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Breakthrough Maneuver a “Game Cha
nger” in America’s Cup Tactics
SoftBank Team Japan announced that they cracked the foiling tack earlier this year while training with their AC45 Sport test boat in Bermuda.
Long regarded as the “Holy Grail” of the America’s Cup, the maneuver has been the last significant barrier preventing America’s Cup teams from hypothetically foiling around an entire racecourse – a feat that if proven could potentially define the outcome of the 2017 America’s Cup.
“We know now that it’s achievable and it's a real game changer”, said Skipper and CEO Dean Barker. “We think most of the teams know we did it so the race is on now. The trick with the foil gybe was learning the different settings and techniques for different wind conditions and that’s going to be the same with the tacking.”
The maneuver has the potential to reshape the upwind strategy of the next America’s Cup as it reduces the deficit incurred by slowing down to cross the wind resulting in gains of possibly hundreds of meters compared with the 2013 event.
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