ETNZ AC72 “first test sail”
Med lite hjälp från en RIB? Men man ser segelplanet ganska bra. Det finns en bra analys av vingen på Rigging News.
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Med lite hjälp från en RIB? Men man ser segelplanet ganska bra. Det finns en bra analys av vingen på Rigging News.
Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed world record craft, faster than any previous records. ‘Horonuku’ named by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei meaning ‘gliding swiftly across the land’ did exactly that and was clocked at 222.4km/h in 22 knots of windspeed on Lake Gairdner in […]
It was up up and away on a very successful maiden sail for Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40 on the familiar waters of the ‘back paddock’ between Auckland’s Waiheke Island and Howick Beachlands.