今日はパソコンに向かう時間がもうないので、第34回アメリカスカップのサイトからのニュースをそのまま、ひとつ。
AC45のテストで初めてこのカタマランに乗ったラッセル・クーツの感想。
早く、日本チームでこれに乗ろうぜ。
ウイングが付いて、今の円高だと一億円しない。安いTP52と同じくらい。
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Russell Coutts, CEO of the ORACLE Racing Team, sailed the new AC 45 on Thursday in Auckland and he gives it a big ‘thumbs up’.
“It’s the first time I've seen the boat… it’s really impressive," was his initial assessment.
"It sails really nicely, it’s well balanced, all the systems on board work well – they’ve done a great job,” the four-time Cup winner said following his first sail. “It’s going to be great racing in these boats.”
ORACLE Racing skipper Jimmy Spithill said it took his boss about five minutes before he wanted to steer. “It didn’t take long before he was on the helm.”
Spithill's team has been acting as a test crew during the sea trials of the first AC45 catamaran. This initial boat belongs to America's Cup Race Management (ACRM) and will be shared among teams while they wait for their own AC45 to be delivered. Testing is scheduled to continue on Friday.
[News source and photos from 34th. America's cup]
AC45のテストで初めてこのカタマランに乗ったラッセル・クーツの感想。
早く、日本チームでこれに乗ろうぜ。
ウイングが付いて、今の円高だと一億円しない。安いTP52と同じくらい。
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Russell Coutts, CEO of the ORACLE Racing Team, sailed the new AC 45 on Thursday in Auckland and he gives it a big ‘thumbs up’.
“It’s the first time I've seen the boat… it’s really impressive," was his initial assessment.
"It sails really nicely, it’s well balanced, all the systems on board work well – they’ve done a great job,” the four-time Cup winner said following his first sail. “It’s going to be great racing in these boats.”
ORACLE Racing skipper Jimmy Spithill said it took his boss about five minutes before he wanted to steer. “It didn’t take long before he was on the helm.”
Spithill's team has been acting as a test crew during the sea trials of the first AC45 catamaran. This initial boat belongs to America's Cup Race Management (ACRM) and will be shared among teams while they wait for their own AC45 to be delivered. Testing is scheduled to continue on Friday.
[News source and photos from 34th. America's cup]