FIRST LOOK: Rebuilding Tudor Team Alinghi's AC75

Tudor Team Alinghi showed us what teams never show: their AC75 stripped to a bare carbon shell in the shed in Italy, mid-rebuild for the 38th America's Cup. Niall Myant-Best gets a full tour of the boat from Alinghi's Technical Director Benjamin Muyl and Head of Mechanical Systems Dan Smith. Why the boat came home from Barcelona in pieces. Why they're using a foil bought second-hand from a rival team. The fibre optics buried in every part of the hull, and the how sailors deal with fifty controls onboard. And the multi-million Euro question : why a team that has won the America's Cup twice says it won't win this one - and is rebuilding anyway. The AC75 returns for the America's Cup in summer 2027, with Alinghi's AC40 racing at the preliminary regatta in Naples this September 2026. Follow this channel for more episodes on the road to Naples 2027. SUBSCRIBE to the official America's Cup channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/americascup 0:00 Intro 0:33 Benjamin Muyl: Why the AC75 Is in Pieces 1:40 Alinghi's America's Cup Story 2:23 First Look: The AC75 Revealed 4:15 Up the Ladder: Inside the Cockpit 6:21 Why Every Team Builds a Different Boat 7:45 The Budget Cap and Who Polices the Rules 9:25 Inside the Hull 10:15 50 Controls, Five Actions a Second 12:32 The Rudder: Thin Enough to Cut You 14:00 Dan Smith: What the Sensors Are Really For 15:27 Rebuilding the Rudder by Hand 17:08 Training Wheels Off: How the Sailors Fly It 19:19 Foil Arms, Seven Tonnes and a Second-Hand Wing 22:34 The Paranoia of Getting It Right 23:58 The Pressure to Launch 24:56 Why They Do It 26:47 "We Don't Pretend That We'll Be Winning" 28:21 Why They Come Back Follow America’s Cup on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americascup Like America’s Cup on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americascup Follow America’s Cup on X: https://x.com/americascup Stay up to date with the America’s Cup newsletter: https://www.americascup.com/en/newsletter The Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup will be defended in Naples in 2027 by five-time America's Cup winner, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron represented by their team, @EmiratesTeamNZ . #AmericasCup #AC38 #Naples2027