THE TEAMS

DEFENDER
ALINGHI 5

Yacht Club Societe Nautique de Geneva
Location Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Boat Name Alinghi 5
Launch July, 2009
Dimensions 90 X 90’ ft. length/width
Mast 180’ height
Builder Decsion Corsier
Location Villeneuve, Switzerland.
Designer Rolf Vrolijk
President Ernesto Bertarelli
Team Manager Grant Simmer
Helmsman Brad Butterworth
Skipper Ed Baird
Trimmer Warwick Fleury
Tactician Murray Jones
Free Agent Loïck Peyron
Training Genoa, Italy; RAK, UAE

CHALLENGER
USA

Yacht Club Golden Gate Yacht Club
Location San Francisco, California
Boat Name USA
Boat Type Trimaran of carbon composite construction
Built Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA
Overall Length 100-feet / 30 meters
Waterline Length 90-feet / 27 meters
Beam 90-feet / 27 meters
Mast Height Up to 185-feet/55 meters
Built Hall Spars, Bristol, RI, USA; Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA
Wing Sail
Height: 223 ft / 68 m (compared to 102 ft / 31 m length of a Boeing 747 wing and 143 ft / 43.5 m length of an Airbus 380 wing)
Chord: 10 to 45 ft / 3 to 14 m
Width: 2 to 6 ft / 0.5 to 2.0 m
Surface area: 7,000 sq. ft / 650 sq. m (profile)
Weight: 7,700 lbs / 3,500 kg (approx)
Sails
Mainsail: 6,800 square feet; (630m2)
Genoa: 6,700 square feet; (620m2)
Gennaker: 8,400 square feet; (780m2)

Notes on the wing
The wing sail consists of two main components: the main element and the flap element. The main element is one single piece that rotates around the mast step. Nine flaps rotate around the trailing edge of the main element. Both elements are separated by a small gap and linked together by hinges.
The wing sail is primarily constructed from carbon fibre and kevlar with a light, shrinkable aeronautical film material used as an overall skin over the frame.
From BMW Oracle

President Larry Ellison
Design Team Director Mike Drummond
Principal Naval Architects VPLP (Van Peteghem and Lauriot Prévost)
CEO Russell Coutts
Skipper James Spithill
Tactician John Kostecki
Navigator Matteo Plazzi
Bowman Simeon Tienpont
Training San Diego, California