![]() ![]() “We have a long list of tow tests that we want to do to validate the information from our design tools,” said Ainslie. Initially, that will involve more tow-testing than sailing. T6 will start to be used for an extensive testing period aimed at validating the team’s design tools and testing key components before the deadline to start the build of the team’s AC75 race boat. “We wanted full control over our own testing platform and not be reliant on a third party to provide that platform, so we had control over our testing strategy.” “Lastly, while it’s fantastic to see Emirates Team New Zealand put out the AC40 – and that boat will undoubtedly get a huge amount of use both as a testing platform and a racing platform – we wanted to control our own destiny. It’s highlighted a number of areas where we’ve been able to modify our approach and the overall structure of the team for the better.” ![]() “We had the opportunity to do a dry run with T6 before we design and build the race boat for the Cup, and it was really important to us to take that opportunity. The new boat is also a test-run for working with Mercedes-AMG before building their new AC75. “It’s a big deal trying to bring two design groups together and define common working practices and everything else that goes into designing a successful America’s Cup boat,” Ainslie explained. The new INEOS Britannia LEQ12 America’s Cup test boat, T6, launched in Palma, Mallorca in October 2022 “T6 is a fantastic opportunity for us to be able to validate our design tools and have more confidence in them, as we go into designing the key components for the race boat for Barcelona.” This was borne out in the end result, across our hull, foil designs and performance. Ultimately, we made key design decisions in the last Cup using our design tools and our simulation, and they weren’t accurate enough. Team skipper and CEO Ben Ainslie explained one of the key reasons why the team invested in an additional boat: “We came out of AC36 lacking confidence in our design tools. It was agreed that these America’s Cup test boat (or towing platforms), must be between 6-12m in length (hence LEQ12, for ‘less or equal to 12’). It was launched at the team’s new winter training base in Palma, Mallorca.Īs Challenger of Record, one of the British team’s key inputs into the Protocol for AC37 was that teams retained the option of building their own scaled down development boats in addition to the AC40s. T6 was built at Carrington Boats in Hythe, then transported to Brackley, UK, the home of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team for its fit out – the biggest design and engineering project so far for the partnership with the motorsports team. Code-named T6, the test boat is known as an ‘LEQ12’, a scaled down foiling monohull which may be used for testing design developments, in addition to the one-design AC40 which all Cup teams have to purchase. INEOS Britannia has launched its first America’s Cup test boat. ![]()
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