America's Cup Prototype boat flips in high winds

4:13 AM Mon 21 Feb 2011 GMT
America's Cup 2013 - Well it had to happen. As America's Cup winning helmsman James Spithill forecast, the new high tech AC45 class yacht is a twitchy beast and an incident was on the cards at anytime. Today the Swedish challengers Artemis Racing were on board the AC45 sailing in winds of around 30 knots on Hauraki Gulf, Auckland in New Zealand, when the boat reared and flipped backwards. No one on board was hurt. The carbon fibre catamaran appears to have suffered some quite significant rigid sail damage, as well as damage to the catamaran's right hull. An ACRM ...

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