Monday, April 22, 2013

AC34 / ORACLE TEAM USA will launch the new AC72 on Tuesday San Francisco (images)

On Sunday in San Francisco, ORACLE TEAM USA rolled the team’s new AC72 racing yacht out of the shed to complete tests in advance of this week’s launch.

Credit : G.Grenier/Oracle Team USA

While we have been racing at the America's Cup World Series in Naples, Italy, the shore and build teams have been putting the finishing touches on our second AC72 here in San Francisco,” said general manager Grant Simmer. “At the completion of the regatta, we were able to push the new boat out of the shed today and successfully complete a round of load testing. It's a tribute to quality work and dedication of the shore and build teams, together with the input and efforts from the sailing, design and performance teams, to complete the boat on schedule. We're looking forward to the launch this week.”

ORACLE TEAM USA will officially launch the new AC72 on Tuesday, April 23, at the team base at Pier 80 in San Francisco.


From : Oracle Team USA