The balance of foil design - How do the America’s Cup catamarans lift out of the water and maintain forward momentum? ORACLE TEAM USA designer Hal Youngren discusses the balance between reducing cavitation and maximizing performance in foil design with this #TechTuesday video by Javier Salinas. Published on Jan 5, 2016.
"The strength of our team is... our team!" - ORACLE TEAM USA
Winning the America's Cup in 2017 will be a monumental task that requires a full team pulling in the same directions. Meet some of the people on ORACLE TEAM USA who are making critical contributions to achieve our goal. Published on Jan 8, 2016.
Toulon to host Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in September - 35th America's Cup: "France will host the fifth Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event of 2016 in September when racing comes to the Mediterranean city of Toulon. Located between Marseille and St Tropez, Toulon will host the best sailors in the world, racing foiling, wing-sailed catamarans, on September 10-11, 2016. “Toulon will be the third European city to host the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series, and is the only stop on the Mediterranean,” confirmed Harvey Schiller, the Commercial Commissioner of the America’s Cup."
THE LOUIS VUITTON AMERICA’S CUP WORLD SERIES - ACWS 2016 schedule:
- Muscat, Oman, Feb 27-28, 2016;
- New York, USA – May 6-8, 2016;
- Chicago, USA – June 10-12, 2016;
- Portsmouth, UK – July 22-24, 2016;
- Toulon, France -- September 10-11, 2016.
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