Team New Zealand have been responsible for the foil cant system, a mechanical movement that takes the arm up and down, and have had positive feedback on that.
Luna Rossa were responsible for the foil arm itself and they haven't stood up to tests for the massive loads involved with these huge boats.
taxi in bradfordDavies described that as "quite a setback" but a meeting of the teams looked at how to overcome it. The Team New Zealand designers have come up with a new design that is now being introduced.
"It has set us back a few months back for sure, but breaking foils in the America's Cup is not new – we did it in the last campaign – and we are pushing the boundaries on all these items. So it was a setback but not a major one – we can overcome it," Davies told
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