monopolies
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Cyclors were banned from the last America’s Cup, when the AC75 monohulls replaced the catamarans, but are back because the crew size has been reduced from 11 to eight.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa jointly came up with the concept of the AC75 foiling monohulls and have spent four years in the development of their own race boats.
From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2021
He is also 43 in a regatta that has become increasingly physical with the shift to extreme foiling catamarans instead of the more stately and stable monohulls in which Barker learned his craft.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015
The software titan’s team has jettisoned the plodding monohulls used in most prior Cups.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2013
If I ran the Cup, I'd make an announcement tomorrow: Let's ditch the AC72s and go old school—we can race comparatively pokey 12-meter monohulls with soft sails, like the Cup used to use.
From Slate • May 10, 2013
