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Welcome...to the machine

The Kiwis are back and looking lean, mean and very much in business...

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Magnus Wheatley
Mar 10, 2026
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Cast your mind back to the last America’s Cup, and it was all a bit of a race to get launched. The teams had been faffing around in the AC40s which is all well and good as a muscle-memory sighter and reaction trainer, but every sailor knows that the real action is in the AC75s. The Kiwis don’t like losing at anything - and trust me that can be the walk to the pub (although you’ll be buying the drinks) - and the race to launch the version 2.0 back in early 2024 was real.

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