Road to the America's Cup

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Our monthly podcast series Road to the America's Cup will take you inside Ineos Team UK's preparations for the 2021 America's Cup

Episodes

  1. Road to the America's Cup ep 8: How crews avoid data overload

    04/09/2020

    Road to the America's Cup ep 8: How crews avoid data overload

    How quickly can you read a display? Today’s America’s Cup sailors have to take in more data faster than ever explains Sir Ben Ainslie in the latest episode of our podcast

    11 min
  2. Road to the America's Cup ep7: Performance Analysis

    03/19/2020

    Road to the America's Cup ep7: Performance Analysis

    INEOS Team UK skipper Ben Ainslie tells Mark Chisnell why analytics really count in the America’s Cup AC75 one-boat development phase

    11 min
  3. Road to the America's Cup ep6: What can sailing simulators teach us?

    02/13/2020

    Road to the America's Cup ep6: What can sailing simulators teach us?

    In this episode of our America’s Cup podcast, Ineos Team UK principal Ben Ainslie argues that sailing simulators are the technology that will define the outcome of the 36th America's Cup.

    12 min
  4. Road to the America's Cup ep5: AC75 hull design

    01/09/2020

    Road to the America's Cup ep5: AC75 hull design

    In the latest episode of our America’s Cup podcast, Ineos Team UK principal Ben Ainslie explains the differences between the four AC75 hull designs launched to date

    13 min
  5. Road to the America's Cup ep4: Control Systems

    12/12/2019

    Road to the America's Cup ep4: Control Systems

    The systems that control the aero- and hydrofoils of the new AC75 are covered by some of the most complex parts of the America’s Cup Class (the section on control systems takes up 12 pages of the 67-page rule!) In the latest episode of our America’s Cup podcast, Sir Ben Ainslie explains how the AC75’s control systems work

    14 min
  6. Road to the America’s Cup ep3: How the AC75’s soft wingsails work

    11/20/2019

    Road to the America’s Cup ep3: How the AC75’s soft wingsails work

    One of the biggest innovations for the new AC75 America’s Cup boat is the soft wingsail: a double-sided mainsail where each of the two ‘skins’ are attached to the back edges of the D-section wing mast. Sir Ben Ainslie explains all...

    11 min
  7. Road to the America's Cup ep2: How the AC75 will fly

    10/10/2019

    Road to the America's Cup ep2: How the AC75 will fly

    In the second episode of our series, Ben Ainslie of Team Ineos UK explains how hydrofoiling works and the difference this cutting-edge technology has made to the America's Cup.

    8 min
  8. Road to the America's Cup ep1: AC75 Rules and Fundementals

    09/09/2019

    Road to the America's Cup ep1: AC75 Rules and Fundementals

    Mark Chisnell talks to Sir Ben Ainslie, team principal and skipper of Ineos Team UK, who explains the AC75 class that will race for the 36th America's Cup in Auckland in 2021. Ben also reveals reveals some of the challenges facing the teams that design and build these boats.

    11 min
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Our monthly podcast series Road to the America's Cup will take you inside Ineos Team UK's preparations for the 2021 America's Cup

Information

  • Creator
    Yachting World
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
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