New America’s Cup Multihulls

America’s Cup multihull racing boat now under construction in Anacortes Washington.

The multihull boat is being built for San Francisco’s Golden Gate Yacht Club team (BMW Oracle) for a match against the defender (Alinghi) later this year. This will be the third America’s Cup racing yacht the U.S. team has built in this small waterfront community 100 miles north of Seattle.

“We are proud to be in Anacortes where we can draw on world-class expertise and where the team has enjoyed so much local support,” said the team’s Boat Construction Manager Mark Turner. The team built its two America’s Cup Class boats USA 87 and USA 98 in Anacortes for the 32nd America’s Cup competition in 2007 in Valencia, Spain.

The rules that govern the America’s Cup, the Deed of Gift, require the boat to be constructed in the country of challenge. “We selected Anacortes due to our successful track record here, thanks to supportive local officials, a fantastic marine infrastructure and the proximity to aerospace-quality tooling and other support operations required to build such a high-tech America’s Cup boat,” Turner said. “Anacortes was the clear choice, we are very happy to be back here,” he said.

Turner is working alongside co-construction manager Tim Smyth. Housed in a 100-foot X 200-foot (30m x 60m), three-story shed, the building has been converted into a purpose-built composite boat construction facility. The team also works with Janicki Industries in nearby Sedro-Woolley which provide high-tech precision tooling for the boat construction.

“Since last December we have been focused on being ready for this match, and getting the boat in the water as soon as possible,“ Turner said.

The BMW Oracle team promises to provide further updates to YachtPals.com about the boat’s construction soon, so we'll keep you up-to-date on the building and launch of this state of the art multihull.

Photos BMW ORACLE Racing training on a multihull boat in Valencia Spain

Read more about the America's Cup and BMW Oracle sailboats:

• America’s Cup (all articles about the America's Cup)
  
• BMW Oracle Sailing (all articles about BMW Oracle Sailboats and DOGzilla)
  
• America's Cup - Lawyers and Sailors
• New Racing Trimarans - The Big and the Beautiful
• Sailing the New BMW Oracle America's Cup Multihull
• BMW Oracle America's Cup Trimaran - Photo
• BMW Oracle America's Cup Sailboat Testing in San Diego
  
• America's Cup in the UAE?
• America's Cup - Alinghi vs BMW Oracle or Boats vs Sailors?
• Evolution of BMW Oracle's Boat USA - America's Cup Video
• DoGzilla vs. The Cat - Video of America's Cup Boats

Sailing Video: Evolution of DoGzilla. From the launch of BOR 90 to preparing for the America's Cup in Valencia (video added Feb. 2010)