American Magic revealed a significantly refined second boat, officially launching Patriot in Auckland on Friday in their quest to win back the America’s Cup for the New York Yacht Club. DUNCAN JOHNSTONE/Stuff The hull design of American Magic’s second boat is more in line with Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa. READ MORE:* America's Cup veteran Max Sirena predicts all four teams to capsize* America's Cup: Team New Zealand in second capsize* The tactics that will win the America's Cup* America's Cup: American Magic survive Auckland capsizeThe emergence of Patriot starts a flurry of launches of the second generation boats. INEOS Team UK will unveil their new boat on Saturday and Luna Rossa have a launch planned for Tuesday. Team New Zealand will train by themselves during that period and only return to racing for the America’s Cup match against the top challenger in March.

Source: Stuff October 15, 2020 21:13 UTC