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Photos: AC45 Multihull Launch in Auckland


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Photo Gallery: Launching AC45 Cat #1
Photos from
the Viaduct

Auckland, New Zealand, January 14, 2011





Wing mast arrives.

 Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


Platform is now assembled.  Note bowsprit bracing, two compression struts.
 Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


 Wave-piercing bow design.
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


Mast step at right.
 Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


 Showing segmented wing construction for disassembly and shipment in standard containers.
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


 Wing mast joint, seam to be faired.
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


 Bowsprit assembly.
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 


Just add water..
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 

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