Yachting World — January 2018

(Elliott) #1
Left: autopilot
control panels and
screen displaying
data from around
the boat, including
information from
load sensors.
Right: the
trimaran’s 37m
wingmast rotates
round this quite
small fitting

Left: Elaine
stands alongside
a display replica
of the Gitana foils,
showing their
scale... they’re
big! Right: lines,
halyards, inhauls,
tweakers etc are
led back to the
cockpit, where
there are two
grinder pedestals

The trimaran at rest, showing the shape of the
outer float foils in the lifted position. These
foils are designed to be auto-stable


From astern you see the T-foil
rudders and the housing on the hulls
into which the outer rudders can
retract. This also protects them
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