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How Formula 1 Influences Boat Design MARINE ENGINEERINGProduced by Racecar Engineering and Yachts & Yachting IN ASSOCIATION WITH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER How Formula 1 influences boat design DREAM TEAM An all-British entry for AC35? YAYACCHHTSTING CHELSEA CHELSEA MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S SAILROCKET Designing the fastest boat in the world AC DESIGN New rules for America’s Cup 35? YAYACCHHTSTING CHELSEA CHELSEA MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S AMERICA’SFEATURE – TITLECUP 35 – BRITISH TALENT Dream team Ever since Ben Ainslie helped guide Oracle Team USA to victory, the sailing world has been buzzing with speculation regarding a potential British Challenger for the ‘Auld Mug’ and who might be onboard. Here we throw some names into the ring… he next few weeks will be critical for While Britain may not have had an entry in squad, and includes boat builders, designers, Ben Ainslie if he is to mount a viable the 34th America’s Cup, there was no shortage shore crew and financial backers. campaign for the next America’s of British expertise among the four teams in Here following is a selection of some of Cup. But there’s a formidable San Francisco last summer. With each team the top British talent that could form the Tamount of British talent in every discipline he in this cycle including more than 100 people, backbone of a truly patriotic challenge that might need to form a ‘dream team’ for AC35. this clearly goes far beyond the 11-man sailing would have every chance of success… MARTIN-RAGET ACEA/GILLES Marine Engineering u Digital Supplement AMERICA’SFEATURE – TITLECUP 35 – BRITISH TALENT Oracle Team USA during the last match of the 34th America’s Cup in Dream team September 2013 “While Britain may not have had an entry in the 34th America’s Cup, there was no shortage of British expertise on show” Technical and management experience of running match racing than almost Craig Mitchell anyone else on the planet. Mitchell is director of the Alpari World Match IN ASSOCIATION WITH Racing Tour, and was right in the thick of the Adam May action as on-the-water umpire for the 34th Cup in An aeronautical engineer by training, May has San Francisco, giving him arguably more always had a long interest in wings on boats, most Marine Engineering u Digital Supplement AMERICA’S CUP 35 – BRITISH TALENT ACEA/BALAZS GARDI ACEA/BALAZS MARTIN-RAGET ACEA/GILLES Ben Ainslie potentially has a vibrant hotbed of British talent to call upon for AC35 Adam May has America’s Cup experience and famously put a wing sail on a foiling Moth Essential manpower needed for an America’s Cup campaign extends far beyond the 11-man sailing team, through to boat builders, designers, shore crew and financial backers recently achieving fame by putting a wing Malcolm Barnsley Mills held talks with 30 F1 engineers. sail on a foiling Moth. He has solid match An unsung hero of Paul Larsen’s successful Since then, Caterham, among others, has racing experience, having won both world SailRocket campaign, Barnsley is a naval entered the sailing world in a big way. While youth, and national match racing titles. He architect who can boast nearly 30 years of very British in its branding, the Caterham worked for Victory Challenge during the 2007 breaking down established boundaries Group is actually Malaysian-owned, America’s Cup and was a technical coach for in sailboat design. He was responsible for A Caterham boat in the America’s Cup Team Origin’s TP52 programme in 2010. In the the revolutionary foils of SailRocket 2 would certainly be a great advert for the most recent Cup he worked with Luna Rossa, that enabled the boat to smash through company, but it would almost certainly responsible for performance and analysis. the 50 knot barrier that had prevented carry Air Asia branding (part of the wider previous record holders from bettering group that owns Caterham). Green Marine their own records. Britain is home to one of the world’s most Mike Gascoyne successful builders of hi-tech raceboats, Caterham Group The chief technical officer of Caterham, Green Marine. The lead partner in the The Formula 1 world – in which Britain is Gascoyne has been involved with the building of the Volvo 65 fleet for the next a leading player – has increasingly strong design and development of a large Volvo Ocean Race, Green Marine has links with sailing. When he started to number of Formula 1 cars, and has sailing also built AC boats for Luna Rossa and assemble Team Origin in 2010, with a experience having built a Class 40 that Mascalzone in the past. plan of competing in the 34th Cup, Sir Keith raced in last year’s Transat Jacques Vabre. He Marine Engineering u Digital