Team New Zealand incident: when will the Kiwis return to the water?All scenarios

The flight from 20 feet in the air, a bang that was heard dozens of meters away, and Team New Zealand ‘s America’s Cup taking an unforeseen and most dangerous path ever.
The first day of the Louis Vuitton Cup brought on the “drama” of the Kiwis, who in a sensational accident at their base seriously damaged the AC 75.
The team had recently returned to base after their victory over Luna Rossa, and in the boat’s hauling operations it appears that a crane gave way: the boat was in the perpendicular on the slip, and that was the saving grace, with the structure at least partially cushioning the impact.
The structure holding up the saddle on the front invader opened nearly 40 degrees from the impact, with the AC 75 coming ashore with the foils.
The New Zealanders’ shore team, and the entire crew, promptly intervened to secure the boat.
A number of men immediately went inside and began “staking out” to locate the delaminated areas, concentrating on the structures straddling the mast, bow and stern invaders.
Shortly thereafter, the first ultrasonic checks began, while the plan to right her and get her inside the Kiwi base shed was already at work.
Shortly before midnight, operations moved toward completion, but the light inside the New Zealand base never went out.
The plan to return Taihoro to the water has already begun.

Team New Zealand Incident – The Scenarios

The boat will repair itself, of that there is no doubt, and it is equally certain that Team New Zealand will return to the water with an efficient craft.
In fact, the accident is quite different from the one that occurred to American Magic in 2021, when the capsize and semi-sinking of the boat caused major damage to the internal systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZuOel_e38 Verisimilar to think that the Kiwi boat’s systems, which enable all of the AC 75’s maneuvers, did not suffer any damage, so the problem is only with the hull and its structures, with mast and rig likely to be affected.
It seems unlikely to think of a return to the water anytime soon, as Grant Dalton has already hinted at in early hot statements.
It is likely that more than a week of work will be required, and we are unlikely to see the New Zealanders on the water during the Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robins, as originally planned.
In all likelihood we will see the Kiwis in race mode directly with the AC match.
Be careful, though, because the New Zealanders are also the men of surprises: they proved this after the Bermuda scull in 2017, when they returned to the water within 48 hours despite major damage to the boat, and went on to win the Cup.
In any case, there will be some changes for the boat’s development plans: a few days without being able to sail, at this stage of the campaign, complicates things for the New Zealand squadron, which will perforce have to slow down in its planned improvements.
The whole team, or almost the whole team, will be busy with repairs, which will take time away from any performance developments that had been planned.
In short, the Defender comes out wounded by this unforeseen setback, with the boat’s development plans that will, game forcefully, no longer be the same.
And with the next few days that, regardless of what happens on the water, may already be decisive for the awarding of the America’s Cup.

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