Part 2 of the Mike Drummond interview:
from the following Sail-World article
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Designer-Mike-Drummond-looks-at-foiling-and-pitchpoling/105592
Mike Drummond has been involved in the design side of four winning America's
Cup campaigns, starting with then Team New Zealand in 1987-2003, before joining
Alinghi in 2007 and latterly was the Design Director for Oracle Racing in the
2010 America's Cup, and the development of the wingsailed 120ft trimaran USA-17.
In this second part of the interview
(click here to read Part 1) the issues of foiling and the
trade-offs are discussed, along with the factors that led to the pitchpoling of
Oracle's USA-17, and what is expected to be seen in the second generation of
AC72 catamarans.
read more here
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