Another update from Artemis that goes into a little more detail particularly about their compliance with the AC72 rudder measurement rules.
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Artemis Racing this week completed the structural testing on its second AC72. The team turned the platform upside down, placed it on dollies and then used heavy weights and hydraulic rams to torque it (see video below).
“The guys have been working just about around the clock to get it done,” said Stu Bettany (second picture above), Artemis Racing pit man. “They’ve tested pitch-pole loads if the boat goes over, side loads, daggerboards, daggerboard cases… the boat’s been strapped down to some pretty substantial weights and had hydraulic rams pulling and tweaking it in lots of different directions over the loads we should see on the water. It’s all gone very, very well.”
The current timetable has Artemis Racing hitting the water early next week. If conditions permit, the team could be racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, the following week.
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