Photo Gallery: Launching AC45 Cat #1
Photos from Auckland

Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

 Wingmast about to stand on its own.
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

#1 afloat for the first time.
 Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Standing on ceremony, splashing the hulls.
Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Airborne.
 Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Ready for takeoff.
 Photo: ©2011 Gilles Martin-Raget/americascup.com

Also: Read story at NZ Herald

See more launch photos at Official Website and from Chris Cameron

See photos of previous days:
Platform and Wing Assembly | Hull Unloading and Setup