GC32 Racing Tour

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About the GC32 Racing Tour: 2016 is the fourth year of the GC32 Racing Tour and its third since the GC32 was transformed into a foiler over the winter of 2013-4. The GC32 Racing Tour seeks to attract both private owner-driven boats and commercially-backed teams with a circuit aimed at providing the best foiling catamaran experience for participants. This remit includes choosing venues known to provide optimum wind conditions for foiling and race courses large enough to enable the boats to hit maximum speeds. 2016 GC32 Racing Tour schedule 26-29 May: GC32 Riva Cup - Riva del Garda, Italy 7-10 July: GC32 Malcesine Cup at The Foiling Week - Malcesine, Italy 3-6 August: 35 Copa del Rey MAPFRE - Palma de Mallorca, Spain 22-25 September: TBA 13-16 October: Marseille One Design - Marseille, France Special event: 12-15 May - GC32 Alps Challenge Traunsee match racing - Gmunden, Lake Traunsee, Austria. About the GC32 The GC32 is a 10m long (12m including bowsprit) by 6m wide foiling catamaran conceived by Laurent Lenne and designed by Dr Martin Fischer, now part of the Groupama Team France design team. It is built in carbon fibre by Premier Composite Technologies in Dubai. The GC32 is fitted with T-foil rudders and J-shaped daggerboards/foils, conceptually similar to those used on the America’s Cup catamarans, with adjustable rake on all appendages. However relative to the boat's size, the foils are substantially larger, allowing the GC32 to foil even in low wind speeds and with...