Patriot's design team reduced aero-drag by holding the crew in deep cockpit trenches. Their first generation boat Defiant had a more traditional cockpit arrangement

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Patriot's design team reduced aero-drag by holding the crew in deep cockpit trenches. Their first generation boat Defiant had a more traditional cockpit arrangement

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Patriot's design team reduced aero-drag by holding the crew in deep cockpit trenches. Their first generation boat Defiant had a more traditional cockpit arrangement photo copyright Carlo Borlenghi/AC36 taken at New York Yacht Club and featuring the AC75 class

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