Supplement TRUSTED DYNAMIC EXCEPTIONAL Formaplex is a trusted product development partner for world-class clients from a wide range of market sectors. Combining a highly skilled workforce, advanced materials expertise and cutting-edge technology, we provide dynamic design, tooling and manufacturing services that bring ideas to life. We deliver exceptional results for exceptional clients. FORMAPLEX.COM Photo and copyright courtesy of Helena Darvelid/sailrocket Photo and copyright FPlex Ad_SPS_Jan2014 v2.indd 1 29/01/2014 12:49 AMERICA’S CUP 35 – BRITISH TALENT started his career studying for a PhD in fluid Keith Sexton yachts, Brooks has been involved with dynamics at Cambridge University, and has A boat builder who started his career three America’s Cup campaigns, including worked almost exclusively in Formula 1 building raceboats at Green Marine, one with Alinghi. since 1989. However, he has long had a keen Sexton has participated in every Luna interest in sailing, and built the Caterham Rossa America’s Cup campaign since Wolfson Unit Challenge using the Akilara RC3 as a basis. 1997. In 2010, he was part of the Alinghi This offshoot of Southampton University The America’s Cup would be a logical next team working on the construction of the has been working for America’s Cup teams step for Gascoyne. Alinghi 5 catamaran. for more than 30 years, providing tank testing and wind tunnel modelling, as Ian Pattison Matthew Tasker well as computational fluid dynamics A former manager of North’s UK sail loft, Another former North sailmaker who calculations using the university’s Pattison was the supervisor responsible subsequently joined the Alinghi campaigns, supercomputers. In 2011 the Unit was for production of the company’s 3DL sails before moving to Luna Rossa for the last Cup. awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in in Minden, Nevada. In 2001 he joined the recognition of its track record in performance Alinghi team as sail loft manager, remaining Will Brooks sports engineering, combining expertise in with them for three ACs, before joining Luna An accomplished structural engineer yacht racing, Formula 1 and the most recent Rossa for the 34th AC. specialising in composites for top-level racing British Olympic team. ME ADRIAN NEWEY GETTY One name that is almost certainly at the top of Newey himself claims to be happy in his team, and the technical team, in many ways, has Ben Ainslie’s list is Adrian Newey. The 55-year- current role at Red Bull, and his boss Christian been built around him to embrace the way that old is widely seen as the best engineer in Horner seems confident that he will remain. he works and how he operates.’ Formula 1. After graduating from the University ‘Firstly, Adrian has always expressed Newey’s engineering approach is rather of Southampton with a degree in aeronautics an interest in the America’s Cup since the anachronistic in so much as he draws all and astronautics, Newey has spent his entire McLaren days,’ says Horner. ‘At some distant of his designs by hand while almost every career working in motor racing. His designs point in the future it is feasibly something other designer in Formula 1 uses a 3D CAD have won 10 F1 World Championships and he may get involved with, but he thoroughly system. It is unlikely that Newey would seven Indianapolis 500s. ‘Adrian is a big sailing enjoys what he is doing at the moment. He is in design the AC35 challenger himself, as he fan, there’s the potential for him perhaps to get the halcyon period of his personal career and he has never designed a boat of any description. involved, cast his eye over our design team and enjoys the environment he is working in. However, it does seem likely that when the what we’re looking at doing,’ Ainslie admits. ‘To ‘It’s not just about Adrian, it’s about the AC35 technical regulations are released have the advice of Adrian or many of the very team of engineers that work with him and he will be giving them a thorough read, and smart people involved with Formula 1 industry in support him, without which none of it would be will work closely with whoever is leading the the UK would be a great boost for us as a team. possible. Adrian is always the first to recognise actual design process. Newey is clearly a genius in anything to do with that as well. He’s far from retirement age and I If Newey does get involved it will likely be competitive design, and he’s got a great profile, think he would find it hard to find any challenge as a design consultant, and with the AC35 not but I would hate for anyone to think we were that would stimulate him in the way that taking place until 2017 it will not place great trying to prise him away from Red Bull Racing.’ Formula 1 does.
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