Afinado

This all-carbon multihull, some 33 feet (10 meters) long and 29 feet (9 meters) in beam - including its ladders for hiking out - weighs barely a ton. With its elegant canoe-shaped bows, it certainly has style, but it’s not its design that should catch your eye… rather, look up a bit to discover a 56-foot (17-meter) carbon mast supporting an astonishing 645-square-foot (60-square-meter) flexible, thick wing called the ACCWing (which stands for automatic camber control wing). The principle is to have the option, depending on the course and wind strength, of a flat or cambered profile, much like an airplane wing. The similarity to modern aircraft doesn’t stop there, as the system operates automatically thanks to internal flexible “muscles.”

Technical Specifications

Builder: ACC Wingsail
Sail designer: Hugues de Turckheim
Catamaran architect: Julian Spooner
Length: 32’10” (10 m)
Max width (with trampolines): 28’10” (8.8 m)
Sail area: 645 sq ft (60 m²)
Mast length: 56’ (17 m)

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