There's a perception that most of the new America's Cup sailors do nothing but grind. The absence of the big, set-piece, choreographed manoeuvres — such as setting, dowsing and gybing spinnakers with 16-man crews — has led some to believe that the modern Cup sailor has little to do except wind on the handles.
Fusing athleticism, teamwork, and technology, the monohulls competing for the 36th #AmericasCup are the fastest in the world. It was August 2012 when the sai...
The next America's Cup regatta in 2021 will see a return to traditional arm-grinders, ending the use of cycling-style stations, Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton has said.
'True-Clutch was originally developed towards the end of the 35th Cup cycle in Bermuda,' Wiss recalls. 'Oracle came to us and said this is a real issue. The grinders had an optimum cadence that they wanted to preserve, at about 80rpm. They'd speed up to 100, 120rpm at …
America's Cup . How Team NZ ground out freakish America's Cup win After a day which saw Team NZ go from hero to zero, back to hero again, the defenders of the America's Cup thank their gutsy grinders for putting them in prime position to keep the Auld Mug.
The America's Cup claims to be the oldest sailing race in the world still running, beginning in 1851, with the Thames Sailing Barge Match first run a few years later in 1863. However, a couple of years ago a cup was unearthed for the Medway Barge Match, which intimated that this race (next edition to be held on Saturday 22nd May 2021), may be ...
The Kiwis have long been known for America's Cup innovations. They believe tapping the grinders' more-powerful leg muscles via the cycling grinding system will be better to produce the energy that powers the hydraulic systems that control the wingsail and daggerboards.
The America's Cup is the world's oldest international sporting trophy, predating the modern Olympic Games by 45 years and being older than both the FA Cup and the Ryder Cup. The first America's Cup even took place 35 years before the car and 52 …
For five of the six teams in this year's America's Cup, all this power generation has come from traditional arm-operated grinders, meaning most of …
Il mondo dell'America's Cup è cambiato, una rivoluzione sotto gli occhi di tutti. Gli osservatori più attenti avranno però anche notato che molto è mutato nella vita dei grinder . Gli uomini alle manette fanno movimenti ben diversi da quelli che eravamo abituati a vedere.
An America's Cup boat is not a place for the faint-hearted, lazy or work-shy. BBC Sport Online looks at the roles of the 16 crew onboard GBR Challenge. 1. Skipper ... Grinders need to be very fit and strong - tacking and gybing require large bursts of energy to transfer the sail from one side to the other.
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Vern Neville achieves one of the highest upper-body peak power during a grinding test
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America's Cup grinders have a massive impact on the deck layout itself. Because they provide such an important energy source for the AC75, it's mission-critical to maximize efficiency in the cockpit areas. They spend a lot of time there.
The boat lifts out of the water and plunges nose-first with water surging over the deck, covering the grinders. ... "The America's Cup is not just a race, it's a spy game, a mind game." ...
The aim of this study was to assess the physiological profile of America's Cup grinders and mastmen, by measuring energy expenditure during sailing and assessing their aerobic and anaerobic fitness. The study focused on estimating the energy used during grinding activity, by measuring oxygen uptake …
The America's Cup, the pinnacle of yachting, was first contested in 1851 making it the oldest trophy in international sport, predating the modern Olympic Games by 45 years. The trophy's roots date back to when a syndicate of businessmen from New York sailed the schooner America across the Atlantic Ocean for the World's Fair in England.
Past America's Cup campaigns, though, have recruited male rowers and turned them into grinders. Some of those men, like me and the seven other grinders on our team -- …
The 36th America's Cup Match Presented by Prada, in Auckland, March 2021, will feature the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand sailing against the …
He would like to design a new America's Cup. JIM KAVLE, 26, port grinder, Rosemont, Pa. Kavle has an economics and finance degree from Ohio Wesleyan. He …
VALENCIA, Spain Brian MacInnes is a longtime sailor with the BMW Oracle team that is challenging for the America's Cup for the third time, having sailed …
"The return of America's Cup activity to the Newport, Rhode Island area will be a thrilling sight for sailing fans here, across the country and around the world," said Phil Lotz (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), the 65th Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. "For 175 years, the New York Yacht Club has been dedicated to moving competitive sailing forward.
The 36th America's Cup is a contest like no other - it has taken the sport of sailing to places that it has never been to before and on board the remarkable AC75s, the …
Grinding is a key physical element in America's Cup sailing. This study aimed to describe kinematics and muscle activation patterns in relation to torque applied in forward and backward grinding. Ten male America's Cup sailors (33.6 ± 5.7 years, 97.9 ± 13.4 kg, 186.6 ± 7.4 cm) completed forward and backward grinding on a customised grinding ergometer.
From grinders to trimmers, who does what in an America's Cup 2021 crew Who makes the major decisions, who controls the foils to help …
The AC50 class yachts used in the America's Cup competition have four positions (on each side) for grinders. These must be continuously operated to generate the hydraulic pressure needed by the yacht's controls. Until 2017, the machinery was arm operated winches.
The new America's Cup boats are getting faster and faster. ... are the engines of the boat and it takes eight men on the grinders to provide the grunt for the wing trimmer to achieve that.
Grinding is a key physical element in America's Cup sailing. This study aimed to describe kinematics and muscle activation patterns in relation to torque applied in forward and backward grinding. Ten male America's Cup sailors (33.6 ± 5.7 years, 97.9 ± 13.4 kg, 186.6 ± 7.4 cm) completed forward and …
The 36th America's Cup Match will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from the 6th to the 15th of March 2021 and will see the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand racing against the winner of the PRADA Cup, the Challenger Selection Series, with the winner being the first team to score seven points.. The Match in 2021 will be preceded by a series of preliminary events, collectively known as the ...