.com