The New York Yacht Club are making rapid progress with their scaled-down test boat proving the new foiling monohull concept for Auckland 2021 will work. It's amazing how fast that happens,'' Terry Hutchinson, American Magic's executive director and skipper, said in a phone interview. American Magic is building its first AC75 in Rhode Island and expects it to be finished by the middle of the summer. AMERICAN MAGIC The New York Yacht Club have made the most out of their testing programme in Florida where they have had their scaled-down America's Cup boat flying. AMERICAN MAGIC Dean Barker at the helm of American Magic's foiling monohull test boat ahead of the 2021 America's Cup.

Source: Stuff March 18, 2019 19:16 UTC