Video Series: The 5 Minute Warning
Published on May 9th, 2024
In the 5 Minute Warning video series, the sharp end of the sailing world gets reviewed by PlanetSail’s Matt Sheahan and Sailjuice’s Andy Rice. Here is the episode description:
Andy’s in the South of France at the last big regatta for the 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 classes before the Olympic Games just over a couple of months from now.
Meanwhile, Matt has been tracking a carnage-packed battle across the Atlantic for the IMOCA fleet in the Transat CIC which has seen a re-shuffle on the podium ahead of the more fancied, higher-profile skippers.
And those radical foiling AC75s continue to roll out of the yard, this time American Magic’s sleek and low-profile Patriot with recumbent biking positions for the cyclors. Not to be outdone by the Kiwis, the Americans went straight from launch to foiling in a day…