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IN BRIEF
- America’s Cup Preview Special
The teams
The programme
The racing
The technology
- Making a 15tonne 32m trimaran fly around the world
- World Sailing Cup Hyères – Chasing a place at the Worlds
FEATURES
- America’s Cup Preview Special
Get ready for the fastest America’s Cup in history!
From thescenes and under the skin of the 35th America’s Cup.
The new boats may be the smallest in the 166 year history, but they are the quickest
We talk to the top players as they describe the challenges that they will face and how the
Plus, we look at the road to the America’s Cup over the next five weeks and explain what the successful Challenger needs to do to be selected to take on the Defenders, Oracle Team USA.
- Making a 15 tonne 100ft trimaran fly
Gitana 17 is a new 32m offshore trimaran designed to take on the world and set a new time for a non-stop circumnavigation. She’s big, bold and impressive. But this giant 15 tonne carbon tri is an ambitious project for her creators because Gitana 17 is designed to get up on her foils and fly.
- World Cup Series Hyères
As the World Cup Series Final in Santander, Spain draws nearer, attention starts to focus on teams that might have what it takes for the 2020 Games. Yet getting to Spain and staking a claim involved more than simply making an entry. Only the top half of the World Cup fleet would make the grade and Hyères on the French Mediterranean was the last chance to shine.The World Sailing Show was there.
WHERE TO WATCH
- Broadcasters from: Thursday 25 May 2017
- YouTube from: Monday 29 May 2017
- The World Sailing Show You Tube Channel
The
Seven boats, seven hungry teams and one clear goal, to win the Volvo Ocean Race. Having trawled through team biogs, walked the boards and tapped into the dockside gossip, its time to set out the World Sailing Show form guide to the 45,000 mile race.
