Arthur's Column

Work has now started on the scaled down 45 foot catamarans that are the “training” boats for the next America’s cup.  The boats will all be built to the same design by the same team – this is for the introductory races (called the Youth Americas Cup) and will pro0vide some cat experience for the teams (although one has to wonder why they didnt just merge with the Extreme 40 series).

Here is a video of the boats being put together in New Zealand.