EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND and TEAM ORACLE yachts

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EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND and TEAM ORACLE yachts

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:52 pm

The America’s Cup, affectionately known as the Auld Mug, is the oldest active trophy in international sport. First contested in 1851, it predates the modern Olympics by 45 years.
The competition for this prestigious Cup began when a schooner named America won a race around the Isle of Wight against a fleet of Britain’s finest boats. In 1857 the owners of America donated the Cup to the New York Yacht Club (NYCC). The Cup was to become a ‘challenge trophy’ for ‘friendly competition between foreign countries’. And so began America’s 132 year winning-streak and domination of the sport.
America successfully defended the cup 24 times until in 1983 they met their match when they failed to beat Australia. The longest winning streak in history was finally broken.
The America’s Cup is notoriously difficult to win. Since the first race over 150 years ago, only four nations have been able to join the extremely exclusive winner’s circle, New Zealand being one of them.
1995 was New Zealand’s year for victory. Team New Zealand sailed to glory in their superior craft and the America’s Cup was welcomed with open arms back to the southern hemisphere. However, this was short-lived and despite having been successful defending the Cup in 2000, we lost and fare-welled the Cup in 2003.
2017 America's Cup Stamp Sheet
The America’s Cup is not without its dramas, and there have been many. From swifter, lighter boats, to the multi-hulled catamarans. 2017 was to be no different, with New Zealand revealing their secret weapon, cyclers. No longer was the traditional hand crank enough to generate the hydraulic pressure which powered the foiling cat, instead leg power was introduced and put to the test. Through these special commemorative stamps, you can take a closer look at the incredible skill and innovation that enabled New Zealand to sail away to victory. Celebrate the highly talented team and all that they have achieved in order to bring the America’s Cup back to New Zealand.

She was built at the Team New Zealand base at Auckland as an AC Class catamaran.
16 February 2017 launched as EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND and christened by Tina Symmans.
Weight of boat 2,332-2,432 kg.
Hull constructed from carbonfiber
Length 15 meter, beam 8.47m
Top speed under full sail 46 knots.
Rig type: wing sloop, mainsail area 100m². Mast length 23.60m.
Crew 6.

The AC50 (defined in the America's Cup rules as AC Class yacht, or ACC) is a wing sail catamaran box rule, governing the construction and operation of the yachts to be used for inshore racing in the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2017 America's Cup.
The class replaced the AC72 class used in the 2013 America's Cup. The class does not prohibit the use of hydrofoils so L-shaped daggerboard stabilizers as well as T-shaped rudder elevators, which were previously used in AC72s, were developed for the competition. Prototype versions of AC50 class crossbeams, wings, appendages, as well as steering and trimming systems have been tested by all syndicates on AC45 platforms as surrogate yachts. The class allows hydraulic control of the wing and appendages. Motors and computers are banned in the class. Each challenger team is only allowed to build one AC50 for competition.
The class achieved a maximum peak speed of 47.2 knots (87.4 km/h) over the water, recorded by ACRM telemetry aboard MAGIC BLUE.
The next America's Cup will be sailed in the AC75 monohull.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC50

.After completed and trials, she was shipped by an airplane to Bermuda.

The America Cup Races took part in Bermuda and Wikipedia has all the info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_America%27s_Cup

After the cup the EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND was shipped back to New Zealand by a cargo vessel to Auckland.
2018 Still at Auckland.

Source: New Zealand Post web-site and various internet sites.

The TEAM ORACLE yacht also depict on the miniature sheet has the same details as EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand 2017 $2.70 sgMS, scott 2736 a/f, all stamps shows the New Zealand yacht, while 2736e and 2736f shows also TEAM ORACLE yacht.
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