Wowww, fantastic drone work. The crew on XII kicked butt. The man on the foredeck did a great job. Did you see him hanging over the bow!!!???. Great race.
This is really first class drone filming. I watch a lot of yacht racing and this is some of the best drone work ive seen yet. Please can you be on hand to film the J’s next time they meet. Im subbed and looking through archives. Keep the faith. One love❤️
Just good filming . Well done. Challenge 12 was always a fast boat in those light winds particularly downwind when it could run deep and still keep up the momentum with less wetted area than Aust 2 .
Back in the day from memory it was thought that Challenge 12 was the conventional version of Aust2. The fallback design if A2 turned out to be a lemon.
DEFENDER! I used to sail on Defender (US-33) in the early 90s in Newport Beach, CA. My dad installed the engine, and the owner invited us to come along. I was invited to race a couple times on it, and to this day it has been my most memorable times on the water. I was only in high school, but I've been in love with her ever since. My favorite number is still 33. Ha! I've been wondering over the last 20ish years if I'd ever see her again. When I search the Internet for "America's Cup Defender" it always comes up with the boat that 'defended the cup' rather than the boat with the NAME Defender. If anyone knows of where I can see more footage of Defender, please let me know! Thank you so much for posting this. - Jason
Anybody know where to find the boats names. I knew Challenge 12 and freedom. I thought it was defender in the back.. along with Couragous.. but what was the other boats at 2:12 you see defender, us- 16 ( NO idea) challenge 12 and freedom. i would love to know where the boats are
Would much rather still see these sailing for the America's Cup than what they have now.
Wowww, fantastic drone work. The crew on XII kicked butt. The man on the foredeck did a great job. Did you see him hanging over the bow!!!???. Great race.
One word to describe these ladies, ELEGANT!
12's racing off Newport and the world is as it should be...
This is really first class drone filming. I watch a lot of yacht racing and this is some of the best drone work ive seen yet. Please can you be on hand to film the J’s next time they meet. Im subbed and looking through archives. Keep the faith. One love❤️
Just good filming . Well done. Challenge 12 was always a fast boat in those light winds particularly downwind when it could run deep and still keep up the momentum with less wetted area than Aust 2 .
Back in the day from memory it was thought that Challenge 12 was the conventional version of Aust2. The fallback design if A2 turned out to be a lemon.
An amazing catch. Thank you for sharing!
DEFENDER! I used to sail on Defender (US-33) in the early 90s in Newport Beach, CA. My dad installed the engine, and the owner invited us to come along. I was invited to race a couple times on it, and to this day it has been my most memorable times on the water. I was only in high school, but I've been in love with her ever since. My favorite number is still 33. Ha! I've been wondering over the last 20ish years if I'd ever see her again. When I search the Internet for "America's Cup Defender" it always comes up with the boat that 'defended the cup' rather than the boat with the NAME Defender. If anyone knows of where I can see more footage of Defender, please let me know! Thank you so much for posting this. - Jason
So nice to see. I used to own 12M MAGIC. It's now wasting away in a Dutch harbor. If anyone wants to give her a new life, let me know.
Brilliant!
Thanks - here is a sped up version of the race - facebook.com/FishHawkFilms/videos/1626350364044572/
Challenge Xll's excellent retrofit and crew far superior to other quality boats.
Bill Luff a little music perhaps to go with this excellent footage
Us-30 didn't raise the jib before dropping the spinnaker?!
Now there’s a nice Rc Mini 12 out of Ontario Canada. Hand built hull. Slippery fast ……
sweet , i have a 5 ft rc sailboat of a 1964 12 m design
beautiful footage, shot with what on what type drone?
Anybody know where to find the boats names. I knew Challenge 12 and freedom. I thought it was defender in the back.. along with Couragous.. but what was the other boats at 2:12 you see defender, us- 16 ( NO idea) challenge 12 and freedom. i would love to know where the boats are
Defender (33); Courageous (26); Challenge 12 and Freedom(30). Intrepid (22) with white hull. US 16 would be Columbia, but different class.