Alinghi 5

Alinghi 5
Alinghi 5, July 2009
Yacht club Société Nautique de Genève
Nation  Switzerland
Class90ft LWL Deed of Gift vessel
Designer(s)Rolf Vrolijk and Alinghi design team
BuilderAlinghi-Décision
Launched8 July 2009
Owner(s)Alinghi
Racing career
America's Cup2010
Specifications
TypeCatamaran
Displacement~11 tons (without mast)[1]
Length110 ft (34 m) (LOA),
90 ft (27 m) (LWL)
110 ft (34 m) (WL sailing)[2]
Beam90 ft (27 m)[citation needed]
Sail areaMainsail: ~6,000 sq ft (560 m2)
Headsail: ~4,000 sq ft (370 m2)
Gennaker: ~11,800 sq ft (1,100 m2)
Alinghi V in Lausanne harbour, Switzerland, July 2009

Alinghi 5 is a 90 ft (27 m) (LWL), 90 ft (27 m) beam[3] sloop-rigged catamaran built by Alinghi for the 33rd America's Cup.[4]

The boat was launched on 8 July 2009[5] when the hull was lifted from the construction shed in Villeneuve, Vaud by a Mil Mi-26 helicopter and carried to Lake Geneva. Alinghi 5 was subsequently moved again by helicopter to Genoa, Italy.[6] At the end of September 2009, the boat was shipped to Ras al Khaimah, the venue selected by the defender for the 33rd America's Cup.[7][8] At the end of October 2009, the New York Supreme Court (the court of first instance) ruled that the venue of Ras al Khaimah was not compliant with the Deed of Gift. After various discussions, Société Nautique de Genève (SNG—the Defending club) agreed that the venue would be Valencia, Spain.[9] An appeal by SNG regarding the venue was rejected[10] and Alinghi 5 was shipped at the end of December 2009 from Ras al Khaimah to Valencia, where she arrived on 5 January 2010.[11]

  1. ^ "Title unknown". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Title unknown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Designing an AL5 Catamaran for the America Cup". April 2010.
  4. ^ "Title unknown". Tribune de Genève (in French). 18 August 2009.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Alinghi 5 takes to water by helicopter". Performance World. Yachting World. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Alinghi a volé au-dessus des Alpes pour Gênes" (in French). 28 June 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Title unknown". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Title unknown". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Title unknown". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Title unknown" (PDF).[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Title unknown". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.