Team New Zealand's breakthrough sail design for next America's Cup DUNCAN JOHNSTONEEmirates Team New Zealand reveal the soft wingsail breakthrough they are testing for the next America's Cup boat. Team New Zealand's design geniuses are at it again, producing a ground-breaking soft wingsail for the revolutionary foiling monohull to be used in the next America's Cup. Team New Zealand design boss Dan Bernasconi was encouraged by the practicality and performance of the new rig and sail. We still want to keep these things relatively simple and retain the traditional elements of sail design. "Essentially we are looking for a new advancement in mainsail technology that we would like to think can trickle down to other boats not in the America's Cup."

Source: Stuff February 24, 2018 16:07 UTC