Throughout the 2021 America’s Cup regatta, the Auckland waters have been unkind to American Magic’s AC75 Patriot. Throughout a semifinal race, the workforce had overtaken Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and was main by a major margin when the wind pace jumped throughout a dangerous maneuver, inflicting the vessel to capsize.
“The second continues to be surreal,” Skipper Terry Hutchinson instructed BOAT Worldwide on the time. “I can nonetheless see the water effervescent round me as I battle to get out of my harness. One tether is maintaining me pinned below the floor, and with each try to get air, all I’m getting is water. The primary sail is on prime of me, in addition to my teammates Cooper Dressler, Cicho Cicchetti and Tim Hornsby. What looks as if an eternity finally ends up passing in seconds as Cooper and Cicho reduce me out and I’m capable of get that first massive gasp of air.” Read on.
