Learning to Fly: America's Cup XXXIII 2010

Learning to Fly: America's Cup XXXIII 2010 by Vaughan, Roger. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781733313520.

Learning to Fly provides a missing piece of Americas Cup history that bridges the gap between 156 years of monohulls sailing for the Cup, and the hi-tech craft that are now foiling for the Cup. San Diego’s successful defense of the Cup in 1988 was sailed in a multihull, which set a precedent for using that type of boat, but 2010 was the very first time two multihulls had squared off for an America’s Cup match. Recounted in exciting narrative and illustrated with 53 spectacular full-color photographs Learning to Fly reveals the extraordinary personalities and drama involved in the design, construction, and sailing of a huge, temperamental trimaran driven to victory by an enormous experimental wingsail.