America's Cup: Teams offered jump-start design package for AC72's

12:11 AM Fri 8 Apr 2011 GMT

'New teams will now be able to buy their own identical AC45&rsquo;s, plus get the standard AC72 -greatly lowering design and development costs.' America's Cup.com Click Here to view large photo

For the first time ever in the America's Cup, a shared design program is being offered to the entered teams to jump-start designs of the fast, high-tech AC72s, the new wing-sailed catamarans to be launched next year. With the surge of new teams that just entered the 34th America's Cup, the 15 teams that met last week's entry deadline now have the opportunity to share in an initial design package from an international team of proven industry leaders. 'We gave the design and research team a simple brief: give us your best shot at a winning design,' said Iain Murray, ...

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by America's Cup Media