Road to the America's Cup
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Road to the America's Cup ep 8: How crews avoid data overload
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 lates...
Road to the America's Cup ep7: Performance Analysis
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
INEOS Team UK skipper Ben Ainslie tells Mark Chisnell why analytics really count in the America’s Cup AC75 one-boat development phase
Road to the America's Cup ep6: What can sailing simulators teach us?
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Road to the America's Cup ep5: AC75 hull design
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Road to the America's Cup ep4: Control Systems
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 sect...
Road to the America’s Cup ep3: How the AC75’s soft wingsails work
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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’ a...
Road to the America's Cup ep2: How the AC75 will fly
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Road to the America's Cup ep1: AC75 Rules and Fundementals
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...