Design and Optimization of a High Performance C-Class Catamaran with HyperWorks Keywords: C-Class Catamaran, OptiStruct, Hydrofoils, Wing sails, Little Americas Cup, Team Rafale Customer Profile Born in 1961, based on a challenge between Great Britain and the United States about who builds the fastest catamarans, the ‘C-Class’ has been the driver of many innovations in the world of multihull sailing. Whether it is Dennis Connor’s 1988 America’s Cup Winner ’Stars and Stripes’, the 90ft trimaran of BMW Oracle with a sail double the size of a Boeing 747 wing, or the AC72 class of the 34th America’s Cup in 2013 - all have borrowed and learned from the C-Class designs. Today, with their hydrofoils, rigid wing sails and all carbon composites structures, they are capable of reach

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